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Back to homepageCalif. business leakage is a bummer
Sept. 28, 2012 Katy Grimes: The word ‘leakage’ is the new politically correct term used by legislators, the Governor, bureaucrats and the California Air Resources Board to describe what happens when California businesses leave the state because of tax increases and
Read MoreCA Lottery: State’s cash cow
Sept. 27, 2012 Katy Grimes: I am not sure why Californians are faced with two tax increase measures this November, ostensibly to help fund California’s starving public educational system. The California Lottery, which was sold to voters as a way
Read MoreHearing offers peek into the Democratic mind
Sept. 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes With either an infusion of new tax revenue or major cuts facing California, a theme is emerging as the November election nears. Said Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, D-Oakland, at a hearing Monday, “We are not running the state
Read MoreAre skewed polls over-sampling Dems?
Sept. 24, 2012 By Katy Grimes During Presidential elections, many political pundits say that voters should not pay attention to the hundreds of political polls until a couple of weeks before the election. More than ever, this is good advice.
Read More75 new CA laws signed by Gov. Brown
Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes Gov. Jerry Brown was busy last week, signing some of the 700 bills on his desk into law. He also made a few vetoes–eight to be exact. Just what California needs–more laws. 75 new
Read MoreBeware Prop. 31: a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes With all of the focus on the November ballot initiatives to raise taxes, Proposition 31 seems to have quietly avoided heavy scrutiny in the main stream media thus far. But this initiative is a
Read MoreSacramento redevelopment alive and thriving
Sept. 19, 2012 Katy Grimes: All cities go through ebbs and flows of building, development, and restoration of historical buildings. Some cities are much better at general planning, and decisions of restoration and renovation. Saccramento is not one of those.
Read MoreCalifornia burns as politicians fiddle
Sept. 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes The most recent culmination of the insane end of the California Leguslature’s two-year session will probably live in infamy when tales of California’s demise are told in the future. Still reeling from the madness,
Read MoreDown the rabbit hole on cap and trade
Sept. 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes The clean, green fairy tale is really a nightmare in California, and all sense has gone down the rabbit hole. Nonsensical is the best word for what is occuring in California with cap and
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