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Back to homepageDem majority passes 'scapegoat' budget
JUNE 15, 2011 By KATY GRIMES For the first time since 1933, Democrats passed the state budget, without Republican support, and using only a majority vote. Lawmakers may have met the constitutional deadline of June 15 as ordered by California
Read MoreCA GOP Shouldn't 'Go Wobbly' on Taxes
JUNE 16, 2011 I met Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister, back in 1993 on a visit she made to California to promote her memoir. I remember her talking about the first Gulf War and how she overcame the
Read MoreNew Budget Assaults Taxpayers
John Seiler: Welcome to the desert of sanity. On the eve of having their pay suspended for not passing a budget, the Demcoratic-run California Legislature passed a budget. On the positive side, Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax extensions-increases didn’t make the
Read More99% Chance of Budget Today
John Seiler: There’s a 99 percent chance the Legislature will pass a budget today; with the other 1 percent accounting for tomorrow. They’ll use whatever “gimmicks” they need, tax increases or no tax increases. The reason was reported yesterday by
Read MoreJesus Wants Tax Extensions
Ali Meyer and Katy Grimes: Reminiscent of an ACORN rally, nearly one thousand faith-based protestors congregated at the Capitol today to show their support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax extensions. People Improving Communities Through Organizing, (PICO California), states that it
Read MoreBrown Debt Gimmicks 'Balance' Budget
JUNE 14, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Most knowledgeable people realize that California’s debt emperor has no clothes. Even if the mainstream newspaper media continue to clothe the emperor in the robes of an all-wise Buddhist monk who has taken a
Read MoreBudget For A Paycheck?
JUNE 14, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Commentary If you were presented with doing your job or having your paycheck withheld, what would you do? Oh wait – that is how it works for private sector employment. Fortunately, legislators are also
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Budget Tax Rhetoric Ignores Jobs
JUNE 13, 2011 By JOHN SEILER The NBA season is over. But a full-court press is on by Gov. Jerry Brown and the tax-increase forces in the Legislature and government-employee unions to increase taxes $9 billion. In his video address
Read MoreRepublicans Selling Out
John Seiler: As I expected, Gov. Jerry “Tax ‘Em Till They Drop” Brown is cadging enough Republican votes for his tax increases. Key quote from the L.A. Times story: He and Republicans have largely settled, however, on a core package
Read MoreStory Time In The Senate
Katy Grimes: Bring your milk, cookies and a soft blanket to story time in the Senate tomorrow. Instead of debating the merits of state policy, expect to see and hear fabulous and illustrative letters read aloud by Senators, from sheriffs and
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