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Back to homepageRedevelopment fallout: Lawmakers impose big new taxes
March 5, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — SB 391 is the California Stamp Act. The original Stamp Act was imposed in 1765 and helped spark the American Revolution against British tyranny. According to History.org, “The new tax was imposed
Read MoreKarl Rove: CA GOP must ‘Get back in the game and fight’
March 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — “Losing has one great benefit to it,” Karl Rove, told a large luncheon California Republican Party spring convention in Sacramento yesterday. “It gives you the chance to start fresh to look everything
Read MoreCA GOP Convention: DeVore lays out stark CA vs. TX contrast
Mar. 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Former Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, left the Golden State for Texas in 2011 after he termed out. DeVore returned to his former state Friday night to speak at the dinner banquet of the
Read MoreAssembly shuns accountability for slush fund
March 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes California Assembly leaders enjoy an annual slush fund of $38 million. It’s money they can do with however they please. The Assembly’s operating budget was $112 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year that ended June
Read MoreNew life breathed into Sacramento vanity project
March 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes The NBA cheerleaders at the Sacramento Bee are giddy with excitement today. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced during his State of the City address Thursday that the Sacramento Kings are here to stay, and
Read MoreDemocrats addicted to tax increases
Feb. 25, 2013 By Joseph Perkins You’ve heard the familiar fable about the scorpion and the frog? They meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on his back. The frog
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Gov. Antoinette-Brown: Let the unemployed eat cake
Feb. 19, 2013 By Chris Reed Over the weekend, the U-T San Diego had a story about the Texas vs. California business-climate debate. It featured an astounding claim from Gov. Jerry Brown’s top economics adviser: “California provides a higher level
Read MoreTexas vs. California: What smug Fresno Bee doesn’t mention
Feb. 7, 2013 By Chris Reed The war of words between Gov. Jerry Brown and his Texas counterpart, Rick Perry, over California’s business climate has led to the usual snide comments about the Lone Star State from the media annex
Read MorePoliticians, media distort economic facts
Feb. 6, 2013 By Katy Grimes The U.S. economy lost more than 1.4 million jobs between December and January. But it’s almost impossible to find any reports in the mainstream media about this. Instead, the media primarily have reported on reduced
Read MoreCARB honcho Mary Nichols makes power grab
Feb. 5, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — What do the California Air Resources Board, the Transit Authority, the Highway Patrol, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Bar Pilots have in common? More than you
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