Tag "Taxes"
Back to homepageClean air farce is now just a tax
Oct. 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes After several years of complying with the goals of AB 32, California’s business community is really worried. With the California Air Resources Board on the verge of launching a cap-and-trade program, California’s economy sits
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12,744 new laws signed by Brown
Oct. 2, 2012 Katy Grimes: Whenever someone tells me what a lousy governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was, I remind then that at least he was a pretty good goalie. Schwarzenegger vetoed nearly 2,000 bills. It’s too bad he didn’t veto a
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Protest settlement sprays taxpayers
Oct. 1, 2012 By Katy Grimes Instead of being held accountable for bad behavior and rule-breaking during an Occupy protest on the campus of UC Davis last November, a group of college students are going to be rewarded, and receive
Read MoreCalifornians fleeing our lovely state
Oct. 1, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Not long ago, I penned a case for staying in California, arguing that there’s nothing wrong here that isn’t fixable. California, blessed by magnificent and varied geography, mild weather and an “anything’s
Read MoreCalif. 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
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Dianne Feinstein’s empty chair
Sept. 26, 2012 Katy Grimes: Has anyone seen Sen. Dianne Feinstein lately? She refuses to debate challenger Elizabeth Emken, she runs from reporters, and now there is news that Feinstein will not meet with the editorial boards of California’s newspapers. What
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
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