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‘No justification to build’ high-speed rail

April 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes The official recommendation is out from the Legislative Analyst’s Office – High-speed rail should not be built. Duh. That’s not a “duh” to the LAO; that’s a “duh” to all of the supporters and

Vaccination bill gouges parental rights

CalWatchdog Staff April 17, 2012

April 17, 2012 By Katy Grimes Discussion about the proper role of the Legislature and state government is never more important than when individual liberties and parental rights are under siege. Anytime the Legislature inserts itself into health care issues,

‘World-class’ Sacramento deal dead

CalWatchdog Staff April 16, 2012

April 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes Ding, dong, the arena deal is dead. The free market won. Despite the failure of 13 years of efforts to build a publicly funded new sports arena in Sacramento, the-arena project-which-wouldn’t-die may have finally croaked–thanks to Mayor

New High-Speed Rail biz plan crashes into reality

CalWatchdog Staff April 14, 2012

April 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes What a train wreck. Barreling down the tracks in one direction, on April 9 a congressional committee launched a probe California’s high-speed rail project over charges of conflicts of interest and questionable spending of federal dollars.

Campaign 2012 war on women

CalWatchdog Staff April 12, 2012

April 12, 2012 By Katy Grimes Since when is being a stay-at-home-mom considered one of the many modern crimes against women? Since the progressive left decided the latest campaign strategy would be to wage war on conservative women. Don’t let anyone

‘Funding scheme’ or help for small business?

CalWatchdog Staff April 11, 2012

April 11, 2012 By Katy Grimes Does California need another small business loan guarantee program specifically for clean energy companies and agricultural businesses? California State Controller John Chiang and San Francisco Sen. Leland Yee think so. But some are questioning

Enviros Force Lucasfilm out of Marin

CalWatchdog Staff April 11, 2012

April 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes After 25 years of fighting with Marin County residents, film maker George Lucas and Lucasfilm, the brains and talent behind the Star Wars movies, took Marin County by surprise when his company announced that it

Legislative swooning over CA coastal guru

CalWatchdog Staff April 9, 2012

April 9, 2012 By Katy Grimes In the California Assembly and Senate Monday, one would have thought that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had just died and was being eulogized. But the ghost of FDR was not present. Instead, Peter Douglas of the

California needs adult supervision

Katy Grimes April 9, 2012

April 9, 2012 By Katy Grimes More than ever, California is a state run by children. Selfish, self-absorbed state officials and lawmakers have been implementing pet policies and legislation for so many decades, they are now arguing among themselves over

What govt. workers really think of their mammoth pay, perks, pleasures and pensions

CalWatchdog Staff April 5, 2012

April 5, 2012 By John Seiler Ever wonder what government workers think of their gigantic pay, perks, pleasures and pensions? All paid for by IRS-strangled taxpayers, of course. Wonder no more. A top-ranked government official has written this little ditty