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Back to homepagePoll Softening Up Voters For Split Roll Tax
Dec. 8, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi “Ignorance is strength.” –- George Orwell California’s opinion polling has deteriorated to “measuring the public’s satisfaction with its ignorance” fed to them by pollsters. That is the only conclusion that can be made from
Read MoreSupremes nearly laugh L.A. storm water case out of court
Dec. 5, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court came close to almost laughing out of court a lawsuit brought by environmentalists against the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. The National Resources Defense Council
Read MoreMarkets best would clean up L.A. pollution storm
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. Part 1 is here. Dec. 4, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi In Part 1 of this series, I explained how an $8 billion tax storm soon will swamp Los Angeles property owners. The
Read MoreSan Bernardino will try to hammer ‘Nail House’ loans in 2013
Dec. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi What are called “nail houses” in China may be coming to the county of San Bernardino in 2013 by using eminent domain as a bail out from unfunded public pension debts. The photo at
Read MorePollution tax storm heads for L.A. County
This is Part 1 of a three-part series Dec. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The tax climate forecast for Los Angeles County has turned gloomy. There is an $8 billion annual tax storm that is coming in 18 months. It
Read MorePolicy, not shortage, causing water crisis
Nov. 26, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi There is no apparent drought of journalists with metaphors to define the so-called water crisis in the United States and California. Every month, it seems, another new end-of-the-world water book comes out. Cynthia Barnett is
Read MoreNew law needed to simplify CA budget
Nov. 21, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Every year state Senator Joe Simitan, D-Palo Alto, holds a contest for his constituents to submit ideas for new laws. Simitan boasts that 18 submittals have been enacted as new laws since 2001. Well, here’s
Read MoreFirst Cap and Trade auction cuts no pollution for $233 million
Nov. 21, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi In the private sector, success is often likened to “selling lemonade at a track meet.” But in the upside-down public sector, the California Air Resources Board auctioned $233 million of pollution permits on Nov.
Read MoreBudget rule hides where Prop. 30 and Prop. 39 taxes will be spent
Nov. 16, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi A little known new accounting rule buried in the fiscal 2012-13 California state budget now will make it virtually impossible for the public to track where and when the tax revenues from Propositions 30
Read MoreCal Chamber sues state for profiting from AB 32
Nov. 15, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The California Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday sued the state of California to stop it from making a profit by selling “free” air pollution emission credits as part of the new Cap and Trade
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