March, 2010State budget troubles hurt low-income housingTuesday, March 30th, 2010Mendel: CalPERS in new credit squeeze?Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Arnold really wants his Furlough FridaysTuesday, March 30th, 2010Remember Jerry’s radio show?Monday, March 29th, 2010One thing I'm looking forward to in this campaign is what Meg's campaign finds out about Jerry's radio show in the 1990s. Before he re-launched himself into politics, in the 1990s Jerry Brown was an excellent talk show host, one of the few liberals to succeed in what has become a conservative med... Public financing on ballotMonday, March 29th, 2010March 29, 2010 By JOHN SEILER With California’s politics messed up seemingly beyond repair, it’s not surprising two reform initiatives are on the June 8 ballot. I earlier wrote about Proposition 14, the “Top Two Primaries Act.” The other initiative is Proposition 15, which would est... Vallejo avoids tough pension fightsMonday, March 29th, 2010March 29, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT (Originally printed in the Wall Street Journal) In 2008, Vallejo, Calif., was nearly broke. Faced with falling tax revenues, rising pension costs, and unmovable public-employee unions, the city was unable to pay its bills and declared bankruptcy. Now, as it... State touts ‘green’ progressMonday, March 29th, 2010March 29, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In 2005 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered all state buildings to be 20 percent more energy efficient by 2015 and “encouraged” the private sector to do the same. And now, the Department of General Services (DGS) has issued a “Green” Progress Report (dat... Cops as revenuersMonday, March 29th, 2010Expect more stories such as this one in the Sacramento Bee today, in which an 18 year old man was fined $500 for riding a bicycle without a seat (it was stolen) and without brakes. Other news reports suggest that fines are going up all over the place. Police increasingly are becoming by-the-book rev... Slow erosion of our freedomsMonday, March 29th, 2010March 29, 2010 Many people have noticed just how our rights have been eroded away over the decades. Bit by bit, our rights and liberties have been removed while restrictions to our lives have been added. You can’t smoke in public parks, children must be harnessed in a certain kind of car sea... Enviros trade in human miseryMonday, March 29th, 2010March 29, 2010 One of the most unusual vote-buying scams the Obama administration may have used to pass its health care socialization plan was an alleged promise to two Democratic congressmen to increase federal water supplies to the San Joaquin Valley. It's the nation's most fertile farm region,... |
May 18, 2013
