MAY 31, 2010 Katy Grimes: The Sacramento Bee has been very critical of the Poizner/Whitman Republican primary gubernatorial race. That's expected, but now it appears that The Bee editorial board is not only falling all over themselves to write about Jerry Brown, but they are tipping their hand...
May, 2010Sacramento Bee helping with Brown campaignMonday, May 31st, 2010Read Skelton’s lips: More new taxes!Monday, May 31st, 2010I'll give L.A. Times columnist George Skelton marks for consistency: He always favors tax increases. Here he is back in 2007, even before the economy crashed, calling for "a temporary tax increase to balance the books." And I'm consistent, too: I always oppose him and his obsession. I'm always on... More on Seiler’s LawSaturday, May 29th, 2010Steve, you are right when you write, "I would be thrilled if Californians and their political leaders would sit down and decide the following: What public services do we need? How do we pay for them? What services can we do without? How do we get rid of them?" I would be thrilled, too. And that's w... Unions use malleable Sidhu to flex powerFriday, May 28th, 2010MAY 28, 2010 By Steven Greenhut: Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh issued in January what OCers are calling the "Baugh manifesto": a warning to local candidates who are seeking the party's influential support that they must first reject union funding and also support a now-de... Another reason for biz to leave CalThursday, May 27th, 2010Wasn't Obamacare supposed to reduce medical costs for families and businesses? I'm sure its supporters will say we just have to wait until 2014 when it's fully implemented -- and, after that, "single payer" socialized medicine. Meanwhile, health insurance costs are soaring for California business... Response To Steinberg Staffer’s ResponseWednesday, May 26th, 2010After a CalWatchdog story last week about Democrat Senate Pro Tem President Darrell Steinberg’s response to a constituent’s letter expressing her dismay that he would encourage a boycott of Arizona’s businesses because of the recent immigration law passed, (Senator Steinberg Writes Back), CalW... The Great Green Job MysteryWednesday, May 26th, 2010I used to think Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's favorite word was "jobs." But after reading this press release his office sent out today, I'd have to say it's actually "green." "California is already seeing green job growth but we must continue working to accelerate this trend," he's quoted as s... Now this is dumbMonday, May 24th, 2010California still, despite its many problems and follies, is the global center of the Internet. Our companies here include Google, eBay, Apple, Conexant (Internet switches), and thousands more. Public policy should be simple: more and more Internet! For everybody! Doing so makes California Interne... Steinberg the PhilosopherMonday, May 24th, 2010Turns out that Senator Darrell Steinberg isn't just a Democrat, legislator from the Sacramento area or President Pro Tem of the California Senate. He's also a philosopher right up there with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Baruch Spinoza and Winnie the Pooh. I realized this as I read through the "... Cops cause Sacto meleeMonday, May 24th, 2010Bad cop stories have been filling the news lately, but this videotaped melee of off-duty cops causing a melee at a Sacramento Radisson boxing match is particularly shocking, because so many cops and their family members and friends willingly took part in this. Don't expect any punishments or anyt... |