Arnold aide: AB 32 will have no effect on global warming
John Seiler: Arnold’s beloved AB 32 is a jobs killer. Yet its imposition would have no effect on global warming, as top Arnold aide David Crane admits in the following video. That’s another reason to pass Prop. 23, which effectively
Read MoreLawmakers Push Backdoor Climate Change
JUNE 29, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Just in case California’s global warming legislation is suspended in November with passage of California Jobs Initiative 2010, California’s Democratic legislators are leaving nothing to chance. They’ve been busy pushing through plenty of other
Read MoreViva The Free Press!
Katy Grimes: Time spent today on an Assembly Joint Resolution to declare a free press in California seemed a little redundant given that California already declares that its press is “free.” Existing law states that a journalist cannot be held
Read MoreThe "Big Hat, No Cattle" Senator
Katy Grimes: Deflecting from all real state crises, Democrat legislators and the Latino Caucus held a rally to boycott Arizona on Wednesday. Dodging pertinent questions and any real talk of constitutional issues, Democrats showed no skill at the art of
Read MoreCooling on Global Warming
JUNE 25, 2010 If you are still unclear about all the fuss surrounding California’s global warming initiative, AB32, it’s time to clear that up. AB32 is a nasty bill signed into law by the governor in 2006 that amounts to
Read MoreA Tale of Two Boycotts
Katy Grimes: Cries of “racism,” “solidarity,” and “plantation politics” from Democrat state legislators were heard at a rally to support a boycott of Arizona this week at the state capitol. Contrast that boycott rally with cries of “we the people”
Read MoreHow California is killing us
JUNE 24, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The danger is apparently everywhere, all around us. No need to worry anymore about a budget tens of billions of dollars out of balance, or hundreds of millions in unfunded pension liabilities, because this
Read MoreKilling California’s Employers Off, One Paid Leave At A Time
Katy Grimes: Once upon a time, employment laws used to be about the employer need and purpose, as well as ensuring the decent and humane treatment of the employee. Today employment law surrounds the needs and purpose of the employee
Read MoreTaste Makes Waste
JUNE 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES An “Instructional tasting event” does not sound very inviting, but offer a free taste of wine, beer or scotch, and the customers will line up. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena, wants to allow retail outlets
Read MoreHave we got a job for you
Steven Greenhut: The California Redevelopment Association — those friendly central planners who argue that the government should have the right to take virtually anyone’s property and give it to a Costco or other tax-generating corporation — is looking for a
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