February, 2011

CA Public Libraries Facing Budget Cuts
Monday, February 28th, 2011

California Watching N.J. Online Poker Decision
Monday, February 28th, 2011

Dr. Lopez Misdiagnoses Unions
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
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John Seiler: In his Sunday column, L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez praises unions -- but doesn't distinguish between private and public unions. He writes: Neither of my parents went to college, but we always did just fine because my dad had union jobs that paid a living wage. He drove trucks fo...

L.A. Junior College Boondoggle
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
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John Seiler: "Poor planning, frivolous spending and shoddy workmanship" That's the key phrase in an excellent L.A. Times investigative story that ran today on how a $5.7 billion L.A. community college bond was spent. Keep that in mind as Gov. Jerry Brown and others demand $12 billion in new ta...

Is The GOP’s Anti-Tax Wrath A Mere Wraith?
Sunday, February 27th, 2011

PG&E On Hot Seat At D.C. Pipeline Hearing
Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Community College Chancellors: Salaries and Perks
Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Stop Maldo!
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
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John Seiler: Let the cry go up across the land: Stop Maldonado! Taxpayer traitor Abel Maldonado now is running for U.S. Congress. It was just two years ago that, as a state senator, he sold taxpayers down the river by proving the key Republican vote for the record $13 billion tax increase ...

Jerry’s Real Plan: $25 billion in Cuts?
Friday, February 25th, 2011
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John Seiler: Looking over Katy Grimes' budget piece today on Jerry Brown's testimony before the Legislature, "Is An All-Cuts Budget Ahead," I was wondering: Does he want his tax increases to fail? Has he all along planned to have an all-cuts budget? If Republicans don't put his tax-increases o...

Is An All-Cuts Budget Ahead?
Friday, February 25th, 2011
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FEB. 25, 2011 By KATY GRIMES SACRAMENTO -- There is never a dull moment with California Gov. Jerry Brown. In a surprise visit to a budget committee meeting yesterday, Brown threatened to produce a budget that cuts $26.6 billion from state services if legislators do not vote to put his tax exte...