Steven Greenhut: Speaking at a San Diego economic development summit today, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer showcased his delusion with regards to the state of California's economy. He claimed that California businesses are not fleeing because of over-regulation and that Texas and other high-growt...
September, 2011Lockyer’s Delusional SpeechFriday, September 30th, 2011Power Lines Fight Heads to Supreme CourtFriday, September 30th, 2011 SEPT. 30, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Next stop for Chino Hills in its fight against electricity transmission lines: the California Supreme Court. The Southern California bedroom community has spent more than $2 million fighting the lines constructed by Southern California Edison and approved by the C... Solar Execs Seek Shade from QuestionsFriday, September 30th, 2011SEPT. 30, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Solar company executives beam like a summer California sun touting their rapid growth in the past year. But they head for the shade when the topic arises of how highly subsidized the solar industry is. On everybody's mind is the failure of Solyndra, the sol... Vacaville Teacher Bans ‘Bless You’Thursday, September 29th, 2011John Seiler: If someone sneezes, don't say "Bless you" in high-school teacher Steve Cuckovich's class in Vacaville. He could punish your academic grade. Although apparently he has rescinded that policy. He says it's not good manners. Rather, it's the opposite: It's a common courtesy. And a... The ‘Protect Our Pensions’ ActThursday, September 29th, 2011Steven Greenhut: State law enforcement officials and county leaders held a press conference today in Sacramento calling for a tax-raising initiative in November 2012 designed basically to protect the $100,000-plus pensions common in the public safety field. On the surface, the initiative idea -- spe... Cal State Union Calls For Mobs And BullyingThursday, September 29th, 2011 SEPT. 29, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT The California State University Employees Union is encouraging its members to intimidate people who are gathering signatures for a so-called “Paycheck Protection Initiative” that would limit the ability of unions to use automatic payroll deductions to gain... Cupcakes Upset Berkeley Diversity CrowdThursday, September 29th, 2011Editor's note: The following first appeared in City Journal. SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 By HEATHER MAC DONALD Tuesday’s now infamous affirmative-action bake sale at the University of California at Berkeley is unlikely to dissuade Gov. Jerry Brown from signing a bill that would reintroduce r... Obamacare No Boon to CA WorkersThursday, September 29th, 2011Sept. 29, 2011 A coalition of 26 states filed a petition this week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care reform law. California should have been the 27th. That’s because no state stands to take a bigger economic... CalPERS: 7.75% Gain Unrealistic?Thursday, September 29th, 2011John Seiler: One thing we've written a lot about here on CalWatchDog.com is that CalPERS' expectation of 7.75 percent average annual gains on its funds is unrealistic. CalPERS finally admitted it -- sort of (not really): The California Public Employees’ Retirement System will be hard-pressed... El Centro: 32% UnemploymentThursday, September 29th, 2011John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown just doesn't care about California's legions of unemployed. AP provides a new list of the most unemployed cities in in America, the numbers from August. Except for Yuma, Ariz., Eight of the top nine all are in California. The very worst is El Centro. The overa... |