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, 2011Vacaville 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 Although apparently he has rescinded that policy.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... 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... Brown’s Phony Reg ‘Reduction’Wednesday, September 28th, 2011John Seiler: Jerry Brown snookered a Mercury News reporter -- and a lot of other people -- when the governor signed into law two bills that supposedly loosen environmental regulations. "We're going to protect the environment, but we're also going to do it in a practical way. There are too damn ma... Privatize the University of CaliforniaWednesday, September 28th, 2011 John Seiler: The University of California suffered more controversy in recent weeks on two campuses. Yesterday, as Katy Grimes reported, conservative students at UC Berkeley mocked über-political correctness and racial and other quotas at the school and in the state. The students held a "bake s... Brown Continues Attack on JobsTuesday, September 27th, 2011 John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown remains unfazed by California's accelerating economic decline. He seems to think that the whole state is like Silicon Valley, producing jobs by the thousand and billionaires by the dozen. He signed a Republican bill that increases fees -- that is, taxes -- "on the... 4 Horsemen of Anti-Jobs ApocalypseMonday, September 26th, 2011 John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown has attacked the "Four Horsemen of the Tax Apocalypse." He was referring to four major anti-tax activists who have kept him from destroying thousands of jobs by raising taxes above already apocalyptic levels. In the Book of Jerry, the Four Horsemen are: Grover Nor... Californians Are BleedingMonday, September 26th, 2011 John Seiler: The L.A. Times just ran an excellent piece by Alexandra Zavis on the plight of California's chronically unemployed or under-employed, focusing on three famlies. These are the hurting faces behind the state's anti-business climate. The online edition excised some excellent introdu... |