June 21, 2012 Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Assembly and Senate leaders announced this morning that they have reached a deal on the budget and will vote on it Tuesday. I thought that legislators already approved a budget last Friday, June 15, California's Constitutional deadline for the budget. Doe...
June, 2012State lawmakers announce budget deal… againThursday, June 21st, 2012Legislators regulating dog groomers, dental hygienistsTuesday, June 19th, 2012June 19, 2012 Katy Grimes: If you thought the June election might make California Democrats take pause and re-examine their business-killing policies, think again. Today in the Assembly Business, Professions And Consumer Protection Committee, bills to regulate dog groomers, dental hygienists,... Roger Clemens found not guiltyMonday, June 18th, 2012 June 18, 2012 By John Seiler Some good news for a change. Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of our time, just was found not guilty of perjury. In 2008, he made the mistake of testifying before the U.S. Congress, instead of taking the Fifth. He told Congress he hadn't used performance-enha... On-time budget full of holes, games, gimmicksMonday, June 18th, 2012 June 16, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- The Legislature met its constitutional budget deadline, which means legislators will not be docked their pay this year. However, claims by legislative leadership that this budget really is a balanced, honest budget, free of gimmicks and accounting tri... It’s a Three Stooges BudgetFriday, June 15th, 2012 June 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes With California's entire $91 billion budget being decided and voted on today, we can honestly and unequivocally say that California Democrats own the budget, lock, stock and smoking barrel. But this year, budget talks have had a certain comedy to them, part... California’s budget hell-weekThursday, June 14th, 2012 June 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes With the big constitutional budget vote tomorrow in the Legislature, the usual budget games have not let anyone down this year. Only this time, far fewer lawmakers have a hand in the process. And, despite too many denials of game playing, gimmicks and last minute... Top Two destroyed third partiesTuesday, June 12th, 2012 June 12, 2012 By John Seiler More than two years ago on CalWatchDog.com, I was the first to report that the Top Two voting system would destroy third parties. My article was entitled, "Will Prop. 14 kill third parties?" It did. Prop. 14 passed that year. It set up the system we have now,... I wasn’t born to follow…Tuesday, June 12th, 2012June 12, 2012 By John Seiler Cue the great Byrds song, "I Wasn't Born to Follow" from one of my favorite movies, "Easy Rider": I bring that up because The New York Times' featured "conservative," David Brooks, whom I knew briefly in Washington, D.C. back in 1987, writes a column today e... Moonbeamasaurus and giant labor lizardsMonday, June 11th, 2012 June 11, 2012 Katy Grimes: Politics in 2012 California feels more like the Mesozoic age. Around every corner is a predator, waiting to pounce in search of its next meal. Predatory labor lizard unions, public employee unions, politicians, special interest groups, are like the hungry T-Rex, ... We have been deleting abusive commentsFriday, June 8th, 2012June 8, 2012 By John Seiler We appreciate our commentators adding to our articles. But the past two days I have spent several hours deleting abusive posts, in particular from one commentator who has contributed interesting, civil comments in the past. He has been banned until Monday. If the ab... |