September, 2012Push for charter cities enrages unionsSunday, September 30th, 2012 Part 1 of a series on charter cities. Sept. 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- The November election is shaping up to be a biggie, and probably even a game changer. In addition to California's tax increase ballot initiatives and the paycheck protection measure, voters in three California... Video: Interview with Judge Jim Gray, Libertarian VP candidate, Part 2Saturday, September 29th, 2012Sept. 29, 2012 By Brian Calle I recently talked to Judge Jim Gray, Libertarian vice presidential candidate, about the legalization of drugs, border security and immigration. Gray is a retired Superior Court judge from Orange County. The first part of my interview is here. Obama’s Social Security Disability policy busting Calif. general fundFriday, September 28th, 2012Sept. 28, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Here's the dirty secret of Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 tax increase of $8.5 billion. Most of it would not go to education, as advertised. Instead, it indirectly would go to plugging a gaping budget hole created by the Obama Administration’s policy of ta... Yes to DesalinationFriday, September 28th, 2012Sept. 28, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The Western Hemisphere’s largest seawater desalination plant moved a huge step closer to actually being built with the tentative agreement Thursday by the San Diego County Water Authority to buy all the water produced by the Carlsbad plant’s private develop... Breaking public-employee pensions: The political pathThursday, September 27th, 2012Second in a series on public pensions. The first is here. Sept. 27, 2012 By Mark Cabaniss In taking on the California pension problem, the first step is dispelling some large, tenacious and commonly held illusions. The first illusion is that pensions are contracts protected by the U.S. C... Hold the Twitter: Brown signs a good law!Thursday, September 27th, 2012Commentary Sept. 27, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Gov. Jerry Brown just signed something good into law. This is so rare that we ought to hold the presses. Brown today signed legislation that bans public and private universities and employers from demanding social media passwords from potential ... Legislative hearings attack Prop. 32Thursday, September 27th, 2012 Sept. 27, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Apparently fearing the outcome of the political reform measure Proposition 32, some California lawmakers have added "storyteller" to their resumes. In one of the most nostalgic fairy tales ever told at a Capitol hearing, it was revealed that a... Prop. 31 is a Trojan Horse for wealth redistributionThursday, September 27th, 2012 Sept. 27, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Recently I was invited to be the “No on Proposition 31” speaker at a local election forum, which I reported on here. My honorable conservative debate opponent expressed disbelief that Prop. 31 would end up with regional proxy governments around California... Study confirms exodus from Golden StateWednesday, September 26th, 2012Sept. 27, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Anyone who has lived in California for some time realizes that middle- and upper-income Californians frequently talk about where they are going when they leave California. Most people never actually leave, of course, and birth rates and immigration mostly from... |