January, 2013Unholstering the truth about gunsMonday, January 28th, 2013 Jan. 28, 2013 By Katy Grimes Politicians are nothing if not predictable. With every tragedy, lawmakers seize the opportunity to come up with a solution, a rule, or another law. But often the new rules don't quite fit the crime. Facts become fuzzy and manipulations take place. Unfortun... Affluence police tee off on MickelsonMonday, January 28th, 2013Jan. 28, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- After hearing the criticism directed toward golfer Phil Mickelson for his modest comments about California's highest-in-the-nation tax rates giving him cause to consider relocating, I was left wondering: What country do we live in? Did you ever ha... California, the union stateSaturday, January 26th, 2013Jan. 27, 2013 By Joseph Perkins The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that the national union membership rate (the percentage of wage and salary workers who are members of a union) fell to 11.3 last year from 11.8 percent the year before that. BLS also reported that actual n... Court: Putting Prop. 30 on top of ballot illegalWednesday, January 23rd, 2013Jan. 23, 2013 By Katy Grimes Anyone who still believes that there isn't monkey business in politics needs only to look at the most recent election and a significant legal ruling handed down on Friday regarding Proposition 30. While it may seem too little, too late, this ruling does matter... Brown’s budget is a boon to state’s unionsSunday, January 20th, 2013Jan. 20, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown continues to pose as an iconoclast who is willing to make the tough choices necessary to keep California afloat, but the budget he released recently is more evidence that he remains the cat’s paw for the state’s public-sec... Gov. Brown turns attention to immigrationSaturday, January 19th, 2013Jan. 18, 2013 By Joseph Perkins California is home to nearly one-quarter of the nation’s 11 million or so illegal immigrants. So it is understandable, laudable even, that Gov. Jerry Brown intends to be a player in upcoming discussions back in Washington on comprehensive immigration reform. ... LAO Whitewashes Gov. Brown’s Rosy BudgetTuesday, January 15th, 2013 Jan. 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- "Everything's Coming Up Roses," from the Broadway musical Gypsy, should be Gov. Jerry Brown's new theme song. His 2013-14 budget proposal, released last Thursday, was full of happy news, good times a projected balanced budget and an upcoming surplus.... More cops not only solution to crimeSunday, January 13th, 2013Jan. 14, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- As California's toughest cities struggle with violent crime, we are hearing a familiar refrain: "Hire more police officers." While more cops may be the right answer in some places, public officials need to consider a wider array of crime-fighti... Real Culprits in CA Housing CrashFriday, January 11th, 2013Jan. 11, 2013 By Joseph Perkins As the California economy continues slowly to recover from the collapse of its once-thriving housing sector, the banking industry is trying to close its books on the financial disaster. This week, Bank of America agreed to pay Fannie Mae $11.6 billion to sett... More CA laws choke usSunday, January 6th, 2013Jan. 6, 2013 By Steven Greenhut This year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, California featured the Department of Defense’s “Freedom Isn’t Free” float. While nothing is close to free when DOD is involved—the B-2 bomber that made a fly-by as parade-goers cheered cost more than twice its we... |