Sacto Bee targets McClintock over Yosemite issue
April 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes Instead of criticizing the environmentalists who want the riff-raff out of Yosemite National Park, to be returned to its “wilderness state” so visitors can enjoy “tranquility and introspection,” the Sacramento Bee has taken up a
Read More‘Job killer’ bill could increase CEQA litigation
April 26, 2013 By Dave Roberts There has been discussion by Sacramento politicians in the past year about the need to reform the California Environmental Quality Act in order to remove litigious roadblocks to new development, thereby boosting the state
Read MoreFlawed study tries to link smog with childhood cancer
April 26, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Anyone who remembers the choking smog of 1960s Los Angeles knows of the great advances since then in cleaning the air. But as Nobel economist Milton Friedman once quipped, “Nothing is so
Read MoreCalifornia’s new undocumented jurors
April 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes The dead Boston Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, would have been eligible to serve on a jury in California, if state legislators have their way. The Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would allow non-citizens who
Read MoreHow about a $100 per hour minimum wage?
April 25, 2013 By John Seiler The Democrats who run California believe they are “progressives.” They want to “help the poor, the working classes, the proletariat.” Hardly. Their latest sop to the oppressed: they want to increase the minimum wage
Read MoreBoston bombing: Why to expect bad fallout on two fronts
April 24, 2013 By Chris Reed The fallout from the April 15 terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon continues. Initially, the primary reaction was tired partisan attempts to imply the fault was either somehow a) the president’s fault because of
Read MoreFacebook plants server farm in IA not CA
April 24, 2013 By John Seiler California remains a fantastic place if you have a 180 IQ and an entrepreneurial spirit. You move to Silicon Valley, live and work in a closet and devour Coke and pizza until you make
Read MoreCA global warming is big business for government
April 24, 2013 By Katy Grimes Just when Californians thought implementation of the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act couldn’t get any worse, it is. AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and SB 375, the sustainable communities companion
Read MoreMayor-forLife Bloomberg: Shred the Constitution
April 23, 2013 By John Seiler It’s terrible that four people were killed in Boston last week. But for that should we ditch the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights? That’s what New York Mayor-for-Life Michael Bloomberg insists: “The
Read MoreDriver’s license bill races through Legislature
April 23, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants is back on the table and making its way through the Capitol once again. But this latest bill asserts a licensed driver is a safer driver, based
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