blog-InfrastructureDump the HSBBCCSSaturday, July 10th, 2010 John Seiler: I'm not a fan if either candidate for governor. But for whatever reason, Meg Whitman has taken the right position on the High-Speed-Bullet-Boondoggle-Choo-Choo-Train-Scam (HSBBCCS): she's against. And Jerry Brown, predictably, is for it, as the Mercury News notes. Jerry is saying ... GOP on water bond delayThursday, July 1st, 2010From Steven Greenhut: Here is a statement from Assembly Republican Leader Martin Garrick, of Carlsbad, and Assemblywoman Jean Fuller, of Bakersfield, regarding the governor's call to delay the water bond vote until 2012. The water bond is a tough issue. It is a wasteful, pork-laden deal, but th... Zonies to boycott Cal?Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 I've been saying all along that California threats to boycott Arizona over the Zonies' immigration law are a massive joke. Now I'm really cracking up. Now Arizona is threatening to cut off the electricity they send to California. (Or "electricicle" as Eva Gabor used to purr on "Green Acres." Can ... How To Do Business With The StateTuesday, May 4th, 2010At an event I attended last week, I received a brochure titled “How to do Business with California State Government: A Five Step Process,” published by the Department of General Services (DGS). The quote on the front of the brochure is from Governor Schwarzenegger: “California’s economic ... Dominy livesWednesday, April 28th, 2010Today's LA Times carries the obituary of one Floyd Elgin Dominy, who ran the U.S. Bureau of Land Reclamation from 1959 to 1969 and lived to be 100. Dominy was the greatest builder of New Deal government work projects. He was of a time when Democrats built dams, rather than dismantle them. Glen Ca... DGS Absent At HearingWednesday, April 28th, 2010The Department of General Services Director Ron Diedrich was requested to appear before today's Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review informational hearing to answer questions surrounding the 11 state properties for sale, but did not appear. His absence prompted committee chair Assembly... Republicans Moving Forward?Sunday, April 25th, 2010UPDATE: I spoke with Assembly member Roger Niello over the weekend. Niello said that his discussions with Garrick were informal and that he was not officially "appointed" to lead Assembly Republicans with California Forward. However, he does was a seat at the table. Niello said that he had been c... Proposition 16 Hidden Intent?Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Could there be a hidden intent behind the PG&E sponsored Proposition 16? Peter Darbee, chairman and CEO of PG&E, is recorded at an investor meeting in New York, Marchi 1, 2010 stating that he hopes to diminish the ability for people to form municipal utilities or electric districts, called C... The Polite Sacramento Tea PartyThursday, April 15th, 2010 The tax day Tea Party held at the state capitol in Sacramento was a bustling event, attended by colorful, patriotic and well-mannered people from all walks of life. No angry outbursts... no fights... just thousands and thousands of very polite taxpaying citizens. The "angry, bitter, militant tea ... Punitive Sales and Use Tax ModifiedWednesday, April 14th, 2010The Board of Equalization (BOE) has an unusual deadline for the payment of Sales and Use taxes by California businesses, making it very easy for payments to be considered late, mounting large interest payments. The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee passed SB 1028, authored by Senator Lou Cor... |
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