InfrastructureAre Hispanics moving up or down the social scale?Monday, April 23rd, 2012 Commentary April 24, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The ongoing economic malaise of the past half decade has slammed most social and economic groups in California. How are Hispanics doing here, especially in light of the bursting of the Housing Bubble? For example, consider Riverside County, wh... New High-Speed Rail biz plan crashes into realitySaturday, April 14th, 2012 April 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes What a train wreck. Barreling down the tracks in one direction, on April 9 a congressional committee launched a probe California’s high-speed rail project over charges of conflicts of interest and questionable spending of federal dollars. Barreling head-on t... Feinstein bridge over troubled water war?Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 April 10, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Borrowing lyrics from the Simon and Garfunkel song, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., recently has risked building a bridge over California’s troubled water wars. But is her action one of courage or political pandering during an election year? Is it a perman... Congress might unrenew crony capitalismFriday, April 6th, 2012 April 6, 2012 By Chriss Street Life is getting more difficult for crony capitalists. President Obama and a bipartisan group of senators was unable convince their pals in Congress to extend ludicrously large subsidies for supposed renewable energy projects under the deceptive label, “The Amer... San Diego, L.A. fight water warThursday, April 5th, 2012 April 5, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The water wars are back. During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order forcing San Diego to join Los Angeles and other cities in Southern California in sharing the costs of the same water canal. That began a 65-year water war ... Good Riddance to Peter DouglasTuesday, April 3rd, 2012 Commentary April 4, 2012 By John Seiler The person who did the most to wreck California the past 25 years wasn't one of our terrible governors, but Peter M. Douglas. After 25 years assaulting basic property rights and the U.S. and California constitutions as the head of the Stalinesque Cali... Greens Want Energy Bubble Loans from CPUCFriday, March 30th, 2012MARCH 30, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California is getting strapped for cash to continue to pay for subsidies for economically infeasible solar power and energy efficiency projects for homeowners and small businesses. So the Environmental Defense Fund has concocted a proposal to the California ... Feinstein Ends Truce, Restarts Water WarsThursday, March 29th, 2012MARCH 29, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California's water wars are back. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter to the Association of California Water Agencies late Tuesday March 27 again pitting North against South. The letter stated Feinstein was no longer entertaining compromis... Job Lies: When Will ‘Green’ = ‘Dishonest’?Monday, March 26th, 2012 MARCH 26, 2012 By CHRIS REED Just as red and blue have become associated with Republicans and Democrats, respectively, because of Election Night maps, will green someday become a synonym for fraud and dishonesty? After listening to Gov. Jerry Brown's two years of lies, prevarications and fanta... CA Liberals Blocking Housing for PoorWednesday, March 21st, 2012MARCH 21, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI We are hearing a lot about how California cannot close a $10 billion budget gap. But California has allowed 400 redevelopment agencies to retain about $2 billion in funds set aside for so-called “affordable housing.” Note: We're not talking here about ... |