April 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes California voters were duped by Democratic politicians, and they will probably do it again. Proposition 25, the "no budget, no pay" measure, was the creation of über liberal former state Sen. John Burton. Prop 25 was sold to voters as an accountability mea...
Politics and ElectionsProp. 25 never promised accountabilityMonday, April 30th, 2012Governance by BoondoggleWednesday, February 29th, 2012 FEB. 29, 2012 The road to California’s financial recovery will be long and arduous. But a first good step is putting an end to taxpayer-financed boondoggles. We know from the collapse of the Soviet Union and other failed regimes around the world that centrally planned job creation does n... Bored CA Billionaire Groups MergeMonday, January 30th, 2012 JAN. 28, 2012 "Think Forward and Long" or "Think Long and Forward California." I suggest one of those as the new name for the merging government reform groups California Forward and Think Long. Because the ridiculousness of the name should be as ridiculous as the hailed move. This is w... Courts Undermine State’s Initiative SystemFriday, January 20th, 2012 Jan. 20, 2012 I voted against Proposition 215, the so-called Compassionate Use Act, which legalized marijuana use here in the nation’s largest pot-growing state for -- wink, wink, nod, nod -- “medicinal purposes.” That’s why it is rather ironic that I find myself compelled to come to t... CA GOP Going to Elephant Graveyard?Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 JAN. 17, 2012 Many in the media say that Republicans are rapidly becoming irrelevant in California, and will become nothing more than an afterthought after the next election. Even a Capitol press club, made up of declining "old media" newspaper, radio and television reporters, recently ind... Dems caught GOP flat-footedSaturday, December 31st, 2011JAN. 1, 2012 Over the summer, the website I edit, CalWatchdog, published a series of articles documenting the way that the political Left exploited the redistricting process in California to assure strong gains for the Democratic Party. The report included an exclusive interview with a redistrict... Freedom Will Keep Fading in 2012Monday, December 26th, 2011Dec. 26, 2011 The United States and California, in particular, are continuing down a dangerous path where more decisions about almost everything in life are made by government officials rather than by individual citizens. That's a fancy way of saying that we are losing our freedoms, slowly but su... Gravitas, Integrity and the GOPFriday, December 23rd, 2011DEC. 23, 2011 With California in political turmoil, and one-party rule inching closer to perpetuity, as 2011 comes to an end, this column has more meaning than ever. First published in October, I hope Republicans are now listening. Throughout the country, but especially in California, the medi... Voting Rights for California WorkersFriday, December 9th, 2011DEC. 9, 2011 “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical.” So said Thomas Jefferson, who, aside from being our nation’s third president, was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Calif... California Dream is no moreFriday, December 2nd, 2011DEC. 2, 2011 The California Dream is no more. In 2010, according to Census figures, the proportion of us who moved here from other states was the lowest in a century. That’s because, for the past six years or so, more folks have moved out of California than in. The state’s population fl... |