Posts Tagged ‘Silicon Valley’Latest taxpayer-subsidized green fiasco is based in AnaheimThursday, April 25th, 2013 April 25, 2013 By Chris Reed The latest Californa-based green energy fiasco took center stage in the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform on Wednesday. It is Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive. This is from the Washington Post's Wonkblog: "It’s time for another round of scrutin... MSNBC-style media on the bandwagon for bullet-train farceMonday, April 8th, 2013 April 8, 2013 By Chris Reed When a friend urged me to check out the edition of "Dan Rather Reports" on high-speed rail in the U.S. that aired last month on Mark Cuban's AXS.TV, I figured it would be good for a few laughs, but that at least the former CBS anchor would note the volume of intense... Why is state gov so inefficient? Duh. Job preservation.Saturday, March 30th, 2013 March 30, 2013 By Chris Reed The Sacramento Bee's Jon Ortiz had a piece Thursday about the grotesque mess that is California state government that had lots of interesting details about the extent of the dysfunction: "Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown christened an overhaul of the state's personnel ... How can computer science not be state graduation requirement?Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 Feb. 20, 2013 By Chris Reed The reports earlier this month that the state will no longer require eighth-graders to take Algebra 1 and allow them instead to take a somewhat less rigorous course covering algebra touched off a minor flap between those who saw this as dumbing-down standards and th... Yet another computer fiasco in home of Silicon ValleySaturday, February 9th, 2013Feb. 9, 2013 By Chris Reed Friday's news that state Controller John Chiang had fired the second contractor hired to upgrade the state government's computer payroll system for incompetence and poor work -- a few years after the first contractor was fired for the same reason -- is an amazing com... Only Silicon Valley scores high on Milken top cities listFriday, January 18th, 2013 Jan. 18, 2013 By John Seiler Silicon Valley scored the top spot on the Milken Institute's "Best-Performing Cites 2012" list, which looked at 200 metro areas. That's a great accomplishment. But what about the rest of California? You have to drop way down to No. 19 for the next California ci... Reality show hides California realityFriday, November 23rd, 2012Nov. 23, 2012 By Joseph Perkins My wife turned me on to a new reality show, “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley.” It airs on Bravo, between installments of the cable network’s “Real Housewives” franchise, which chronicles the lives of too-well-to-do ladies in places like Beverly Hills and Or... Silicon Valley is Star CityThursday, May 17th, 2012 May 17, 2012 By John Seiler Why do young nerds angling to be the next Steve Jobs still flock to Silicon Valley? That's where Mark Zuckerberg transplanted Facebook, which he started in his Harvard dorm room. Facebook's IPO this week pegs its value at around $100 billion. But the Facebook own... California to middle class: Drop deadMonday, April 30th, 2012April 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- The new USC study pointing to a much-slower rate of population growth in California has been greeted by demographers and urban planners as good news, in that it supposedly gives our state's leaders a little breathing room to better plan for the f... Internet Shoots Down CensorshipFriday, January 20th, 2012 John Seiler: Sometimes you win one. This week, the Good Guys won a Big One. Hollywood's attempt to censor the Internet went down in flames like a Luftwaffe jet fighter shot down by the American "Red Tails" in the new movie of that name. Hollywood lobbyists pushed cash and legislation on Con... |