Homeowners are easy targets. Typically, we commit most of our working lives to pay for a home. For many, it is our greatest financial asset, our security, as well as that place on earth where we feel most at ease. We will go to almost any lengths to protect and preserve our family homes.

This is why, for those who are constantly searching for more government revenue, homeowners and others who pay property taxes were juicy targets -- until the passage of Proposition 13, that is.  Read more >>

Taxes have become the featured player this election season. Most of the tax talk revolves around Governor Schwarzenegger's hardcore no new taxes pledge -- a position that appears warmly embraced by the California electorate if polls are any indication. But many of the ballot propositions also propose new taxes or affect existing ones, including Props 1A, 86, 87, 88 and 89.  Read more >>

There was a popular song a few years ago called, "Money for Nothing." While the tune was a satire on the vast amounts paid to successful rock stars, the title could just as easily apply to many voters' attitudes toward bonds.

As we approach the November election with over $41 billion in bonds on the statewide ballot, and additional billions being considered for local jurisdictions, now is a good time to brush up on the significance of bonds, their true costs, and how they are repaid.  Read more >>

Taxpayers are not mushrooms. So why do government officials keep us in the dark and feed us manure? Two seemingly unrelated stories are unfolding in California that are illustrative of the mindset of some in government that citizens and taxpayers are entitled to know neither how their money is being spent nor how it will be spent in the future.  Read more >>

Some people ask why we bother to fight government waste and the misuse of taxpayer dollars. They see the success of our endeavor to be about as likely as that of King Knute, who, while perched on his throne at the edge of the sea, ordered the waves to cease.

We are well aware that our efforts to catalogue and broadcast government waste only scratch the surface. However, we believe publicizing government incompetence, mismanagement and chicanery is one of the major weapons in protecting taxpayers.  Read more >>