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 …
Assuring the Viability of Home Ownership
During World War II experienced fighter pilots understood that if they maintained the maximum angle of ascent eventually the aircraft would shudder …
The ‘Container Tax:’ Just Another Proposition 13 Avoidance Scheme
Now that football season has begun optimistic fans dream of winning the big game and a world championship. Coaches devise game plans that will keep …
Widely Diverse Coalition Opposes Proposition 88
If David and Goliath were alive today they would likely take time out from their battle to cast a ballot against Proposition 88. So too would the …
And the Villain Is — Prop. 13 of Course!
The big moribund downtown Los Angeles Newspaper is after Proposition 13 again. Appropriately ensconced in a mausoleum-like building the Times has …
A Vile Weapon in the Hands of Public Officials
Ivan the Terrible did it. So did Hitler and Stalin. We know that at least one American president -- and probably others -- did it although for …
Storming the Prop. 13 battlements
Angelides’ Policies Would Imperil State’s Economy
Sir Winston Churchill once said that "for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up …
Big Court Win for Taxpayers: Proposition 218 Means What It Says
Although it received very little press attention taxpayers recently won a huge victory in the California Supreme Court. The ruling in Bighorn-Desert …
Becoming a Third-World Country
To visitors the signs that mark a third-world county are obvious. Crumbling infrastructure people sleeping in doorways a wide gap between rich and …