What do thousands receiving Hurricane Katrina payouts from FEMA thousands more receiving child care benefits in California and outgoing Long Beach Mayor Beverly O’Neill have in common? They all are getting stuff they don’t deserve. When most of us were in school we were required to take a civics class. We learned about the structure […]
Members of the state’s largest government workers union have been threatening to strike although a tentative deal may now dissuade them. The 87000 state employees represented by the Service Employees International Union include janitors accountants prison cooks and those who work for the Department of Motor Vehicles. They have gone without a raise for three […]
Justifiably taxpayers rejoiced over last week’s defeat of statewide measures Propositions 81 and 82. Both were dangerous silly proposals that would have resulted in more debt and higher taxes. But perhaps the most significant outcome of California’s primary comes from a local race in Orange County. There Orange County Treasurer John Moorlach prevailed in his […]
As part of their never-ending campaign for increased pay and benefits for government workers public employee union leaders do their best to discredit any individual or group they see standing in their way. When government watchdogs ask reasonable questions about the wisdom of promising high pay and lavish pensions that are far above what is […]
On April 17th Governor Schwarzenegger called a meeting of taxpayer leaders throughout California. In addition to inviting the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association the business groups were also well represented by the California Taxpayers Association the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Manufacturers and Technology Association among others. Representing a national taxpayer group was the […]
To many Americans the word "hypocrisy" is a synonym for politics. Congressman Alan Mollahan is only the latest example. Accusations that he funneled government money to supporters and business partners forced the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee to step down. Will he eventually share a cell with his former colleague Randy "Duke" Cunningham […]
In an April 17 op-ed piece in the San Jose Mercury News state Senator Don Perata complains that in California we are witnessing the hollowing out of the middle class because of what he sees as an inadequate response to our education housing transportation and health care needs. Predictably he hauls out Proposition 13 as […]
