Legislative Democrats rolled out the red carpet for Michael Moore last week as the controversial filmmaker came to Sacramento promoting his new movie …
California Commentary
California Senate business freezes over ‘hell’
We should encourage lawmakers to embark on other benign silliness. As if there wasn't enough to wrangle over in the California Legislature some …
The Whining Continues
It has been 29 years since the passage of Proposition 13 and the whining by public officials continues. Somewhere Howard Jarvis is chuckling. After …
Scary
Lots of things bother me about horror movies but one of the big things is the inability to warn the victims that a grisly fate awaits them just around …
Beanie Babies Global Warming and Taxpayer Ripoffs
Somewhere around the year 2000 thousands of serious Beanie Baby collectors came to the realization that they had invested in a commodity that …
No Tears for L.A.
The city of Los Angeles has been caught with its hand in the cookie jar. The city's hands are experienced at this maneuver but they don't usually get …
The Tax Collector Protection Act
It is no secret that finding new ways to evade the expressed will of the people who by passing Propositions 13 and 218 overwhelmingly stated their …
Voters Shut Out of Prison Bond Debt Decision
Last week's prison deal brought cheers and plaudits from virtually all political corners in California. The Legislature threatened by a federal court …
If Wishes Were Horses: Lawmakers Fantasize About Spending
Within the last week the stock market has reached an all-time high. But wasn't it just weeks ago that the market suffered a one-day decline of over …
The Last Taxpayer
Several news reports over the last week had me thinking of the 1973 Charlton Heston movie Soylent Green an "Al-Gorean" view of the earth's …