Last week Senate President Pro Tempore Perata accused Senate Republicans of being "fiscal terrorists" by holding up the budget. This …
California Commentary
The Boogeyman
To free wheeling big spending politicians David Walker is the "boogeyman." To those who want ever bigger government his exposing of their …
California’s X-Rated Tax Policy
Negotiations over the state budget which (surprise surprise) is two weeks late are at an impasse because lawmakers who advocate increased spending and …
Protecting Property Rights in California
The Constitution of the State of California provides that "All people by nature are free and independent and have inalienable rights. Among these …
Property Taxes in a Declining Market
In the last few years most California homeowners have seen the value of their homes go ever higher. With core inflation under control the rapid rise …
Health Care for All? A Taxing Burden
Legislative Democrats rolled out the red carpet for Michael Moore last week as the controversial filmmaker came to Sacramento promoting his new movie …
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 …