Last week's prison deal brought cheers and plaudits from virtually all political corners in California. The Legislature threatened by a federal court …
California Commentary
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 …
Assemblyman Gives Taxpayers the Foam Finger
While watching my first televised baseball game of the year the camera panned the crowd and then zeroed in on two youngsters wildly waving concession …
Proposed Lawsuit to Overturn Term Limits Is An Affront to Voters
It is a poorly held secret that sitting legislators hate term limits more than anyone else. Once elected these politicians feel a strong sense of …
Raising California’s Homeowners Exemption
Mortgage lenders and others in the home finance community woke up to a jolt this month when reports indicated that borrowers were having trouble …
Who’s the Boss?
If you arrived at your office shop or business and found the locks had been changed several thoughts would pass through your mind. If you were an …
Share the Poverty
They're back! After the bill that would have criminalized spanking was withdrawn as part of Sacramento lawmakers' efforts to showcase their best …
Mostly foxes guarding the henhouse
When the governor announced the appointees to the Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission he correctly outlined the seriousness of the …
Usually It’s Taxpayers Who Get Spanked
Not surprisingly Assemblywoman "Spankin'" Sally Lieber has withdrawn her bill to criminalize the paddling of young children. Apparently in …