The usual suspects are digging deep into their pockets to make sure that California’s borrowing binge remains unchecked. Contractors, unions and bond …
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Legislative Session Ends, Taxpayers to Pay Even More as Usual Allies Vote for Tax Hikes
As the final day of the legislative session dawned last week, taxpayers were cautiously optimistic. After all, we had already stopped the most direct …
TAXPORTATION PART 2: Response to Will Kempton
Last week’s column presented the case for strong opposition to any new transportation taxes in California. But on Thursday, the Executive Director of …
TAXPORTATION: Profligate Waste Negates Justification for Transportation Tax Hike
A personal digression: My father was head of the Iowa Department of Transportation (then called the Iowa Highway Commission) in the late '60s and …
OPINION: The truth behind California’s hidden gas tax
A recent report from the Legislative Analyst's Office reveals Californians pay over $2 billion a year in hidden gas taxes, writes Senator Patricia …
The Bullet Train Built on Fantasy
Like rampaging Godzilla in all those Japanese monster movies, the unpopular and expensive bullet train has proven almost impossible to kill. However, …
NEWS: $68 billion bullet train project likely to overshoot budget
A recent analysis conducted by the Los Angeles Times has concluded the state's high speed rail project, which is already behind schedule, will …
Don’t Reward Bad Behavior
Why Higher Taxes for Potholes is a Bad Idea To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, here we go again. Once more, taxpayers are being told by our political …
Move Along, There’s Nothing to See Here
A few years ago I wrote a column on the Orwellian practice of politicians who deceive voters by perverting the English language. For example, the …
OPINION: What an unholy mess the California bullet train meeting is going to be
State high speed rail officials will meet in downtown Los Angeles where they are likely to be confronted by community members unhappy with local route …