Following is the response of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association President Jon Coupal after reviewing Gov. Brown's proposed 2014/15 state budget: …
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The Bullet Train Is Like the Walking Dead
Pop quiz. Which of the following statements is true? A. California High speed rail (HSR) will allow riders to travel between Los Angeles and San …
(PR) A Victory for taxpayers: Court Rules Against Bullet Train Authority
Sacramento - Taxpayers received good news this morning (25) when Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny denied the State permission to put …
Bullet Train Backers Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer
Promoters of the California bullet train are behaving like a salesman who gets his foot in the door and won't take "no" for an answer. It was 2008 …
NEWS: ‘Shovel-ready’ bullet train construction delayed again
The Los Angeles Times reports the ground breaking for California's high speed rail project referred to as "shovel ready" in 2012 has once …
Trillion Dollar Train?
After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 the replacement span for the Bay Bridge was originally expected to be completed by 1994 and cost less than a …
NEWS: California bullet train groundbreaking faces new obstacles
The Los Angeles Times reports California's proposed high speed rail is about to face new challenges coming from a private railroad that controls a key …
When Will We Be Number One?
We have just moved up from 5th to 4th in a ranking of all 50 states by the Washington DC-based Tax Foundation but for average folks this is not good …
Spending Taxpayer Dollars to Push Prop 30 Is Illegal (Oh, and Politically Stupid, Too)
Does Governor Brown secretly harbor a death wish for Proposition 30? He claims this massive $50 billion tax hike is his highest priority as he …
Checking the Books
To outsiders California appears to be a decidedly liberal state. After all Mitt Romney is unlikely to even contest California and our super high taxes …