Category: California Politics
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Darrell Steinberg wants a tax increase: But 2 out of three are bad.
In a Sacramento Bee article, California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D Sacramento) notes that the possibility of sending competing tax increase measures before the voters is fraught with peril. Make no mistake, Senator Steinberg wants a tax increase to pass. Because California’s highest earners aren’t paying enough? Steinberg said it “scares the heck…
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How to build a monster, or, How California Government feeds on itself.
Dan Walters, in the Sacramento Bee points out the obvious about government, and the impacts of it’s intrusion into the lives of it’s citizens: Every new regulatory or taxation policy immediately spawns an array of financial stakeholders who then hire lobbyists and political consultants, distribute money to political policymakers, and seek self-serving applications of government…
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California cries about jobs, while killing job creators
California Unemployment is going up. Not that it wasn’t already up. It has hovered near 12% for well in excess of a year. And it certainly isn’t going to get better soon. California has a functional $9 billion budget deficit. Meaning that functionally, because of spending mandated via legislation, and the Californian public’s absurd predisposition…
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Once Upon A Time, A Golden State
Victor Davis Hanson posits at Pajamas Media on the past state of California’s greatness, and our lack of attribution to those who carried the burden of achieving it: 5) I can never quite understand the writ against our ancestors. I came into this world in 1953 replete with electricity, and modern medicine at the dawn…
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San Francisco considers new tolls.. to cross town.
A bit of Friday morning delight. From the Sacramento Bee: San Francisco transportation officials are considering charging drivers to cross downtown and the city’s southern border with San Mateo County. Among the ideas under consideration is a $6 charge to leave the city’s northeast sector, which includes the Financial District, weekdays between 3:30 and 6:30…
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Deborah Ortiz: “Let them eat cake. No, wait – give me their cake…” UPDATED
Ken Barnes, running for Trustee Area 6 position on the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) Board of Trustees, notes that former California State Senator Deborah Ortiz has friends in high places, and is not afraid to use them. Failing to meet the filing deadline for LRCCD Area 6 Trustee election in November, she had…
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While Rome Burns.
A simple search of the California Legislature website using the “Bill Finder Tool” for the 2009 – 2010 session with just the search term “California” yields 5286 bills as a result. YOU are paying for this folly.
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The California Economy and the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: An apt simile
On Tuesday October 27, 2009 a section of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge that had been repaired in September failed, causing minor damage and massive traffic congestion. Normal traffic on the Bay Bridge is maddening at best, but try tacking a couple of hours on to your commute home on a cold and…
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Proclamation of the Bear Flag Revolt
How soon we forget: To all persons, citizens of Sonoma, requesting them to remain at peace, and to follow their rightful occupations without fear of molestation. The Commander in Chief of the Troops assembled at the Fortress of Sonoma gives his inviolable pledge to all persons in California not found under arms that they shall…
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John Garamendi: The Running Man
Just a quick summary of the offices California Lt. Governor John Garamendi has run for since 1974: Garamendi: The Running Man 74 CA State Assembly 76 -88 CA State Senate 82 CA Governor 86 CA State Controller 90 CA Insurance Commissioner 94 CA Governor 02 CA Insurance Commissioner 06 CA Lt. Governor 08 CA Governor…