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California GOP the party of numbskulls
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 3.25.2011
California Republicans love to talk about limiting government, fighting bureaucracy and keeping taxes low, but March 17 they proved that this is nothing more than a rhetorical device. Given the opportunity to rein in the size and power of government in a tangible way, Assembly Republicans – with a sole exception – punted. They rallied to save some of the most abusive and wastrel government agencies around.
The Wisconsinonsense Award
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 3.22.2011
The Oscars may be over but the prize has yet to go out for the lamest statement regarding the battle between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and government-employee unions. The competition is fierce, with filmmaker Michael Moore a leading contender.
Carl's Jr. chewed up by California
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 3.18.2011
California has changed dramatically since 1941, when Carl and Margaret Karcher scraped together about 325 bucks to start a hot dog cart in Los Angeles – a precursor to a drive-through restaurant they opened in Anaheim and which grew into the Carl's Jr. fast-food empire. The Karchers were household names in Southern California, not just for their restaurants but for their activism in conservative politics and Catholic charities.
As Bell shows, public pay is the public's business
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 3.17.2011
During National Sunshine Week, the public continues to be outraged by the lavish salaries taken by former city officials in Bell.
National Sunshine Week: New Report Shows How to Bring More Open Government to California
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 3.16.2011
Study looks at the history, strengths, and weaknesses of open-government laws and practices in California and recommends more than two dozen reforms based on a comparative assessment of California’s laws and practices with those in the other 49 states.
Jerry Brown's Good Deed Gets Punished
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 3.11.2011
Forced to choose between funding public schools and subsidizing ritzy golf courses, many California officials prefer the latter. That's become painfully clear in the past few weeks as Golden State politicians have fiercely opposed Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to shave $1.7 billion from the state's budget deficit by shuttering California's 400 redevelopment agencies.
Governor exposes his hypocrisy by denying Californians a vote
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 3.10.2011
Republican efforts to trade a tax vote for a fiscal reform vote are going nowhere fast, as Gov. Jerry Brown continues to prove that he is the best $30 million investment that the state’s public employee unions ever could have made. That’s the amount of independent expenditures the unions spent on his behalf. Despite Brown’s blather about making difficult budget decisions, Brown clearly sees no other approach than raising taxes.
California's three-step recovery
Submitted by Jason Clemens on 3.3.2011
As conflicts rage across the Midwest between state governments intent on solving their budget crises and public-sector unions trying to protect the status quo, there has been a worrisome calmness in Sacramento. This is a sure sign that California leaders are refusing to make hard decisions, in a state whose economic crisis is second to none.
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