FR’s Recommendations on Ballot Measures
The following are FlashReport.org’s recommendations on the eleven measures that will appear on the November ballot measures. These positions were arrived at through discussion by the members of our editorial board. PROPOSITION 30: NO This proposition is a $50 billion sales and income tax increase on all Californians. This will further weaken an already fragile […]
Prop. 39 bad for business, California consumers
Crossposted Orange County Register The news – that some of the largest companies affected by the estimated $1 billion in corporate tax increases contained in Proposition 39 would not be mounting an effort to defeat the measure – is unfortunate, not only for those companies and others directly hit by the tax increase, but for […]
CalChamber At The Crossroads (Again): Can They Step Up And Oppose Prop. 30?
Crossposted on FlashReport Apparently the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce is meeting tomorrow at the posh Casa Del Mar Resort located right on the beach in Santa Monica. It’s a stunning property, I attended a wedding there once. Marble floors, vaulted ceilings, magnificent artwork and stunning beachfront views make this one […]
Nestande Vote Makes Things Tougher for Conway and GOP
Crossposted on Flashreport As if her job isn’t already hard enough, the task for Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway got a bit tougher yesterday. You see she, along with her counterpart, State Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, are spending a lot of their time convincing potential donors that it if we want to stop tax […]
Exempting Olympic Medalists From Taxation Is A Bad Idea
Crossposted on FlashReport One of the biggest problem with our tax system in America, and here in California, is that it is overly complex and is filled with all kinds of special treatment for one group or another. It is filled with subsidies, credits and exemptions — each of which, when it comes down to […]
Four Taxing Questions — All Bad News For Taxes On The November Ballot
Crossposted on FlashReport For those of us who think it would be terrible public policy for the voters of California to raise taxes this November, Sacramento Democrats continue to be the “gift that keeps on giving” in terms of actions that will cause the already skeptical electorate to have more reasons not to want to […]
Of The Passing Of David Howard
Crossposted on FlashReport Like so many others involved in California politics, I was stunned to learn of the passing of David Howard, the political director for the California Association of Realtors. Apparently just a few weeks before his passing, David learned that he had Lung Cancer. He was 64 years old. David was a great […]
As Voters Understand that Prop. 28 Guts Term Limits, it’s Support is Dropping
As we close in on election day, we can see in successive polls that the popularity of Proposition 28 is dropping — with the Los Angeles Times/USC poll showing that the measure no longer enjoys a support of a majority of likely California voters. Will the measure ultimately pass on election day? We won’t know […]
Vote No on Prop. 28 – Don’t Let Politicians Forget Who Put them in Office
Original published in the San Francisco Chronicle Proposition 28 represents the latest effort by politicians and their special interest supporters to try to fool California voters into gutting California’s voter-approved term limits law. Prop. 28 is designed to trick voters into thinking it strengthens terms limits when it does the opposite. The measure weakens term […]
Walters Ignores The Obvious: The Pendulum Has Swung Far To The Left
Crossposted on FlashReport Last week, long-time Sacramento Bee columnist pens a column Both Left And Right In California Want Automatons In Office where he throws down the gauntlet of criticism on those who oppose a bigger, fatter state government (he also throws down on the other extreme, but that is not the focus of this blog […]