A Small Business Owner’s “Long Day’s Journey” into the IRS
This is a story about my experience with the IRS that I hope is not typical but I fear it might be. I’m here to suggest the need for the equivalent of the IRS Taxpayer’s Advocate for small business owners. My journey begins two years ago when the economy had taken the biggest nosedive since […]
GOP Straw Poll and Party Platform
At the California Republican Convention in Los Angeles this weekend, Congressman Ron Paul was a runaway victor in the Straw Poll with 45% of the vote. Governor Rick Perry, Paul’s fellow Texan, was second with 29%. Thursday, the Field Poll indicated that Mitt Romney was the choice of California Republicans with 28% of the vote […]
5 Reasons Why Now Is the Perfect Time for Initiative Reform
Do you have ideas to offer on initiative reform? Great. Now should be your moment. The next few weeks should see public and media discussion of the process. I’ll be moderating a free, public event in San Francisco this Wednesday night (Sept. 21), with panelists from across the country and the world and political spectrum […]
The Local Impact of Severe Cuts to the Land and Water Conservation Fund
If you live in L.A., you would never know that while idling in your car in traffic along the 110, you are sitting beside what could be one of the most effective obesity, crime, and disease prevention tools we have in our community – the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Not just any park, the […]