F&H Daily’s Third Annual Black Bart Award
For the past two years frequent contributors to this page Joe Mathews, John Wildermuth and I have nominated candidates for Californian of the Year in the world of politics. We name the final selection the winner of the Black Bart Award. There is no specific criteria to follow in making the selection. Each author will […]
Californian Of the Year: The Gerontocracy
The governor of California, who remains popular, turned 73 this year. The chairman of the state’s most popular political party, the Democrats, is 79. The junior senator from California, Barbara Boxer, is 71. The senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, is 78, and faces what looks like a cakewalk to re-election. All of them are secure. None […]
Ballot Measure on Cancer a Symptom of Dysfunctional State
Crossposted on Los Angeles Business Journal Increasing funding for cancer research is a laudable goal. We all have been touched by this terrible disease, and must continue working for a cure. But cancer research is too important to be left in the hands of an unchecked bureaucracy created by a career politician, run by unelected […]
Survey – It’s Expensive to do Business in California
The 17th annual Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey is out and it tells the same old story: California is an expensive place to do business. The annual survey measures the cost of doing business in 421 cities around the country. The report revealed California is an expensive place to do business placing one-third […]
California Named a Judicial Hellhole… Again
The American Tort Reform Foundation has released its annual Judicial Hellholes Report and California has claimed the #2 ranking on the report between Philadelphia and West Virginia. Our state certainly has been racking up the distinctions this year. Last year we were also ranked #2 due to consumer class actions, extortionate disability access claims against small business, […]