Voters Want to Know About Campaign Cash
Sometimes you don’t miss something until it goes away. That’s the way it was in late November when the aging computer system running the state’s CAL-ACCESS database of political contributions clanked, wheezed, sent up a final gasp of steam and then shuddered to a halt for the best part of a month. Suddenly political junkies, […]
Uncertain Times on Main Street Don’t Call for More Taxes
Ask any “mom and pop” small business owner how they’re feeling on Main Street California these days, and they’re most likely to give you the same answer: “Uncertain and scared.” And with good reason. California’s elected leaders continue to heap new taxes upon our leading job creators – and without one solitary reform to fix […]
Stop the “Solar Tax”
Late last year, San Diego Gas & Electric asked state regulators to charge solar customers for the energy they provide to the grid with what was called a “network use charge.” This fee quickly became a lightning rod for proponents of solar power. The utility’s effort was met with a chorus of dissent from many […]
How Will Small Business Hold Government Accountable?
Small Business Revolution published its founding principles as its way of celebrating Presidents Day and in particular Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln quite forcefully championed the connection between freedom and prosperity, recognizing the two were inseparable. He led the nation through our bloody Civil War, whose 150th anniversary we are in the middle of marking, to end […]
For President’s Day: Digging up Mr. Lincoln
Why the 16th President Can’t be Left in Peace Originally published at Zocalo Public Square Election night 1876 arrived full of uncertainty. The presidential race was something of a referendum on Reconstruction, and the results were so tight that the winner was unknown. It would be months before a special commission awarded 20 disputed electoral […]