California Redistricting could have been much worse for GOP
Many in the California GOP aren’t happy with the outcome of the redistricting process. Some have even gone as far as to suggest that Republicans would have been better off letting the legislature draw and approve their own lines instead of adopting a citizen commission. They’re dead wrong, and I can prove it. Redistricting is […]
Pension Politics
Republican legislators want pension reform because they believe it is a step toward overall fiscal reform. The governor wants pension reform to show government can fairly manage tax dollars so that voters will support his tax increase initiative. Voters want pension reform, 83% in a recent poll, because they are concerned pensions are eating away […]
Dear California Republicans:
Dear California Republicans: Please help. Help save your state. And yourselves. Now, I’m no Republican – I’m a decline to state — but it turns out that you and I are scared about the same thing: The Democrats might just get control of two-thirds of the state legislature. The problem is that you and I […]
NFIB/CA Member Ballot Results – State Business Owners Favor Spending Cap
Each year, the National Federation of Independent Business, California polls its members on state and national issues vital to their survival as entrepreneurs. The results of this year’s poll were released Tuesday, and not much was a surprise. Based on the results, it’s not surprising how impassioned mom and pop businesses on Main Street are […]
Sunshine on State Agency Yielding Results
We all have done our share of griping about the gridlock and myopia that can grip Sacramento, including myself; so, when the Legislature is actually doing its job well and elevating common sense over politics, we should praise those efforts as well. So, I want to take the opportunity to say a word or two […]
Congress Fiddles While Our Infrastructure Burns
Imagine as the CEO of a business or the head of a household, that you limited your long-term planning to six months. That’s how Congress has been managing transportation and infrastructure since 2009, when the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act- A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) expired. Eight short-term extensions have only served as a […]