Anti-Rail Forces Are No Friends of the Central Valley
Why does the Legislative Analyst’s Office hate the Central Valley? If you read Mac Taylor’s latest screed against the proposed high-speed rail system, you’d think that the only way its construction would make sense is if it connected the Bay Area and Los Angeles without touching down in any those inconveniently rustic spots between the […]
Power of Direct Mail to Qualify Initiatives Highlighted in Brown’s Desperate Move
Jerry Brown’s decision to mail petitions in support of his tax Increase ballot measure, discussed by George Skelton in a recent column, was made out of fear or desperation. Fear that the street gathered signatures would fall short of those needed, or desperation because they know there will otherwise be a shortfall. For Brown the […]
California Recovery: No, It Is Not East vs. West
Crossposted on newgeography Every now and then, some East Coast based publication sends a reporter out to California to see how the West Coast’s economy is doing. I think they write these things sitting at a restaurant patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean. That can be seductive, and lulled into a comfortable sense that all is […]
Happy Tax Freedom Day!
There’s a very important day this week—a day even more significant than when your taxes are due. In the State of California, Tax Freedom Day finally arrives on April 20. Calculated annually by the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day is the day on which the average Californian has finished earning enough money to pay all […]