The End of Illegal Immigration, and its Political Implications
Well, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown have finally succeeded. The dearth of jobs on their watch has finally solved the illegal immigration problem; illegal immigrants are no longer coming to California; those here are going home. That’s the finding of the Pew Research Center in a just released study: immigration from Mexico, legal […]
Stop Special Interest Money Initiative Hits First at Big Business
The Stop Special Interest Money initiative (SSIM), which has qualified for the November ballot, bans corporate and labor union donations to candidates and prohibits corporations, government employers and labor unions from deducting funds from paychecks to be used for political purposes. Public employee unions are rallying to oppose the measure saying its purpose is to […]
Proposition 25: No Budget, No Pay? Actually, No Teeth
In 2010, I supported Proposition25 which was sold to the voters as a way to make Legislators accountable for passing a balanced budget. Prop 25 said essentially if the Legislature did not pass a balanced budget by the Constitutional deadline of June 15th, they would not get paid. This week, we saw any credible enforcement […]
California and the New Class Warfare
Crossposted on New Geography Few states have offered the class warriors of Occupy Wall Street more enthusiastic support than California has. Before they overstayed their welcome and police began dispersing their camps, the Occupiers won official endorsements from city councils and mayors in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Irvine, Santa Rosa, and Santa Ana. […]
GSA Boondoggle – Did $14 billion in stimulus funds play a part in the Henderson Hot Tub Scandal?
Crossposted on California Political Review “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” – P.J. O’Rourke Quite a bit has been written about Jeff Neely, the federal government bureaucrat at the center of the GSA taxpayer boondoggle in 2010. Neely serves the Pacific Rim at the General […]