The Backwards May Budget Revise: Taxes Before Reforms
Governor Jerry Brown’s press conference on the May budget revise served the dual purpose of revealing the new budget and kicking off his campaign to pass his tax initiative on November’s ballot. The governor wasted no time in tying the success of his budget to his initiative income and sales tax increase plan. The governor […]
Jerry Brown Twists Out ‘Pretzel Palace’ Budget
Crossposted on CalWatchDog SACRAMENTO–Setting the stage for the Legislature to pass another phony majority vote budget, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown presented a bleak picture of the state’s finances today during his May Budget Revision conference, and then challenged the press to come up with a better plan. Despite his repeated claims that he was increasing austerity […]
Only the Good Drop Out
For business people in the city of Los Angeles, the outlook for sunny Southern California got a little dimmer last week. That’s because Austin Beutner, the hope of business types, dropped out of the mayor’s race Tuesday. That leaves us mostly with a gaggle of career politicians who don’t know a business asset from a […]