The Musical “Call Me Madam” has a Warning for California
The 1950 Tony award winning Irving Berlin Musical, Call Me Madam can speak to California’s fiscal crisis, tax historian Dave Doerr told an audience at UC Berkeley last month. Doerr, now chief consultant for the California Taxpayers Association, was the long time chief consultant for the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. He literally wrote the […]
If Tom Steyer Is So Smart…
When you write about initiatives, you spend a lot of time hearing from and about rich people. And the main message is that they are brilliant people who have put together groundbreaking proposals that no one else would have the courage (and the scratch) to back. Usually, I hold my tongue. Being in the nonprofit […]
When California Manufacturers Leave, you Won’t Hear a Howl
The California Business Alliance for a Greener Economy recently retorted in Fox and Hounds that the California manufacturers “continue to cry wolf”, after we wrote a piece on the needless employer costs being built in to the California Air Resources Board’s carbon cap-and-trade auction. The group’s response did not substantiate any miscalculations in our $3 […]
California Should Think Twice About Obama HSR Funds
It says something that even struggling California may be willing to lose a $3.3 billion federal bullet-train grant. Maybe it senses some risk. Now how can that be? The Golden State is not known for its fiscal sobriety, but at least some of its top lawmakers are thinking twice about accepting the Obama administration’s invitation […]
Democrats Jeopardize $1.3 Billion in Federal Funds
Crossposted on CalWatchDog It appears that Democrats aren’t really sincere or even serious about working toward solutions that will actually help California solve the economic crisis in the state. Last week, Democrats voted against a smart consolidation program which would have provided an additional $1.3 billion to the state. After Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that California’s […]