Tax Solutions to Bankruptcy Limited and Controversial
Like canaries in the coal mine, the bankruptcy declarations of Stockton and San Bernardino should be a warning to the leadership in the legislature and local governments – fix the finances before it’s too late. Unfortunately, it won’t be easy to reverse the big spending promises made on pension and health care costs, which represent […]
Alec Guinness Is Jerry Brown In…
The Bridge Over the River Kwai is an oldie but a goodie – a film in which the late Alec Guinness (better known to the world as Obi-Wan Kenobi), as a British officer turned prisoner of war, puts everything he has into building a bridge that will aid his Japanese captors. Spoiler alert – he […]
Full Steam Ahead at the Port of Los Angeles
This past weekend more than 3,000 people boarded the USS Iowa for its inaugural opening day in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). When operating at full capacity in 2015, museum organizers expect hundreds of thousands of visitors to flock annually to see the ship that fought in World War II and […]
Something Is Fishy at the Port of Los Angeles
Crossposted on LA City Watch The Port of Los Angeles (the “Port”), one of the City’s three proprietary departments along with the Department of Water and Power and Los Angeles World Airports, is the leading container port in the United States. And along with the Port of Long Beach, they control 72% of the West […]
Most Voters Distrust the US Legal System
A recent poll published by Common Good, a nonpartisan government reform coalition, found that Americans are not happy with their legal system. According to the poll, only 26% of American voters believe our legal system provides timely and reliable resolution of disputes. What’s more, only 6% of the electorate believes the system should be kept as is, while […]