Fact Checking Prop 30’s “Dubious” First Ad
Governor Jerry Brown’s campaign to pass Proposition 30, a nearly $50-billion tax increase, released its first ad on the Internet. The campaign opposed to the tax initiative (of which I am a part) issued a “Fact Check” on the ad, featuring critical comments from news reports from around the state. Read the Fact Check and […]
Proposition 30 Deserves Top Spot on Ballot
It is amusing to watch the anti-tax lobby and self-styled reformers crying foul because Governor Jerry and legislative Democrats maneuvered to place the Administration’s tax plan first on the ballot as Proposition 30. Well, despite opponents’ protestations, that is exactly where the Brown tax measure belongs. We should stipulate from the beginning that there are […]
Powerful California State Agency Plans Gasoline Price Increases
The state of California is planning to hike the price of gasoline by at least a dollar a gallon. But you won’t see more roads or public transportation or actually anything of value for the money. Instead, this is part of the direct cost of regulation that California motorists will shoulder from “climate change” rules […]
The Reformers Concede Nothing. Will They Concede At Least This?
California’s good-government reformers experience nothing but victories. Just ask them. And so this spring’s record-low-turnout elections have occasioned not humble concession but – in a fit of Kardashian-level chutzpah – declarations of victory, albeit with a caveat that it may take years for the reforms to work fully. Whatever the heck that means. I’m probably […]