Keep an Eye Out for a Referendum if Pension Reform Passes
With pension reform a hot topic in the capitol and less than two weeks to go in the legislative session, the thought occurs – how would the public employee unions respond if a pension reform is passed by the legislature? Sacramento politicians know that reform, or perhaps even the appearance of reform, is necessary to […]
Tobacco’s a health problem? Never mind.
Silly me. For most of my adult life I’ve been led to believe that tobacco consumption is one of the key health issues facing Californians. After all, Californians have twice raised taxes on tobacco, and narrowly rejected another increase last June, to the dismay of politicos and health advocates. Proceeds from the 1988 tax increases […]
Global Warming Zealots Invade California’s University System
Senator Dutton married his wife, Andrea Guillen, in 1981. Andrea, a fourth generation Chino resident, is the Department Director of Radiology at Chaffey Community College. He and Andrea have a daughter, Kara, who received her Master’s in 2010 from the University of La Verne, and is now working in the banking industry. This week yet […]
Educrats: Collective bargaining rights trump existing state law
Crossposted on CalWatchDog The key to understanding Golden State politics is knowing that the most powerful forces in Sacramento by a wide margin are the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers. Using union dues and benefitting from the bizarrely enduring notion that what is good for teachers is good for students, the […]