Editorial Page Battle over Molly Munger’s Prop 30 Ads
Molly Munger’s ads pointing out the different use of revenues collected by her Proposition 38 tax increase measure and Governor Jerry Brown’s Prop 30 tax increase measure has brought varied reactions from a couple of prominent newspaper editorial boards. The Sacramento Bee asks Munger to take the ads down. The San Diego Union-Tribune argues the […]
11 Awesome Props: Prop 31
Editor’s Note: Frequent Fox and Hounds contributor, Joe Mathews, will give his unique perspective on all eleven November ballot measures over the course of the next month. He will take them in the order they appear on the ballot. Some initiatives are ungenerous. They have only one good idea. Prop 31 has a half-dozen of […]
Big Retailers Like Walmart Spur Small Business Growth and Create Jobs
Opponents of Walmart’s planned Neighborhood Market in downtown Los Angeles are trying desperately to paint a portrait of David versus Goliath – mom-and-pop shops against Walmart. But when it comes to economic growth, small businesses and large companies actually support each other. Indeed, the entrance of a large retailer like Walmart into a new marketplace […]
A Case Where Justice Was Blind
Whew, that was close. We almost – almost! – had a frightening situation in which one company could have achieved world market domination in Post-it notes. But thankfully, the Justice Department stepped in and put an end to that threat. In case you missed it, the 3M Co. last week called off its planned acquisition […]