Voters Ice the Tea Party
It may not be what the Democrats and their amen chorus in the media want to hear, but the fact is that the Tea Party is rapidly declining as a political force in America. And it is not the Democrats, or the liberal media that loved to ridicule them, that is finishing the Tea Party […]
Look for More McClintocks in the Future
I read with interest, but little surprise, the column yesterday penned by Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Morain where he rhetorically skewers Congressman Tom McClintock for being… an ideological conservative. To sit and have coffee with Dan, he is quite pleasant in his demeanor — I enjoy the time I spend with him (perhaps because sarcasm […]
The Prop 13 ‘Reforms’ Only Embed Prop 13 More Deeply
Reading about all the planned reforms of Prop 13 contemplated by Democrats convinces me of this: Prop 13 will be with us forever. What these reforms have in common is this: they embed Prop 13 even more deeply in California governance. What these reforms don’t do is change the essence of Prop 13 – taking […]
Leave Prop. 13 Alone: Repeal Growth Controls
The Democratic Party supermajority in the state legislature is calling for reform of Proposition 13. The legislature should leave Proposition 13 alone. Instead it should repeal or override regional growth management and smart growth laws. Here’s why: it is growth management laws that cause the excessive housing booms and busts that throw state and school […]