Gavin Newsom’s Citizenville
California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom asks an interesting question at the beginning of his book Citizenville: “Why is it that people are more engaged than ever with each other – through Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, text messaging – but less engaged with their government? Newsom’s goal with his book is not so much to answer the […]
Have Law Degree, Will Sue Law School
A recent LA Times article reported that dozens of recently graduated law students across the country have decided to file or join class action lawsuits against their law schools, alleging the schools lured them in with misleading reports of their graduates’ success. Since it was published on April 1st, I thought that it might be a joke, […]
CA Comeback Mostly about Shifting Funds Around
Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times an article, “Lessons from a Comeback.” However, a comeback for state government should not be confused with an economic or jobs recovery. A number of liberal, conservative and moderate writers responded to Krugman that there has been no California comeback. Victor Davis Hanson wrote, “Krugman’s California Dreamin’.” Walter Russell Mead wrote, […]
L.A. City Hall Insider: “Prop A Is Just the Beginning of the Discussion on Increasing Taxes”
Less than a week after 55% of the voters flushed City Council President Herb Wesson’s proposed permanent half cent increase in our sales tax to 9½%, a well-placed City Hall operative quipped, “Proposition A is just the beginning of the discussion on increasing taxes.” True to form, on April 3, only four weeks after the […]