I Hope the Kochs Buy the LA Times
As you read this, I am surely reading e-mails from my former Los Angeles Times colleagues angry about the following sentence: I’m rooting for the Koch brothers to buy the L.A. Times. For the record, I am no fan of Charles and David Koch, the billionaire brothers who own various polluting companies and have spent […]
Maldonado Might Bring ‘Good’ Loss for GOP
In good news for the California Republican Party, it looks like Abel Maldonado has decided to take one for the team. Not that anyone will ever admit that, of course. Maldonado, who lost a race for lieutenant governor in 2010 and a Central Coast congressional contest last November, said all the right things last week […]
For California Pensions, Math is Already at Work
Last week, in this forum, Lou Paulson argued that the pension debate in California should be more concerned with math and less with politics. I completely agree, which is why I was perplexed after reading his op-ed. Among other things, he argues that California’s state and local governments should not fully fund pension plans for […]
Bullet Train CEO on War Path
Last month’s Los Angeles Times’ bombshell about the state bullet-train project could scarcely have made those in charge of the California High-Speed Rail Authority look worse. The Times reported that in determining who would be chosen to build the first segment of the project from Madera to Fresno, a rail authority committee — after a […]