Business Should Act on Tax Referendum Before its Too Late
Last week’s Los Angeles Times article by Patrick McGreevey titled, Lawmakers Test Brown’s No-Tax Resolve with Calls to Hike Levies, should focus the business community’s attention on considering a proposal I have suggested on this site before – an initiative constitutional amendment to allow for referendums on tax measures. The Times article reported that 20 […]
In Remembrance of Steve Kinney
When political consultant and pollster Steve Kinney passed away last week, the world of politics lost a well-known public opinion researcher and strategist and I lost a mentor and a friend. If you walked into his old office at the Redondo Beach Pier, his walls were lined with pictures of dignitaries, presidents and world leaders. […]
Apple Right to Avoid Ridiculous Taxes
Apple Inc. is the world’s most profitable and admired company. It’s also the world’s biggest tax dodger. Reported the Wall Street Journal of a U.S. Senate grilling of CEO Tim Cook, “The Senate panel, in a report released Monday, said that Apple used technicalities in Irish and U.S. law to pay little or no corporate […]
Happy Days are Here Again in this Wonderland Called L.A.
Sunshine peeks through the clouds, the cynics with all their money and power vanish to their private enclaves, double-dipping Dennis Zine roars off on his Harley to his posh desert hideaway never to be seen again — the costliest, most tediously painful, anti-climactic city election is finally over. Happy days are here again in this wonderland called L.A. […]
Governor Talks Regulatory Reform, Budget at Chamber of Commerce Breakfast
California Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Chamber of Commerce shared some of the same views during their addresses to the 88th annual Sacramento Host Breakfast Wednesday. Frederick “Fritz” Hitchcock, chairman of the board of directors of CalChamber, called for the state to reform the California Environmental Quality Act and to not spend one-time or […]