A Victory for Non Citizens
I do not understand the reaction to Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto of a measure to permit non-citizens to serve on juries. For that matter, I do not understand the purpose of the legislation. The legislature determined that non-citizens should have the right to serve on juries, as though that were some great privilege of citizenship. […]
Tea Party Members and Energy Needed by Republican Party
Yesterday Tony Quinn published an article in Fox & Hounds that sounded like an eviction notice to Tea Party members and supporters, evicting them from the Republican Party. Pundits like Tony Quinn believe these folks should not be involved in the Republican Party, nor should they, by extension work, vote or donate to Republicans candidates. […]
Study Finds Tripling Tobacco Tax Would Ignite Smuggling
One out of five cigarettes puffed in California is smuggled. Yet a proposed $2 tax increase on every pack of cigarettes, which would increase the price to $9 per pack, would ignite cigarette smuggling, a new study by the California Foundation for Commerce and Education found. Senate Bill 768 by Sen. Kevin de León, D-Los […]
Cashing in on So Cal Culture
Southern California has always been an invented place. Without a major river, a natural port or even remotely adequate water, the region has always thrived on reinventing itself – from cow town to agricultural hub to oil city, Tinsel Town and the “Arsenal of Democracy.” Today, the need for the region to reinvent itself yet […]