Climbing to the Top of the Economic Summit
Observing the California Economic Summit meeting last week, I couldn’t help think of the six state commissions I’ve served on. Commission members worked diligently and produced proposals to improve state governance in the areas of taxes and finance, transportation, initiative reform and even constitutional restructuring. The end result from all that work – nothing. The […]
The Real Economy of Orange County
Thursday marked the much anticipated IPO of San Francisco-based Twitter, the social media phenomenon. The buzz surrounding Twitter’s IPO, similar to that seen for Bay Area giants LinkedIn (2011) and Facebook (2012), shines yet another spotlight on the innovation and entrepreneurialism of Silicon Valley. Twitter certainly deserves congratulations for reaching this milestone. For the company’s […]
Tim Donnelly Proves There Is a God
It’s official: Salvation! Yes, ladies and gentlemen and especially fellow members of the media, Tim Donnelly is running for governor. He may be a polarizing figure, but I believe he has already achieved a bipartisan consensus, at least among California’s Fourth Estate. And that consensus is: there is a God, and he loves us. Before […]
In LA, It is Back to Basics
Despite record revenues that are expected to exceed $5 billion, the City Council is considering a $4.5 billion tax increase over the next 30 years to fund the repair of our lunar cratered streets because of its inability to control ever escalating salaries, benefits, and pension contributions. But the failure of the City Council to […]