Early Look at Campaign 2014: Part 2 – State Senate
We are one year away from the November 2014 General Election, and the California Target Book, which I publish, just printed its fall edition, analyzing and handicapping the upcoming races in California for congress and the state legislature. Last week, I reported on key races for Congress; today, I am covering the state Senate races. […]
Tabatha’s Salon and Training for the Practical Economy in California
Though it rarely is mentioned in workforce discussions, an extensive system of private post secondary schools exists in California. This system enrolls roughly 400,000-500,000 Californians each year, in training for allied health care workers, information technology workers, and workers in beauty salons, car repair shops, and restaurants to name a few venues. It deserves greater […]
CalSTRS Contributions Inadequate; Unions Call Reformers “Right-Wing Ideologues”
During the most recent year for which there is publicly available data, the fiscal-year-ended 6-30-2012, the California State Teachers Retirement System contributed a $1.1 billion payment towards paying off an unfunded liability of $71.0 billion. This fact, and much more, came out in a California Public Policy Center study released last week “Are Annual Contributions Into […]
Riddle Me This
Riddle me this: Why do government projects never seem to be completed efficiently, on budget and on time? Currently, national attention is focused on the failure of the ObamaCare website. Not since the launch of the Titanic has so much gone so wrong. After three and a half years and a $1 billion investment, most […]
Activists Used Halloween to Justify Anti-Fracking Scare Tactics
Clean Water Action’s (CWA) October 31 blog post, “The Scary Facts: Fracking in California” is full of the usual litany of well-worn, and thoroughly debunked activist talking points. This time, however, there was an even greater dose of the absurd, opening with the line: “What could be scarier than ghosts, skeletons and witches? How about […]