An Old Story – Another Oil Tax Proposal
Stop me if you’ve heard this story before — there is a proposal to tax oil coming out of the ground in California. Of course, you’ve heard that before – there have been oil severance tax bills introduced in the legislature every few years since the 1990s. One oil tax proposal even made it to […]
Are We “Nudging” California Voters to Register No Party Preference?
The recently announced party registration numbers in California have pundits buzzing about the continuing growth of “No Party Preference” voters alongside the declining memberships in the Democrat and Republican parties. “Indie voters have growing clout in California elections” blares a KPCC headline, and reporter Sharon McNary goes on to list reasons ranging from online registration […]
The Amazing, Enduring, Stubborn Strength of California Political Parties
Talk about missing the story. The Secretary of State’s new numbers on voter registration, in advance of the June first-round elections, produced headlines and news stories that missed the point of the figures. The stories portrayed the numbers as evidence of the weakness of California political parties, and emphasized another small drop in Republican voters […]
Main Street Menace of the Week: Senate Bill 935 (Leno)
While the legislature is in session, the National Federation of Independent Business/California will be profiling anti-small business bills and initiatives and the adverse effect they would have on California’s job creators. This is the first column of the 2014 series. Have you ever seen the movie “Groundhog Day”? It stars Bill Murray as a not-so-nice […]
Gov. Christie’s Next Job – West LA Traffic Czar!
“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” — Frank Lloyd Wright “Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in traffic for four hours. It’s not glam.” — Billy Boyd “Time for […]