Sacramento Scandal Response Is For Looks Only
Responding to the scandal that has a pair of Democratic state senators looking at jail time, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has proposed banning legislators from accepting free tickets to ball games and theme parks. That will show ‘em. Admittedly, Steinberg and the Democrats have a problem. When Roderick Wright and Ron Calderon’s, ah, […]
Stand Down, Ron Nehring
Ron Nehring is taking one for the team, the Republican team, by stepping into the lieutenant governor’s race. That’s an honorable choice. But I wonder if he and his party might be better off if they sat this one out. Nehring’s view is that the California GOP, as a statewide party, needs to have a […]
Is California Doing All It Can to Address Drought?
In recent weeks, Governor Jerry Brown, Senator Diane Feinstein, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have called on Californians to do all they can do to address the current severe drought. It’s a critically important call, as water is the mainstay of California’s economy. Even the recent rainfall won’t make a dent in […]
Bubble Trouble in Silicon Valley
Third-generation venture capitalist Tim Draper believes he has a solution for California’s problems that will make the Silicon Valley safe for its wealthy: secession. In a recent interview, Draper suggested that California be divided into six states, including one dominated by the Valley and its urban annex, San Francisco. By jettisoning California’s deeply troubled components […]