Fifty Years Ago: A Speech To Remember
Fifty years ago today, one of the least successful candidates ever to seek the presidency, Sen. Barry Goldwater, gave his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination at San Francisco’s Cow Palace. The speech was roundly denounced by the political class as an appeal to extremism. Yet that speech marked the beginning of a new era […]
Supreme Court Decision in Defibrillators Case Good News for CA Businesses
Recently, the California Supreme Court ruled that large retailers such as Target have no legal obligation to keep defibrillators on hand for customers stricken by heart attacks or other medical emergencies. This decision came as a result of a lawsuit brought on behalf of a Southern California family against Target after a woman collapsed in one of […]
Holding Stonewalling Union Boss d’Arcy Accountable for Wasting Millions
On Wednesday, Controller Ron Galperin indicated that he will not authorize the “improper” payment of almost $4 million to the Joint Safety and Joint Training Institutes because these two nonprofits have refused to disclose how they spent in excess of $40 million of Ratepayer money over the last fourteen years. Later in the day, City […]
Jerry Brown And Barack Obama Going In Opposite Directions
The mid- term report card is out for Governor Jerry Brown and it shows him getting higher marks than fellow Democrat, President Obama, whose troubled tenure is winding down. A generation apart, Brown is receiving very favorable grades while Obama’s popularity is steadily eroding. The reasons for the disparity are many and complex. But the […]