Californians Deserve To Hear More From Sacramento on Cap and Trade Expansion
It is good to hear a public dialogue is occurring on the vast expansion of California’s cap-and-trade system coming January 1, 2015, when gasoline and diesel used by millions of consumers and businesses will be regulated for the first time under the state’s cap and trade program. According to economic analysis by the California Air […]
California Needs a Statewide School Bond
The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) announced leading a radio and television issue advocacy effort in support of Assembly Bill 2235, a measure that would allow voters to decide this November on urgently needed funding for school facilities throughout the state. California schools are aging, desperately in need of billions of dollars in repairs, […]
A Moment with James Brady
I had one brief meeting with James Brady, President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary, who died yesterday. Although brief, all the aspects of his jovial, warm personality that are being reported in many of his obituaries today came out in the short encounter. Brady’s hopes of becoming press secretary for the President of the United States […]
Democrats Risk Blue-Collar Rebellion
If California is to change course and again become a place of opportunity, the impetus is likely to come not from the perennially shrinking Republican Party but from working-class and middle-class Democrats. This group, long quiescent, has emerged most notably in opposition to the state’s anti-global warming cap-and-trade policies, which will force up energy prices. […]