When Temporary is Not Temporary
“The new taxes in this measure are temporary.” Section 2, Paragraph (f), of Proposition 30, passed by California voters on November 6, 2012. Of course, Proposition 30 was never meant to be a temporary tax by some of its proponents. A little more than a year after it passed supporters were talking about extending it […]
6 Questions That Should Be Asked at the Debate
1. Many Silicon Valley companies have designed devices and systems with methods of encryption that preventing the federal government from snooping on users via technical backdoors. Federal law enforcement has criticized these companies and and battled them legally. As president, would you side with the FBI or Silicon Valley? 2. Greater Los Angeles is in […]
California: The Cradle of Over-Regulation
Tonight, 16 Republican presidential candidates will gather at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley to discuss the future of our country. There will be plenty of loud talk and sound bites, but will any of them really address the steps needed to get the American economy back on its feet after eight years […]
Free Our Los Angeles Times
The firing of Austin Beutner as the Publisher of our Los Angeles Times by the Jack Griffin, the Chief Executive Officer of Tribune Publishing Company, is just the latest episode in the disastrous relationship between our paper of record and the Chicago based newspaper chain. And it certainly will not be the last as we […]
Fuel Mandates Will Drive Costs
According to many barometers, the California economy is recovering. Our challenge now is to ensure that we address our challenges logically, to keep the economy robust. One of those challenges comes in the form of climate change policies currently being considered by the California Legislature. The “emissions crusade” that started in 2006 when AB32 the […]