CalChamber Opposes “Virtually Permanent” Prop 30 Tax
With the California Chamber of Commerce announcing yesterday that it will oppose the Proposition 30 income tax extension, the question arises if a campaign will come together to match the financial firepower that the teachers, medical professionals and other public employee unions bring to the table in support of the measure. Officially, the word from […]
Legislature Should Fund, Not Micro-manage UC
The University of California is the Golden State’s ultimate success story, but there is always room for improvement. Certainly, there is broad consensus around the goals of admitting more California students and for increasing diversity. These goals, however, are not going to be advanced by legislative micro-managing and more shortfalls in State financial support for […]
$15 Per Signature, But Avoid Those Chargebacks
In the land of California petition circulators, it’s the best of times and the worst of times. You’ve seen media stories about the best of times. All the competing measures attempting to qualify for the November ballot have pushed up the per-signature rates paid to the circulators – to $5 and $6 and more for […]
Profligate Waste Negates Justification for Transportation Tax Hike
A personal digression: My father was head of the Iowa Department of Transportation (then called the Iowa Highway Commission) in the late ’60s and early ’70s before he was appointed by President Ford to serve as Deputy Federal Highway Administrator. (Of course, he lost that job when Jimmy Carter became president, but he continued to […]