Wishful Thinking about California’s Business Friendliness
“One swallow does not a summer make, nor one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.” – Aristotle Consider the following scenario: You’re having a discussion with an acquaintance on the quality of California’s roads and highways. You point out that California is below average […]
Transparent Government is In Your Hands: Yes on Proposition 54
Of the 24 ballot measures on the Los Angeles ballot November ballot, the least controversial is Proposition 54, the California Transparency Act, unless, of course, you are a Sacramento insider who likes the cover of the dead of night. This initiated Constitutional amendment will prohibit the State Legislature from “passing any bill unless it has […]
A Full Plate Of Higher Taxes Awaits LA Voters This Fall
Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 24 this year, but for politicians in Los Angeles, turkey day isTuesday, Nov. 8. That’s when they will attempt to carve up taxpayers with at least four proposed tax increases – a sales tax hike and three measures that would increase property taxes. It’s no coincidence that these tax-hike proposals are all on […]