In Defense of the Disney CEO Staying “In the Room”
Walt Disney Company CEO, Bob Iger, at the company shareholder meeting, rejected a request that he quit President Donald Trump’s business advisory committee over Trump’s policies. Iger, while objecting to a number of the president’s policies, gave the sensible answer that it is best be “in the room” so that he can address his concerns […]
L.A. Mayor is a Life Sentence
The speculation about Mayor Eric Garcetti’s political future is entertaining—will he run for governor in 2018, or in 2022, or for U.S. Senate when Dianne Feinstein retires? But it’s laughable. Doesn’t everyone know Garcetti is the mayor of Los Angeles? The world is full of change and uncertainty, but there is one immutable law of […]
Why California’s Dams are Breaking
Here’s a study you may find interesting: Among all states, California spends the lowest percent of its budget on infrastructure, according to a report last year from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. The Golden State invested only 3.3 percent of its budget in 2013 on infrastructure, one of only three states that spent […]
Reckless Bill to Repeal Limits on Rent-Control will make Housing Crisis Worse
One of the more depressing tricks employed by people who favor more government control of everything is this: Put government controls on a business, which causes problems, and then use the problems as a justification for more government controls. It’s like trying to reverse a case of alcohol poisoning with a jug of moonshine. Nowhere […]