Surfing to the Governor’s Chair on an Initiative
To use an analogy that surfer (and assemblyman) Travis Allen might appreciate, can the ballot measure he champions to repeal the gas tax be the surfboard he needs to carve over the choppy waves of a governor’s race and get him safely to shore. The Huntington Beach Republican is putting his hopes on the gas […]
Women Dominate This Season’s Game Of Thrones But Not So Much In The Board Room
Season seven of Game of Thrones marks the year of the all -powerful woman! Men take a back seat as Cersei, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms and Daenerys, Mother of Dragons, battle it out to determine who will control Westeros, hold the Iron Throne and profit by it. Despite a lack of dragons and assorted […]
CA Continues To Abandon UC and CSU
The State of California’s 2017–18 Enacted Budget confirms an ominous trend as state spending on retirement costs continues displacing state spending on the University of California and California State University. Seven years ago the state provided $5.5 billion for UC and CSU and $6 billion for retirement costs. The new budget provides $7 billion for UC and […]
NFIB Index: Small Business Optimism is Up
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) monthly Index of Small Business Optimism, released yesterday, rose 1.6 percent in July to 105.2, a strong performance led by significant gains in hiring activity. Strong consumer demand is boosting small business optimism at the federal level. Small business owners are feeling better about the economy because their customers are feeling better […]