An Impossible Run for President by Mayor Garcetti?
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti made no secret that he is thinking about running for president. Pundits rejected the idea declaring that Garcetti has no national identity and pointed out that no president has come directly from a mayor’s office. In fact, few men who have served as mayor at one time ever became president. […]
We’re Addicted to Prosperity
Our elaborate infrastructures and military that support the prosperity of growing populations are all based on the chemicals, by-products, and fuels manufactured from crude oil. When refined, oil can be turned into an array of products, from cosmetics to shoelaces and bowling balls to milk jugs. In short, oil may be the single most flexible […]
Support Prop 6 – Repeal the Gas Tax
Joe Matthews recently wrote: “Because the gas tax is a small tax increase that does very little. Almost everything said by both sides of the debate is an exaggeration.” A tax yielding over $5 billion every year is not a “small tax increase”. Apparently a whole lot of California voters don’t think this is a trivial […]
Jerry Brown Goes to Court for Kids
The Sacramento Bee reports California Governor Jerry Brown has asked the California Supreme Court to accelerate consideration of a lawsuit the outcome of which is existential for California classroom funding and other services. First, some background: The costs of government employee pensions are supposed to be shared by employees and taxpayers. Both contribute money upfront in the expectation that the […]