Black Bart Award Winner for 2018: Dominating Democrats
While the nominees for Fox and Hounds Daily’s annual Black Bart Award for the political person/event/organization of the year covered a wide range from politicians to a movie director, this year’s honoree is collectively the California Democrats who dominated the elections and will pursue an agenda fit for one-party rule. Gov. Jerry Brown was mentioned […]
The Annual F&H California Office Pool
Double digits! This year, the California Office Pool has its 10th version. It was inspired by the late, great New York Times columnist William Safire, who made a habit of writing an annual column he called Office Pool. In it, Safire offered, multiple-choice style, a series of possible news events that could take place in […]
Californians Willing to Accept Emission Control Costs
Seems that Californians relate energy just to electricity and believe pursuit of intermittent renewable electricity from wind and solar will save California and the world. Unlike France, Californians are supportive of the 12-cent gas tax to fund infrastructure improvements and other emissions crusade cost. Thus, it’s unlikely, for now, that California will follow France in […]
Don’t Kill the Growing Gig Economy
What was the biggest local business story of the year? With a sigh, I vote for the state Supreme Court’s decision in April that basically outlawed the gig economy in California. I sigh because the ruling truly may disrupt the way business increasingly is being done today, especially here in the San Fernando Valley area. […]