Will Ice Cream Help Voters Forget the Gas Tax?
In reading about state senate candidate Josh Newman’s new attention getting gimmick to hand out ice cream to potential voters, it made me think of George Washington. No, I’m not making a political comparison between the country’s first president and the ex-Orange County senator who is in a quest to reclaim his former senate seat—but […]
Anti-Tax? Or is it Really Anti-Immigrant?
Beware of self-styled taxpayer advocates who exploit anti-immigrant animus instead of protecting taxpayers. That’s what many on the anti-tax right in California recently did on the issues of healthcare. The argument from the right was to criticize California for extending MediCal coverage to undocumented adults up to age 26. Then they conflated that extension with […]
If L.A. won’t raises taxes for schools, will Californians vote to overhaul Proposition 13?
Most of us learned the dangers of making political predictions about 31 months ago. But it’s still pretty hard to resist. So with the prospect of a major battle over Proposition 13 looming on next year’s general election ballot, the likely combatants on both sides of the split roll fight are sifting through the results […]