Cutting Edge California
As the High Speed Rail legislative vote nears, we hear arguments for the rail as not only promoting jobs and necessary transportation for a growing
Joel Fox
June 27, 2012
Legislative Democrats Want to Game the System (Again), this Time to Help Gov’s Tax Initiative
Democrats in the legislature plan to add language to SB 1039 that would rearrange the order propositions will appear on the ballot. No question, the
Joel Fox
June 26, 2012
California Forward Waits and Waits
Is today the day the Secretary of State will announce if the California Forward governance reform initiative has the signatures necessary to appear on the
Joel Fox
June 25, 2012
A Brown/Lincoln Connection—High Speed Rail, “Internal Improvements,” and a Bad Economy
In reading a passage in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s prize-winning history, Team of Rivals, about Abraham Lincoln’s political genius, I couldn’t help see a situation that
Joel Fox
June 22, 2012
Three Tax Initiatives Qualify – Will they be Placed Back to Back to Back on the Ballot?
Governor Jerry Brown’s income tax/sales tax increase measure, civil rights attorney Molly Munger’s income tax increases for schools, and hedge fund manager Tom Steyer’s tax
Joel Fox
June 21, 2012
On Spending Limits and the Misuse of Robin Hood’s Name
Fellow Fox and Hounds contributor Joe Mathews took me to task yesterday claiming my stand on a spending limit was wrong because initiatives rarely work
Joel Fox
June 20, 2012
Thank Goodness for Prop 25, Right?
Thanks to Proposition 25 we have an on-time, balanced budget — or so we are told. The truth is we have a budget document that
Joel Fox
June 18, 2012
Pay Attention Business Community: A Proposal to Raise SIX Taxes on Business
I see in the San Francisco Chronicle op-ed page our old tax-raising friends Lenny Goldberg and Roy Ulrich of the California Tax Reform Association are
Joel Fox
June 15, 2012
LG Newsom Wants to Shake Up California’s Economy by Shaking up its Politics
Describing himself as the “Future ex-Lt. Governor” who “didn’t care” what reaction his positions engendered from the top down – yes, he was referring to
Joel Fox
June 14, 2012