Author: Jon Coupal

In a state Capitol hearing room, the taxpayer advocate waited patiently for the 37 special interest pleaders to finish speaking in favor of yet another

Back in the days before he joined the dark side of “The Force,” Arnold Schwarzenegger was a compelling advocate for taxpayers. He noted that “from

Editor’s Note: The following commentary by Jon Coupal on the controversy over the blocked telecast of the Senate hearings on Proposition 30 was written before

To outsiders, California appears to be a decidedly liberal state. After all, Mitt Romney is unlikely to even contest California and our super high taxes

The 2nd District Court of Appeal has agreed with attorneys representing the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 13

Support for education consistently polls well in California and that support cuts across party and ideological identification. Sacramento politicians know this and so, naturally, they

In Sacramento, the appalling consequences of one party rule have become manifest. Last summer, I wrote about one party rule in the Legislature and pointed