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Characteristics of the Ideal CA Conservative Candidate
It’s no secret. CPAC – the largest national gathering of conservatives – is the place to be when it comes to hearing from the GOP’s best and brightest. Congressman, political pundits, activists and the media flock to National Harbor, MD for the 3-day conference that ignited and unites conservatives nationwide.When looking at the speakers and […]
Cellphone Surveillance Pursued by Silicon Valley Sheriffs
It’s not just the immense amount of information collected by such tech giants as Apple, Google and Facebook that is riling privacy advocates. Now the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department is seeking new cellphone surveillance technology — paid for by federal funds from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. With time running short on the availability of DHS grant money, and […]
Cap-And-Trade Costs California Businesses $1 billion
California businesses paid a whopping $1 billion this year buying permits to comply with the state’s cap-and-trade law — the largest sale recorded since the state began regulating carbon dioxide in 2012. Even with record permit sales, the $1 billion raised was well below market expectations. But environmentalists sold the auction as a huge success, because now […]
Committee Hearing Exposes UC’s Bloated Budget
Tuition hikes marched to the head of the class at a recent hearing of California Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance. Assembly members balked at a 28 percent tuition hike advanced by UC President Janet Napolitano and approved by the University of California Board of Regents. According to the Los Angeles Times, “Neither the governor nor the California Legislature […]
Villaraigosa Won’t Challenge Harris for Senate Seat
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced he won’t challenge state Attorney General Kamala Harris for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Barbara Boxer in 2016. That boosts the prospects of fellow Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez of Garden Grove. Villaraigosa announced his decision Tuesday in a post on Facebook that foreshadowed a run for governor in 2018. […]
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Taking the Right Fast Track on Trade
One aim of President’s Obama’s trip to Asia is coming to agreement on a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. To enhance that prospect, the President has asked that Congress resurrect “fast-track” trade negotiation authority, which puts trade agreements to up-or-down votes, with no amendments. Without fast-track authority, such negotiations make little headway, because, as Peter […]
Mercy and Liberty
March is Women’s History Month. But virtually ignored is one woman who played a central role in American history—Mercy Otis Warren—who died 200 years ago this October. Termed “The Conscience of the American Revolution” and called a genius by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Mercy Warren was a leading force behind our freedom. Sister of […]
Some Old Wisdom on Politics
America’s so-called public servants have supported ethically questionable policies, picked our pockets and eroded our rights. Yet they simply pretend that fact away, tar opponents for everything and pitch themselves as America’s unifiers. That is breathtakingly mendacious. In sharp contrast to their rhetoric, the competition to control government to help friends out of others’ pockets […]
Publisher’s Corner
ABAG claims $1.3 million embezzled
The “Association of Bay Area Governments” or “ABAG” is a nonprofit lobbying group that many Bay Area local governments pay big annual dues to, in order to coordinate their efforts to get more funding from Sacramento and Washington, D.C. ABAG, based in San Francisco, is not exactly a government agency, rather, it is like a […]
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Baseball’s Spring Training Getting Under Way
Players for California’s five Major League Baseball teams are in the process of reporting to their Spring Training camps all located in Arizona, where inter-league pre-season games for about four weeks will get under way starting March 3. Catcher Buster Posey returns to the World Champion San Francisco Giants camp in Scottsdale, Arizona as the […]
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Assembly Democrats Want Real Estate Fees, Tax Credits for Affordable Housing
As reported by KQED: The leader of the state Assembly is unveiling an ambitious affordable housing proposal, one that could pump more than $600 million a year into development at the local level. Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) was joined Wednesday afternoon by a wide range of prominent Democrats in Los Angeles, including state Treasurer […]
Inglewood Approves NFL Stadium Plan, Increases Lead in Race to Bring a Team to L.A.
As reported by the Orange County Register: INGLEWOOD – The Inglewood City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s plans to build the world’s most expensive stadium at Hollywood Park. The council’s approval of the Hollywood Park Land Company’s plans to build a $1.86 billion, 80,000-seat, closed-roof stadium as part of a […]
Judge Rebukes Harris’ Effort to Access Group’s Donor Lists
Written by Steven Greenhut and published in the San Diego Union-Tribune: California Attorney General Kamala Harris has been in the news lately as the Democratic establishment’s anointed successor to Barbara Boxer, the U.S. senator who has announced her coming retirement. But a recent ruling by a federal court temporarily smacking down one of Harris’ decisions […]
Sex Photos on State Cellphones Surface in Cal Fire Discipline Cases
As reported by the Sacramento Bee: One Cal Fire captain supposedly received an Internet link from a colleague for a private sex club on his state cellphone. An assistant chief allegedly thought nothing of a supervisor slapping the rear end of a female cadet. Investigators said another captain put hundreds of sexually explicit pictures of […]
California to Spend $20 Million on Part of ‘Hydrogen Highway’
As reported by the L.A. Times: It’s been more than a decade since former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger regularly talked about his dream of building a “hydrogen highway” that would speed fleets of non-polluting cars from Mexico to Canada. The vision never materialized anywhere other than in the governor’s upbeat, eco-friendly speeches. Now, finally, a modest […]
