On January 8, 2010 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento When California voters barely approved a $9.95 billion bond measure for High Speed Rail inRead More

Californians Are Tired of Bad News

On January 5, 2010 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento Californians are tired of hearing about government’s problems.  Because they are struggling with their ownRead More

Plunder: New Book Exposes Power of Unions

On December 10, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento Last month, the Legislative Analyst Office predicted a budget shortfall for California’s next fiscal yearRead More

$143 Billion AB 32 Tax Legal?

On December 9, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento Last week the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association sent the AB 32 Economic and Allocation AdvisoryRead More

Most Lawmakers Are Failing Us

On December 2, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento Each fall, the Legislature adjourns so lawmakers can return home and tell their constituents whatRead More

We’re All Mad Here

On October 28, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento When the Cheshire Cat told Alice, “We’re all mad here,” he could have been expressingRead More

It’s Scary Season for Homeowners

On October 24, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento When you start to see Jack-o-lanterns around the neighborhood, you know that something scary isRead More

Prop. 13 Was the Reaction, Not the Cause, of California’s Dysfunction

On October 7, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento Last week, The Sacramento Bee published a three part series entitled “Going Broke.” It wasRead More

‘Mushroom’ Bills Schwarzenegger Should Veto

On September 25, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expectingRead More

It’s Always Open Season on Prop. 13

On September 25, 2009 By Open9228

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by Jon Coupal | Sacramento Not long ago, a major California newspaper ran an editorial cartoon depicting pith-helmeted explorers peeringRead More