Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, the Republicans’ new state Senate leader, predicted Thursday that five out of six ballot measures linked to the budget deal will fail at the polls May 19.
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Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Five of six ballot items doomed, says California GOP Senate leader
Banking Institutions are More Dangerous to our Liberties than Standing Armies
Maybe people like the quote Thomas Jefferson during these trying times. A reader sent me this quote he made in 1802 and I found it quit disturbing.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, [...]
California legislators back causes that will TAX you more!
It is amazing! After the long budget fight our legislators are still looking to find ways to increase government. My favored is the proposal that would require sterilization of pet cats that roam. How much further can the government reach into our lives and pocket books? We are faced with another $8B in potential budget [...]
More taxs comming to close $8B shortfall
More taxes coming to fill the $8B budget short fall identified less than a month after the largest state tax hike in US history. Will non-tax representatives stand strong?
The proposals include a 25-cent fee for shoppers who use plastic bags; a tax on cigarettes to fund programs discouraging tobacco use; a $50 per ounce tax [...]
California lawmakers get lobbiest paid getaway during budget talks
In the midst of intense state budget negotiations, Democratic lawmakers stole away to an elegant wine-country lodge where the gourmet meals, rooms and cocktails were provided by a trio of interests with much at stake in the Capitol.
Soon after the trial lawyers and the unions representing firefighters and carpenters covered the $14,000 tab, their agendas [...]
Ballot measures’ labels changed after complaints
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny reworded part of the label for Proposition 1A, which would impose a state spending restriction and extend tax increases lawmakers approved as part of the budget deal last month.
Thanks goes out to the Howard Jarvis taxpayers Association for bringing this lawsuit. Hopefully now the people will start to see [...]
Stimulus likely won’t avoid extra tax hike
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Department of Finance estimated Wednesday that California will not receive enough federal stimulus money to avoid higher personal income taxes and deeper cuts in social services.
Officials said California will fall $2 billion short of the $10 billion threshold the state must receive to eliminate $1.8 billion in additional income tax increases and [...]
