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New Assembly Speaker John Perez gives chief of staff a $65,000 raise

“New Assembly Speaker John A. Perez gave his top aide a pay increase of nearly $5,400 a month upon becoming leader of the lower house.  Sara Ramirez, Perez’s chief of staff, saw her annual salary boosted from $125,256 to $190,008 effective March 1, according to documents obtained under state open-records law,” according to the Sacramento [...]

Cash-starved government moving to tax non-profits

Much has been written in this blog about non-profits. For instance, how some of them are legitimate serving a cause; how others are fronts for very highly paid “Executive Directors” and that is about all; how others serve primarily as political platforms for wanna-be politicians. Also, how many of them seem to be dependent upon [...]

A Little Posturing for a Parcel Tax in Fullerton?

This video is from the South Pasadena School District.  Fullerton School District Superintendent Mitch Hovey felt that this was a good  enough example of how a school district could “send a message to Sacramento” to present it at the FSD School Board meeting the other night.  Enjoy the manipulation of children by the same mindless [...]

California is home to the highest taxes in the United States

Breaking Bad:  California vs. the Other States
by Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax Fighters
Version 1.57        Revised 26 January, 2010
 Phone: 858-530-3027                       
Here’s a depressing comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states.  The news is breaking bad, and getting worse (I keep updating this article):
California has the 3rd worst state income tax [...]

Gas tax increases on the way?

So often taxpayers say we pay enough taxes, and refuse to support any tax increases. When you look around at what is taxed it seems that there is very little that is not taxed, and the stance of taxpayers with this view becomes understandable. Yet, at the local level the public does sometimes support [...]

Citizen Power Rally to Save California

You must act now to save California!
It is time for each of us to do our part to save California. The state is teetering on the brink of financial collapse.   No one is coming to save us.  Only you can fix California.  You must act now or California will fail.

Join us at the Citizen [...]

Prop. 14 Open Primary might be a very bad idea for taxpayers

Prop. 14 is designed to shut the door on fiscal conservatives
‘Open Primary’ Designed to Open Your Wallet
By Jon Coupal
Taxpayers, hang onto your wallets. The latest threat to your hard earned dollars is a ballot measure with the innocuous title of “Elections: open primaries.”
The stated intent of the authors of the “open primary” — now designated [...]

Is the IRS looking into Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido's development schemes?

Our recent post about what Santa Ana arts leader Don Cribb had to say about Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s approach to development appears to have garnered the interest of the IRS!  See the graphic above.
Ruh roh!  Pulido has carefully hidden how he makes money for years.  Perhaps the wheels are falling off the wagon [...]

Adios Anthony Adams!

Time for Assemblyman Anthony Adams to put away the balloons – he is retiring from the State Legislature
“Announcing my decision not to run for re-election at this time will give ample notice to potential candidates in (Assembly District) 59 and it will give voters plenty of time to sort out who will best represent them [...]

Republicans on the Dana Point City Council vote to raise taxes yet again

Citigroup foreclosed on the St. Regis Hotel already – how many more will close due to higher taxes in Dana Point?
Our friend Jim Lacy has written a very interesting post over at the Flash Report (which has half our web traffic according to Alexa.com) about how the Republicans on the Dana Point City Council are [...]

Mike Schroeder gives up trying to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams

Assemblyman Anthony Adams has reason to celebrate after beating Mike Schroeder’s recall effort
“The Orange County-based effort to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, has been abandoned as proponents have decided not to sue to put the recall on the ballot,” according to the O.C. Register.
What this means is that OC GOP powerbroker Mike Schroeder is going [...]

New Democrat Assembly Speaker John Perez is already talking about raising our taxes!

Ruh roh!  Assemblyman John Perez was just appointed to be the new Assembly Speaker and he is already talking about raising our taxes – again!
Perez also “alluded to proposals to eliminate the rule that the Legislature pass a budget with a two-thirds vote,” according to the Sacramento Bee.
Great.  Then he and his fellow Democrats can [...]

Schwarzenegger punks the state GOP again by nominating Maldonado to be Lt. Governor

Arnold picked State Senator Abel Maldonado to be our new Lt. Governor
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has picked Sen. Abel Maldonado to replace Democrat John Garamendi as our Lt. Governor, pending approval by the State Legislature.  Maldonado, “who like the governor is a moderate Republican. A 42-year-old lawmaker and broccoli farmer from near Santa Barbara, Mr. Maldonado [...]

Mike Schroeder fails to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams

Mike Schroeder hasn’t been the same since he had to turn in his Reserve Sheriff Deputy badge and gun…
“An anti-tax recall movement against Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, has failed to gather enough valid signatures to go to the ballot, the California Secretary of State’s office announced Friday,” according to the Sacramento Bee.
I would not interpret [...]