Santa Ana’s attempted bait-and-switch on its ‘temporary’ sales tax – Orange County Register
What a terrible time to make permanent a “temporary” tax increase. But that’s what the Santa Ana City…
Transit policies should reflect how people live, not green ideology – San Diego Union-Tribune
Tyler Cowen’s emergence as an influential U.S. intellectual has been driven by his relentless questioning of dogma from…
OC supervisors offer risible defense of their $49,000 pay hike – Orange County Register
Orange County supervisors recently offered their long-awaited response to a December grand jury report eviscerating the board for quietly granting…
Legislature ready to gut pension safeguards – San Diego Union-Tribune
In 1999, in a bipartisan display of unhinged mania, the state Senate voted 35-0 and the Assembly 70-7…
Trump’s trucker crackdown will drive inflation – Orange County Register
Americans have become more reliant than ever on freight deliveries, with trucking volumes expected to increase significantly. Nearly…
The tax revolt that San Diego needs may finally be at hand – San Diego Union-Tribune
The announcement Monday by the Lincoln Club Business League that it would seek to place a measure on…
OC climate plan is voluntary, but too bureaucratic – Orange County Register
Orange County’s Board of Supervisors last month approved a climate action plan designed to prod local governments and residents…
Scam shows Lawson-Remer thinks her constituents are idiots – San Diego Union-Tribune
To appreciate the term limit power play now being pursued by county Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, a little background…
Tom Steyer should get his facts straight before attacking Prop. 13 – Orange County Register
Candidate for governor Tom Steyer has decided to pitch his campaign tent on the “third rail” of California…
OC cities jump on bandwagon to ban kratom – Orange County Register
The late writer Christopher Hitchens argued that “everybody knows” that alcohol Prohibition led to “organized crime, to corruption, to violence,…
Sausalito’s Rose was strong, independent presence in Marin politics – Marin Independent Journal
As our county approached the 21st century, Annette Rose stood as a political force, for many years the…
Do as we say, not as we do – San Diego Union-Tribune
Most of San Diego’s elected leaders keep confirming that they can’t be trusted. There’s their hypocrisy about the…