Governor Brown’s Attack on Prop 218 Is a Threat to the Middle Class
‘Cost of Service’ Principles Protect Ratepayers By Jon Coupal Governor Brown has foolishly decided to poke a hornets’ nest with his signing of Assembly Bill 401. While AB 401 itself isn’t particularly controversial, as it merely authorizes a couple of state agencies to devise a plan by 2018 to assist low income individuals with paying […]
Is California a Low Property Tax State?
. During Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first campaign for governor, one of his biggest backers, super wealthy Warren Buffet, famously said his property taxes on his Laguna Beach home were not high enough. The comment caused California homeowners to question Arnold’s bona fides as a conservative so he threatened to make Buffet do 500 sit-ups for his […]
Steyer, Steyer, Pants on Feyer
. A decade ago, former CBS News correspondent Bernard Goldberg authored a book titled 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. If Goldberg were writing today about Californians, he would no doubt include billionaire Tom Steyer near the top of the list. Steyer achieved his extreme wealth as a hedge fund manager, an […]
