Dear Editor: Dorothy Rothrock (Capitol Weekly, Oct. 1) claims that she can’t find how the California Air Resources Board spent $47 million dollars to pay for administration of AB 32 from 2007 to 2009. Ms. Rothrock and her trade association attack ARB’s credibility as a way to deflect the legislative requirement that they pay
Dear Editor: Re: Commentary (Bob Blumenfield, Capitol Weekly, Aug 27) “During the tortured state budget negotiations, many of my friends who voted against my bill were among the loudest voices in demanding aggressive anti-fraud measures in social service programs like In-Home Supportive Services. I don’t understand why they can’t muster the same fervor for
Dear Editor, A.G. Block is right on target in calling out Sen. Devore for his callous disregard for California’s most vulnerable citizens. However, Mr. Block’s statement about homecare workers who care for Alzheimer’s patients: “Given their willingness to do noble work for little pay, they can find employment elsewhere,” misses the point that many
Dear Editor, In response to the May 7 Big Daddy column: Taxing and regulating marijuana makes sense. Drug policies modeled after alcohol prohibition have given rise to a youth-oriented black market. Illegal drug dealers don’t ID for age, but they do recruit minors immune to adult sentences. So much for protecting the children.
Dear Editor: California voters are in no mood to approve the usual tactics of borrowing and increasing sales taxes to mend the state’s budget mess. Recent Field Poll data not only predicts that Propositions 1A through 1E are destined for defeat; it looks like voters are strongly opposed to most other traditional revenue enhancement
Dear Editor, As our population grows and costs increase, taxes must be raised in order to meet the basic necessities of our people whose income does not grow with cost-of-living increases, salary hikes, or per-diem fees. We need to assist them, whether it is for food, medication, glasses, and/or very basic housing assistance. We
Dear Editor, Legal malpractice in Family Courts costs California consumers $1.3 billion that can be used to help our economy (Capitol Weekly, Feb. 12) There are estimated 160,000 divorces filed in California each year. 60% are now done without lawyers according to Ed Sherman in How to do Your Own Divorce in California, published by
Dear Editor,
The “I loathe Democrats” hatred from the Republican blogger cited by Big Daddy is very sad. But it should come as no surprise.
For at least the past decade, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and their colleagues have been preaching the doctrine that a difference of opinion
Dear Editor,
Regarding the state budget (Capitol Weekly, Jan. 15), it was stated that California does not know how to handle the volatility of revenue. Owners of small businesses and those who run households know how to handle interruptions in income: It’s called a savings account. California is the eighth-largest economy in
Dear Editor, The way John Howard talks about “mired deep in partisanship” (“Educators brace for sharp budget knife,” Capitol Weekly, Jan. 8,) doesn’t really reflect the compromises made by the Dems, whose instincts are to close the budget gap with revenues, but have embraced a package of taxes and cuts. The Republicans have not compromised