Amid the fallout after Californians discovered that Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo earned nearly $800,000 a year, and would receive an extravagant $600,000 a year pension upon retirement, golden state residents everywhere are alarmed.
Barbara Boxer has a powerful weapon in her Senate battle against Carly Fiorina – and she has already begun to use it. That weapon is the abortion issue.
Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor has hit a snag. Despite all the financial advantages that Whitman bears, polls continue to show her and Jerry Brown battling it out in a close race.
The wild card in November’s election is marijuana. It just depends on who decides to vote. The kind of voters drawn to the polls by Proposition 19, which legalizes marijuana and allows localities to tax and regulate it, may be a determining factor.
Two things often bring competing groups together: a common enemy and necessity. For Southern California cities and West Valley farmers, drought and endangered species legislation fill both of those categories and have encouraged the two water districts to talk out a rare deal.
This has not been a great week for people seeking solutions to global warming. On the other hand, for those who believe global warming is a hoax, there’s a lot to celebrate.
The moral bankruptcy of some of California’s politicians and police is contributing to the fiscal bankruptcy of the state. The intertwined tales of Maywood and Bell, neighboring cities in Los Angeles County, should serve as a warning to the people of California and the United States.
