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Sacramento Taxpayers are Victims of a Rapacious and Uncaring State Government

September 15, 2025 7:04 amSeptember 15, 2025 7:04 am

The Sacramento City Council should immediately assign the City Auditor to determine the actual annual state freeloading impact upon city taxpayers through the state’s tax exempt properties, both owned and leased. There has been much talk that all should...

Izumi: ‘Masters Degrees Don’t Make Better Teachers’

August 25, 2025 2:55 amAugust 25, 2025 2:56 am

“Taxpayers should not dole out a single dollar for teacher degrees that do not improve student outcomes,” says education scholar Lance Izumi in a new dispatch. “A new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality has found that 90...

AB 84: Targeting Charter Schools While Ignoring Millions in District Fraud

August 16, 2025 8:07 amAugust 16, 2025 8:07 am

Why are California lawmakers preparing to spend $1 billion over the next decade on a brand-new bureaucracy to oversee charter schools — while turning a blind eye to the financial scandals plaguing traditional school districts? Assembly Bill 84 proposes to create...

Elon Musk on California’s Flagrant Sen. Scott Wiener

September 30, 2024 2:21 pmSeptember 30, 2024 2:21 pm

Sunday evening I re-posted a photo that California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) posted on X/Twitter enjoying the annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. “One of California’s Esteemed members of the State Senate, from San Francisco. And they wonder...

Sen. Scott Wiener Calls Elon Musk ‘Bigot’ and ‘Conspiracy Theorist’

July 31, 2024 12:09 pmAugust 1, 2024 6:19 am

California State Senator Scott Wiener is a victim. Poor Scott. He says he is being “attacked” by Elon Musk, whom he calls a “bigot.” Senator Scott Wiener proclaims that he is “protecting LGBTQ youth’s civil rights.” Last week Senator Wiener...

Gov. Newsom Destroys Parents’ Rights; Elon Musk Announces Move of SpaceX from CA

July 18, 2024 9:57 amJuly 18, 2024 9:57 am

By Rebecca Friedrichs and Roger Ruvolo What would inspire Elon Musk to post: “This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ...

From the Cheap Seats: Meltdown in California Continues

July 17, 2024 2:45 amJuly 17, 2024 2:46 am

Tuesday, July 16 was another big day in state politics, as the ongoing meltdown in California was met with a sharp response from Elon Musk. Musk announced his intention to move the headquarters of both X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX...