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Unions Have Hijacked Our Schools – This Election Can Change That

November 1, 2024 11:30 amNovember 1, 2024 11:31 am

School board meetings across California resemble bar fights in the Old West — only worse. Belligerent union activists are unhinged. I’ve personally witnessed unions controlling board meetings with chaotic antics while drowning out parents, taxpayers, loving teachers, and board members...

From the Cheap Seats: Flip the Script

October 18, 2024 4:55 amOctober 18, 2024 4:56 am

Two years ago, The Coast News published a commentary entitled “The Elephant in the Room,” referring to an enormous presence in school board elections — teachers unions. Now, an election looms in which that presence has grown bigger. We expect unions to...

Ringside: California’s Dubious Megaprojects

March 14, 2024 2:39 amMarch 14, 2024 2:40 am

It would be inaccurate to suggest that California’s state Legislature can no longer think big. They can, and as such they are carrying on a tradition that two generations ago gave us the best universities in the world, expressways and...

Dear Parents Across America: Keep Your Children Away From San Francisco

July 22, 2023 2:55 amJuly 22, 2023 7:53 am

Dear Parents Across America: Keep your child away from San Francisco. Parents, does your child seek refuge from criticism over their drug use, suffer from a mental disability or do they simply want to live “off the grid,” free from...

Teacher Pension Fund Betrays Its Mission

May 1, 2023 12:30 pmMay 1, 2023 12:37 pm

If you think that CalSTRS, the behemoth pension system that supports California’s retired teachers, is focused on pensions, you are wrong. The largest teacher-focused pension system in the country is abandoning its core fiduciary role to chase left-wing political goals....

Will Taxpayers be Robbed (Again) in 2022?

May 25, 2022 2:23 amMay 24, 2022 4:08 pm

And “historic” is the right word for California’s staggering tax windfall. Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced he expects the state to be sitting on a budget surplus of nearly $100 billion this year. That spare mountain of money equals the...

Legalized Sports Gambling in California? Bet on it!

March 8, 2022 6:26 amMarch 8, 2022 6:47 am

With 32 states now having legalized sports gambling in one form or another, California is a bit late to the table. But it’s game on in the Golden State as competing interests begin the battle that will likely lead to...