By Jerry Nickelsburg This time of year, the swallows return to Capistrano, and I return to my birthplace, San Francisco, for the city’s annual pre-budget finance conference. For the last few years I have kicked things off with an economic outlook for the coming year, replete with a discussion of risks. This being San Francisco, […]
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By Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review-Journal For decades, the folks who owned NFL teams hardly portrayed themselves as bastions of progressive thought. There weren’t many John Deweys running around the fraternity house of billionaires. Perhaps more amazing than owners voting 31-1 on Monday in favor of allowing relocation for Davis and his Raiders from Oakland […]
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By Ted Gaines From the same governor who brought you the illegal fire tax now comes a plan to blow the top off California’s spending cap and leave taxpayers on the hook for tens of billions in extra taxes. It’s a bad idea that fractures the faith between citizens and government and spells trouble for […]
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To the community, It is good news, indeed, to hear that Douglas County has a $2 million so-called surplus and now needs only to figure out how best to spend it. Shall we hire more staff? Give everyone a raise? Or fix the museum roof? The idea of a so-called budget surplus that can be […]
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To the community, “On behalf of the SLT Moose Lodge No. 1632 and Women of the Moose, Chapter 408, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the volunteers who coordinate the Bread & Broth dinners,” wrote Women of the Moose member Angie Keil. “It is a pleasure to have been a part of […]
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By Jennifer Mercieca “Nothing is more surprising,” wrote David Hume in his 1758 “First Principles of Government,” than “the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.” What explains this surprising easiness? Trust is at the heart of the answer. Hume believed that since the people always outnumber their leaders (and thus retain […]
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By Joe Mathews Californians used to envy residents of our beautiful, wine-and-wealth-drenched Central Coast. Now we have reason to pity them. And not just because Nicole Kidman is producing a TV series about women murderers in Monterey. The past year has brought calamity. Last summer’s Soberanes Fire burned a vast swath around Big Sur for […]
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By Joe Mathews Dear Bay Area, Welcome to Wasco. You may never have heard of this city of 25,000 in the San Joaquin Valley. You probably can’t pronounce it (it’s WAW-skoh). But you and Wasco share a future. You could be connected—at least temporarily—by the most expensive infrastructure project in state history. Your Wasco connection […]
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By Joe Mathews Los Angeles should drop its bid for the 2024 Olympics—before it gets chosen. Paris is the heavy favorite to be awarded the 2024 games during a vote coming up in September. But the contest has changed, with all other contenders for 2024 having dropped out (Budapest bailed last month), leaving L.A. as […]
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To the community, Hosting their bi-monthly Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment, Kirkwood Mountain Resort sent a great crew from their mountain operations team to help B&B volunteers at the Monday meal on March 13. The Kirkwood team led by Tom Fortune included Kelly Keith, Reid and Mattie Devine, and Mike Niccoli […]
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