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Editorial: Tacking on tourism taxes has its limits
Editorials, OpinionToo much municipal panhandling can make a community less attractive to tourists.
Editorial: Silliness in Sacramento continues
Editorials, OpinionIn Sacramento, the annual budget follies continue. The Democrat-controlled Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown can’t agree on a formula to come up with a plan for the new fiscal year. Opposition from small business groups and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association dramatically increases the odds that Brown’s plan for tax hikes to close a $16 Read More →
Editorial: Rove, Capps agree on need for wind energy
Editorials, OpinionThe region’s once-promising wind energy industry has seen its share of troubles lately. But it has found an unlikely ally in the form of former White House advisor Karl Rove. In a rare display of bipartisanship, Rove, generally recognized as the architect of President George W. Bush’s campaigns, joined Robert Gibbs, a key confidant of Read More →
Editorial: McCune gets well-deserved honor
Editorials, OpinionWe’ll offer our congratulations to Sage Publications and owner Sara Miller McCune, one of the region’s true visionary entrepreneurs and philanthropists. On May 31, McCune was slated to be honored with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from her alma matter, Queens College in Flushing, N.Y., during the college’s commencement ceremony. As an undergraduate Read More →
