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Scammers, Tools, and Suckers (Who Loves Public Campaign Financing?)
The following conversation is fictional, but may not be too far from the truth. Let’s listen in at a banquet event attended by various political insiders some years ago… Lobbyist: How’s the campaign going, Ed? Senator: Not bad, but we’re having to raise more cash this time around to guarantee our margin of victory. Even
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Wheel of Misfortune
A recent news item highlights the insanity of what the taxpayers are paying for when we employ the police. The police are supposed to be paid to protect life and property, but the sheer number of ridiculous laws gives the police the discretion and power to enforce those ordinances they choose to enforce since no
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way…
A few months ago, we started planning our annual panel discussion, which we usually hold sometime in April to coincide with Tax Day. Early on we decided it would be on Sanctuary Cities, a nice meaty and timely topic. We expected that in a well-known Sanctuary City like San Francisco, it would be a cinch
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Recap of the 2017 California Libertarian Party Convention
This April marked the annual Libertarian Party of California convention, which this year was held close to home for us– at the Marriot hotel in Santa Clara. Over the weekend, over 80 delegates plus many others met to hear reports from our elected officials, discuss and vote on revisions to the party platform and bylaws,
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Digging for Data
Is there no limit to the hypocrisy spouted by our local politicians? Did you read about the recent resolutions introduced by Supervisor Aaron Peskin at both the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), which he chairs, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors calling on state legislators to give government officials the right to review
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Race to the Bottom
As we approach Tax Day, when millions of taxpayers deal with our convoluted tax laws, many San Francisco parents have more than taxes on their minds. This is the time of year when the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) mails out the school assignment letters to anxious parents awaiting the results of the government
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Valentine’s Day Special
This past Valentine’s Day, while most people were busy sending valentines, flowers, and chocolates to their loved ones, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors were dreaming about what they love the most—more taxes. Seven of the eleven supervisors (Peskin, Fewer, Ronen, Kim, Yee, Safai, and Cohen) voted for Resolution No. File 170161, which urged the California
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Sign of the Times: Rec & Park Dept. Nixes Summer of Love Free Anniversary Festival
City Hall, aka “The Man”, never had the warmest relationship with the hippies who were questioning their authority, violating their rules, etc., and this fact was demonstrated again yesterday. Political appointees on SF’s Recreation and Parks Commission backed the decision of department staff to deny a permit to a promoter seeking to hold a free
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Creating Strife (Again)
Do you ever wonder what sets legislators’ hearts aflutter? Is it a desire to pander to where the most votes are? Do they really believe that passing more laws and mandates will improve the lot of the masses? Do they ever consider that their constant attempts to “help” will actually backfire and hurt those who
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Conscription Watch
Like the blob, beware the rollout of CleanPowerSF (CPSF)! It’s coming to your neighborhood soon. Recently service was rolled out to 7,400 commercial customers in the Bayview, Haight, and Castro neighborhoods, and they just added in residents in districts 5 and 8. There is another major rollout planned for this spring. The history of this