Pain in the TOT
Declines in hotel occupancy and visitors to the Disney Resort may make a projected increase in Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenues zero out. The visitors […]
Month: February 2009
Monday’s Read: Republicanism Explained
I received a link to this blog and laughed myself silly this morning reading the post “Republicanism Explained.”  The First Draft blog has some salty language, so […]
Patriotism from the School Cafeteria
My son, Ethan, attends Raymond Elementary in Fullerton and last night was “Movie Night.” It was raining very hard and I told him that there […]
Cheerleading for Republicans
While Steven Greenhut and I have had a number of discussions about how the OC Register’s editorial positions often do reflect those held by liberals […]
Griping about money in Irvine elections
Sean Emery has a pretty interesting story in Saturday’s edition of the Irvine World News/OC Post. The story reports that $1.3 million was used for […]
Considering Government Spending
Mark Zandy at Moody’s Economy released an interesting 18-page report on January 21. It’s title is “The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment […]
President Obama’s Weekly Address
Compromise There was bad news and then there was good news. Yesterday we learned that in January, the country suffered its largest one-month job loss […]
Don’t come to the table with the same tired arguments…
On Thursday night, February 5, 2009Â President Barack Obama spoke at the House Democratic Caucus Retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia. Worth watching! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QOL08vLxgQ&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS279&q=Obama%20Remarks%20at%20Houseiurl=http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/7QOL08vLxgQ/hqdefault.jpg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Transcript on the flip.
Facts on the Stimulus Bill
The objections of Senate Republicans to the stimulus package are pretty laughable when you look at some of the facts. Speaker Pelosi’s office sent the […]