Jerry Brown vs. Corporate Taxzilla

Whoo-hoo! Jerry Brown is about to rock the state! In a good way. "Gov. Jerry Brown has a new tax proposal to sell the Legislature: raise levies on some large out-of-state corporations in exchange for new sales-tax exemptions for companies who make products and hire people in California. "Under a plan to be unveiled in [...]

Jerry Brown on the job

"Gov. Jerry Brown has put a halt to plans for a $356-million construction project that would have created a new home at San Quentin prison for California's condemned inmates. ~snip~ "The new housing unit would have provided room for 1,152 inmates, but California currently has fewer than 700 inmates awaiting execution, according to the governor's [...]

Another $624M for HSR in CA

"Last month, voters in Wisconsin and Ohio elected Republican governors who pledged to stop their state's high speed rail projects, even though they had won $1.2 billion in federal stimulus grants to begin the projects. On the same day, California voters overwhelmingly elected pro-HSR candidate Jerry Brown, who backed a bullet train proposal from LA [...]

The Wizard’s Son is now on sale

Now on special introductory sale until December 31, 2009 for $11.00 and 10% off with this code: MPY7RN5U at this online store. Will be $15.00 in 2010 The Wizard's Son by Kathryn L. Ramage From the back cover: "'His first vivid, visual impression was of Redmantyl standing over him in the morning sunlight, so tall [...]