California’s tax revolt still alive as Proposi tion 5 goes down to defeat

This election victory proves that the modern tax revolt movement launched by Howard Jarvis in 1978 is not dead and that an effective political campaign can defeat the tax-and-spend interests.

I’ll enjoy my tax cuts and smile at his efforts to promote energy production, but I’ll be sad to recognize, as Le Monde puts it, “The end of an American world.”

A better alternative for California is to scale back this project, so that something useful can be completed with existing resources.

Stunts only detract from the real work to be done, and on which he ultimately will be judged by national voters.

I say that our betters should get out of their redoubts on the coasts and urban areas and college towns.

For the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and other dogged supporters of extreme rent controls, the third time most definitely was not the charm in Tuesday’s election.

Rent control is not only counterproductive, but now we see again that it’s a political dead end.

The missteps in Maui are learning opportunities for California and other fire-prone Western states that want to ensure this never happens again.

Contemptuously straw-manning half the population is no way to go through life, son.

There are only two reasons for anyone to vote for Trump. Either you are a millionaire or billionaire or a moron.