Should the city quadruple fees charged to harbor businesses for their use of public tidelands, to help fund harbor improvement projects like dredging?
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Orange County UpdatesI was in my first year of graduate economics in 1965 when the pillar of conservative economics, Milton Friedman, famously said, “We are all Keynesians now.” Well, that settles that, I mistakenly thought. Turns out, the news was inconvenient for
A couple weeks ago, I marveled that four candidates I dubbed Wishy, Washy, Hum, and Wacky were likely to make it all the way to the California Republican Primary in June. I then invited you to write the Independent and
It is a long-held belief that registered Democrats in Newport Beach are about as scarce as chickens. Never mind that Barack Obama won the 48th Congressional District in 2008 – surely an anomaly. How ironic, then, that in the very
Over the Holidays I tried to explain the Republican Presidential Debates to my grandson Derek. For starters, I tried something from his own frame of reference to describe what’s going on. Best I could do was Snow White and the
The editors like to see contributors to My Turn focus on local issues, but something has been bugging me about energy policy. If I can get that off my chest, maybe I can look for a local angle. First off,
By Javier LaFianza Four years ago, the country was awakened to a long known but seldom discussed tragedy when the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that nearly one-third of all students aged 12-18 reported having been bullied at school,
By Javier LaFianza Four years ago, the country was awakened to a long known but seldom discussed tragedy when the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that nearly one-third of all students aged 12-18 reported having been bullied at school,
Last time, I wrote about why a constitutional amendment to balance the budget was bad economics because the ability of the federal government to react to swings in the business cycle would be neutered. Some of you weren’t around in
One byproduct of the recent budget debates is a renewed call on the right for a balanced-budget amendment. One of their favorite arguments is, if it’s good policy for states, why not lock the federal government into the same horse
This New Year’s, let’s take a minute to consider our kids’ futures, and make a resolution to give them the best tool for success there is – a good education! We can dream of the good old days, but having
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