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by Jack Stewart and Bob Balgenorth
Dec. 15 , 2007
For every 10 California high school freshmen, three will drop out of high school, four will enter college and two will graduate with a four-year ... More »
Proposition 93's Fatal Flaw
by Tony Quinn
Nov. 30 , 2007
Proposition 93, the term limits initiative, took a hit earlier this month when billionaire State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced he ... More »
First Peek at 2008
by Tony Quinn
Aug. 21 , 2007
The dog days of summer are providing Californians their first peek at the issues that voters will confront in our two primary elections in 2008. For ... More »
College not the only way to win (As featured in Capitol Weekly)
by Jack Stewart, Bob Balgnorth, Barbara Nemko
May 3 , 2007
It's the closest thing Sacramento's seen to a détente in recent memory: Business, labor and education leaders publicly aligned on an important issue. ... More »
4-Year College Not the Only Way To Win
by Jack Stewart
April 15 , 2007
6.5 Million Retiring Baby Boomers to Pass Along High-Paying CTE Jobs to CA Youth
By Jack M. Stewart, Bob Balgenorth and Barbara ... More »
Schools should prepare students for real-world jobs
by Jack M. Stewart
Oct. 15 , 2006
The numbers are striking. Thirty percent of California high school students drop out prior to graduating, most of them citing school's irrelevance to ... More »
LA suffers from Capitol’s Failure on Industrial Innovation
Legislation would help save manufacturing jobs and middle class
by Jack Stewart
Aug. 27 , 2006
There are few economic necessities upon which capitalist Adam Smith and communist Friedrich Engels would agree. However, one keystone maxim advanced ... More »
Labor Day a Tribute to the Backbone of our Economy
CA Schools Fail to Prep Youth for New High-Paying, Skilled-Labor Jobs
by Jack M. Stewart
Aug. 5 , 2006
Americans first honored labor with its own holiday 124 years ago in New York City. Labor Day was then, as it is today, a reflection upon the ... More »
Proposition 89 - Hypocrisy with a capital "H"
by Tony Quinn
Aug. 3 , 2006
Sometime hypocrisy is not too strong a word in politics, and Proposition 89 on the November ballot is just such an example. This measure is titled ... More »
Greenhouse gas emissions cap will cap California's economy
by Jack M. Stewart
June 8 , 2006
California has a burgeoning population that will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. The California Department of Finance projects that the ... More »
The Independent Expenditure Fraud
by Tony Quinn
May 1 , 2006
Nothing is worse than the reformer when the reforms catch up with him. Gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides is running as the great liberal; ... More »
Don't turn off the gas that fuels California's economy
by Dorothy Rothrock
March 16 , 2006
Last one out of California turn off the gas.
That little twist on an old joke won’t get a laugh out of California businesses this ... More »
Arnold escapes from his 2005 defeat – and comes back as a new kind of Governor
by Tony Quinn
Feb. 5 , 2006
They say that when news of the battle of Gettysburg reached President Lincoln in 1863 he was furious. The Union had won the battle all right, but ... More »
Asbestos litigation is threatening to bankrupt California's small businesses while doing virtually nothing for sick victims of asbestos-related diseases.
by Jack M. Stewart
Jan. 24 , 2006
An estimated 8,400 companies have been sued, and asbestos litigation has already bankrupted at least 75 companies. It’s clear the system is broken. ... More »
Letter to the Sacramento Bee Editor: Natural gas importing
by Jack Stewart
Nov. 10 , 2005
Re "Importing natural gas," editorial, Nov. 2: In order to meet future energy needs, California must increase its natural gas supply. The most ... More »
Why Business Has a Stake in Props 78 & 79
by Jack Stewart
Oct. 17 , 2005
On this November’s special election ballot, California’s business community and its employees should support Proposition 78 and oppose Proposition 79 ... More »
A First Look at 2006 – Will There Be Changes in Congress?
by Tony Quinn
Aug. 11 , 2005
Who cares about the 2nd Congressional District of Ohio? Nobody, probably, except the people who live there, and most of them don’t care. But ... More »
Time To End The Permanent Campaign
by Tony Quinn
April 19 , 2005
Californians are tired of the permanent campaign. That’s the clearest message from the general lack of enthusiasm for a November 2005 statewide ... More »
Wireless Industry Is Not Calling for Added Regulation
by Jack Stewart & Rusty Hammer (Published in the LA Business Journal)
March 21 , 2005
There are some basic misconceptions about the right place and the wrong place for regulation.
Does regulation make things better? Sometimes ... More »
Energizing California’s Economic Recovery
by Jack Stewart
March 4 , 2005
The worst of the recession is behind us, and we are now seeing modest economic growth in California. This is good news for employees and state tax ... More »
Arnold's War on the Establishment
by Tony Quinn
Feb. 5 , 2005
Initiative war has been declared! The armies are mobilizing. Already Arnold has moved four divisions to the frontier. The unions are massing at ... More »
Redistricting Reform: Reality or a pipedream?
by Tony Quinn
Nov. 28 , 2004
The results of the 2004 election may well spawn an election in 2005. If rumors are to be believed, Gov. Schwarzenegger is seriously exploring one or ... More »
How Partisan will Arnold be this fall?
by Tony Quinn
Aug. 27 , 2004
It’s now choosing time for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since his inauguration last November there have been two Arnolds: the ... More »
Biotechnology: Strengthening California's strained economy
by Jack Stewart
Aug. 23 , 2004
In a matter of just a few years, the state of California's fiscal health has plunged dramatically. Time and again, rather than suggesting legislation ... More »
It's Going to Cost Cell Phone Users
by Jack Stewart
June 1 , 2004
Under the guise of doing something for you, the California Public Utilities Commission is about to pick your pocket. Unfortunately, it's actions will ... More »
The Real Election in California this Year: The Battle Over Ballot Measures
by Tony Quinn
May 1 , 2004
Well, here it is the warm days of summer and already millions of Americans are bored to tears by a presidential election that will not occur for ... More »
How to Spot Real Workers' Comp Reform: Lawyers Hate It
by Jack Stewart
March 1 , 2004
Having succeeded in his campaign for voter approval of the debt relief bond measure, Governor Schwarzenegger can now turn his attention to ... More »
2004 - A Republican Year? (Well, Maybe)
by Tony Quinn
Feb. 1 , 2004
We have heard this song before; Republicans are perched for takeoff to vastly increase their numbers in the legislature - which for the past 35 yeas, ... More »
A New Governor – And a Real Mandate
by Tony Quinn
Oct. 1 , 2003
Among the more foolish horror stories of the recall campaign was the notion that somehow California would elect a crackpot governor with 15 percent ... More »
Congress Can End The Avalanche of Frivolous Lawsuits - Will They?
by Jack Stewart
Aug. 1 , 2003
The U.S. Senate has the opportunity to stop the avalanche of lawsuit abuse that is crippling our courts, stifling investment and economic growth, and ... More »
Putting Jobs First Makes Economic and Common Sense
by Jack Stewart
July 1 , 2003
The revised budget recently signed by Governor Davis reveals that California still faces a staggering multi- billion budget deficit next year. ... More »
The Davis Recall - An Assault on California's Political Class
by Tony Quinn
July 1 , 2003
The recall of Gov. Gray Davis is about far more than Gov. Davis. It is an assault on the whole political class in California by an electorate in a ... More »
To recall or not to recall, that is the question
by Tony Quinn
May 1 , 2003
One thing is for sure in the recall of Governor Gray Davis: there is not a groundswell of support for recalling the governor despite his historic low ... More »
Here They Come: The Democrats Running for President
by Tony Quinn
Jan. 1 , 2003
Soon they will be here. Watch the airports, and the gated mansions of Hollywood liberals. The onslaught is about to begin as Democratic presidential ... More »