Dear New Shrink, I have an interview scheduled for next week and I have been busy preparing for the potential questions I might receive. Several resources I have reviewed have also recommended that I prepare questions to ask the interviewer at the end of the interview.
For the Chinese, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. For beleaguered California taxpayers this may be the Year of the Billionaire. Of the half dozen or so potential November ballot measures designed to raise taxes, nearly half are actively sponsored by billionaires.
“Girls wear panties and boys wear underwear,” my 3-year-old daughter, who has affectionately been known as Petunia since she was in utero, explained to me matter-of-factly the other day.
The bankruptcy of Solyndra, a solar company that received a federal loan guarantee, has made the front page because of charges of cronyism. But among the biggest risks to taxpayers, who underwrite federal loan guarantees, isn’t renewable energy.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s signature gathering effort to put the Dream Act, AB 131, on the November 2012 ballot is entering its final days. Undecided citizens could learn valuable lessons from Rhode Island.
Welcome to 2012! As you are aware, this is an election year. In addition to electing or re-electing (as the case may be) holders for national, state and county offices, Santa Monicans will elect people for City Council, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and Rent Control
Q: I recall reading an article some time ago about shooting guns in the air in Santa Monica. I wanted to know the laws pertaining to firing a gun in the air toward the beach; have these laws changed at all making it OK to do so? A: The answer is “no.
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2012 is to avoid waiting until the last minute to write these columns. (Another is to lose 10 pounds.) Unfortunately, it takes a deadline for me to focus on the writing (and to avoid chocolate for the weight).
In yet another reversal of his professed commitment to the rule of law, President Barack Obama says he will sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which formalizes his authority to imprison terrorism suspects indefinitely without charge or trial.
An old year is fading and a new year is upon us again. Each year I go kicking and screaming into the new year, and not because I am against change. My pants pocket is full of change.
It’s that time of year when we tend to reflect on the past and make plans for the future. If we aren’t doing this, we probably should be. It is a good idea to take stock of our lives and decide what we are missing, what we need to let go of, and then think about our goals for the coming year.
As our planet completes another trip around the sun, we at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association join in the tradition of taking stock of what has been accomplished during the year just ending and assess what challenges we face in the coming year.
