During the week previous to his inauguration as the new old governor, Jerry Brown let it be known that, in his view, taxes are going to have to be raised.
Continuing the 2010 Sammies — my figurative awards for all things good, bad and ugly in Santa Monica politics and governance. The “Feeding at the Public Trough” Sammy goes to Harry Keiley and the Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association.
Money can bring out the worst in us, particularly when there isn’t enough of it. We often find ourselves in conflict with our partners (or even ourselves) about how it’s spent and how it’s saved, expending a lot of unnecessary energy.
Q: When I was a child, my family celebrated the New Year at my grandfather’s ranch. We fired guns into the air when the clock struck midnight. Now that I’m an adult, I do know the dangers of shooting guns into the air and would not participate in such dangerous activity.
California’s efforts to build a high-speed rail system is on track (pun intended) to become the biggest public sector “oops” project in American history.
They say (whoever “they” is) that the older one gets the faster the years fly by. I can attest to that because this one was a total blur. I only hope this doesn’t mean I’ll soon be going to “early bird” dinners.
Dear New Shrink, You won’t believe this, but my husband and I actually got into an argument over New Year’s resolutions. It’s nothing serious, mostly silly but I thought I would ask your opinion on it.
There are two types of people, those who go out on New Year’s Eve and those who stay in until the New Year is at least 10 to 12 hours old. New Year’s Eve is commonly referred to as “amateur night,” which is seemingly inaccurate since many of the people who tend to “party like it’s 1999” on the last
On Monday, Dec. 20, there were 717 inmates on death row in California when one of them, a 42-year-old man, was found unresponsive in his cell and died.
Congratulations, women have equal rights. Now they have just as many heart attacks and cancer problems as men used to have in the work force. The good news is, by the same token, men are getting healthier.
We’re down to the wire on 2010. I think I’m going to make it. I won’t miss this year at all. It’s been one long, weird rollercoaster ride. In the first quarter of this year, I was off to the races.
Make one of your New Year’s resolutions to visit at least one national monument outside of California in 2011. I suggest you consider visiting the artifacts of the Ancestral Pueblo Peoples of Chaco Canyon, or the intriguing petroglyphs of West Mesa, or the great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand — all
