Today’s feature column is an important piece on why Californian’s should vote No on Proposition 82, liberal Hollywood producer/actor Rob Reiner’s latest attempt to create government bureaucracy. This is the measure that would increase state taxes and take the funds and create a government-run preschool system. Zaremberg makes some great points about how Prop. 82 simply is poor public policy.
NON-PROFIT RATES PROFITABLE FOR LACY
I also took the opportunity to feature and interesting story in today’s Sacramento Bee. The article focuses on my good friend Jim Lacy, who is a prominent political law attorney in Orange County. Well, to be more accurate, the article focuses on how some people are upset that Lacy helps non-profit groups put out informational mailings that contain information on political candidates – for like 40% off the going rate for postage! How does this work? Well, read the article. I found it fascinating.
GOVERNMENT ISN’T SUPPOSED TO PROTECT YOU FROM…YOU!
Today’s ‘Golden Pen’ featured article is by one of our often-featured winners, economist Walter Williams. Williams pens a piece, "Click it or ticket" in which he takes to task a mandatory seat belt law signed into law in his home state of Virginia. We have a similar law already on the books here in California. Williams uses the signing of this law to, as only he can, crystallize the idea that government was not established to ‘protect’ us from ourselves. It’s worth a read.
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May 30th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Buried deep in the BEE article (paragraph 20) is the
statement, “So far, the Postal Service has come down firmly on Lacy’s side.”
In other words, Jim Lacy has done nothing wrong here. Conservatives have long dominated
direct mail, and this is just another example.