Columns The betrayal of taxpayers By Jon Coupal on October 22, 2013 At the end of September, Assembly Bill 8 was signed by Gov. Brown and became law. This is... Read more →
Columns 1 Prop 13: Who’s the fairest of them all? By Jon Coupal on October 16, 2013 Almost 20 years ago, Money Magazine sponsored a debate and panel discussion at UCLA on... Read more →
Columns LAUSD another brainless organism By Jon Coupal on October 8, 2013 Some species of jellyfish can grow to be very big. They are also said to be brainless... Read more →
Columns Why higher business property taxes would hurt homeowners By Jon Coupal on October 1, 2013 Efforts to increase taxes on business property put homeowners in peril; here’s... Read more →
Columns No comments from the peanut gallery By Jon Coupal on September 17, 2013 Some years ago, at a meeting of the California State Council on Developmental... Read more →
Columns Prop. 13 protects against the yo-yo effect By Jon Coupal on September 10, 2013 Even for those who aren’t in the market, it’s hard to ignore all the news about... Read more →
Columns Bullet train backers won’t take ‘no’ for an answer By Jon Coupal on August 27, 2013 Promoters of the California bullet train are behaving like a salesman who gets his foot... Read more →
Columns Column: Insiders threaten the initiative process By Jon Coupal on August 20, 2013 Are you and your neighbors fed up with the policies of your local officials? For over 100... Read more →
Columns Column: Who cares about homeowners? By Jon Coupal on August 13, 2013 One would think that last year’s passage of Proposition 30, which gave California the... Read more →
Columns You don’t want it, but it’s a bargain By Jon Coupal on August 6, 2013 Suppose you are offered a bargain on a pair of well-made shoes. You can have the new... Read more →
Columns Where would we be without Prop. 13? By Jon Coupal on July 30, 2013 DATELINE CHICAGO: Mayor warns property taxes could be going up 150 percent. Suppose... Read more →
Columns Could state have a trillion dollar train? By Jon Coupal on July 23, 2013 After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, the replacement span for the Bay Bridge was... Read more →
Columns Taxpayers say ‘no mas’ By Jon Coupal on July 16, 2013 A just-released survey by Probolsky Research shows that most California voters now oppose... Read more →
Columns Corruption in your back yard By Jon Coupal on July 9, 2013 A recent front page story in the Los Angeles Times raised the curtain on a dirty little... Read more →
Columns 2 Supreme Court puts California initiative process in jeopardy By Jon Coupal on July 2, 2013 The United States Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case of Proposition 8 could... Read more →
