Sacramento Union Articles

A Time For Budget Reform

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on May 5th, 1992. The battle over Governor Pete Wilson’s initiative for budget and welfare reform in California is beginning to heat up this week. Proposed last December and likely to qualify with 1.1 million signatures givenContinue reading “A Time For Budget Reform”

The Warning of No Money and No Business

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on July 3rd, 1991. For the first time in over fifty years, the State Government of California has had a decline in its revenue from previous years. The 1990-91 fiscal year just closed a few days agoContinue reading “The Warning of No Money and No Business”

Attack of the Killer Compact Disc

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on June 27th, 1991. On February 28th of this year, Assemblyman Terry Friedman (D, Los Angeles) introduced a bill into the legislature as an urgency statute to take effect at once for the “immediate preservation of theContinue reading “Attack of the Killer Compact Disc”

The Grocer’s Plight of Bureaucratic Regulation

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on June 22nd, 1991. Sometimes it’s hard for the average citizen to fully appreciate the demands placed upon local business by government regulations. If you have never run a commercial establishment, then you have probably never experienced it. However,Continue reading “The Grocer’s Plight of Bureaucratic Regulation”

Business Loses Lot in Big Money Politics

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on June 12th, 1991. Big money Republican politics is the same as big money Democrat politics. It’s all one in the same thing, known as establishment or incumbent politics. And ultimately it’s bad for the business community. Continue reading “Business Loses Lot in Big Money Politics”

Privatization Can Work

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on June 6th, 1991. If you are like most businesspeople, you like a good return on your dollar. If so, then I have a success story to tell you. I’m delighted to report about Francis House ofContinue reading “Privatization Can Work”

Taxes Must Have a Rhyme and Reason

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on May 30th, 1991. Tax, tax, who gets the tax? Like a deviation of the traditional children’s game of “button, button” – the business community, as all California, is trying to guess who is going to getContinue reading “Taxes Must Have a Rhyme and Reason”

Food Tax Will Be a Business Headache

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on May 22nd, 1991. Remember the good ol’ days when you could walk into a grocery store to buy a quick goodie to stave off starvation until dinner time? Maybe you picked out something healthy like aContinue reading “Food Tax Will Be a Business Headache”

Should Business Care About the Family?

This article was originally published in the “CAPITOL BUSINESS : The Business-Government Connection” section of the Sacramento Union on March 14th of 1991. The Conference on the Preservation of the Family ended a couple of weeks ago and community leaders from throughout California met with policy makers to discuss the fate of the family. ConsideringContinue reading “Should Business Care About the Family?”