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October 18, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Dishonesty abounds in Prop. 27 campaign

The dishonesty in the campaign for the current Proposition 27 begins with the title of the initiative itself, which aims to legalize almost unfettered online...
October 12, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Excess school lands for teacher housing?

Do voters want more teachers living in their communities, even if it means a little more traffic and perhaps a few less parking spaces for...
October 3, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Secession fever hits biggest county

In land area, San Bernardino County is California’s largest, stretching from the Nevada state line to just north of Riverside and from near Los Angeles...
September 21, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Will state demos benefit from bigger November vote?

Democrats have long known one of the major realities of California politics: Far more voters turn out for November general elections every two years than...
September 14, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Bet on passage for big time sports gambling

If you’re a gambling man or woman (and two of this fall’s seven California ballot propositions are about gaming), don’t bet the house against either...
September 7, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Refiners win latest round; accountability could be coming

The cheating, price-gouging refiners who produce most California gasoline have won another round. Average prices per gallon have fallen below $5.50 and there’s less anger...
August 24, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: The coming economic dip – nothing like the last one

California’s economic Jeremiahs regularly predict an imminent major economic downturn, some saying it has already begun. The reality, though, is that while a dip is...
August 17, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: Oil and gas costing us even more than we thought

The idea that oil companies and gasoline refiners could gouge Californians — and other Americans to a lesser degree — by as much as 100...
August 6, 2022 Tom Elias

Opinion: ‘Declinists’ rise again, forecasting demise

They’re at it again, the many folks ex-Gov. Jerry Brown derisively called “declinists.” They have some ammunition. It’s been more than a decade since California...

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