In summary A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week. Budget expediency overwhelms logic Two expedient state budget deals undermine their rational legitimacy. Most ‘job killer’ bills already dead All but five of the 31 bills given the “job killer” epithet by California Chamber of Commerce have already died. Los Angeles school tax flunks out L.A. voters rejected a new tax for schools in a test of sentiment for a similar statewide measure. Slavery in 21st century California? Yes California is a 21st century slave state. Hundreds, if not thousands, of human beings are being kept in slavery. We want to hear from you Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? You can find our submission guidelines here. Please contact CalMatters with any commentary questions: commentary@calmatters.org Dan WaltersOpinion Columnist dan@calmatters.org Dan Walters has been a journalist for more than 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He began his professional career in 1960, at age 16, at the Humboldt Times... More by Dan Walters
Weekly Walters 06/14/2019
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In summary
A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.
Budget expediency overwhelms logic
Two expedient state budget deals undermine their rational legitimacy.
Most ‘job killer’ bills already dead
All but five of the 31 bills given the “job killer” epithet by California Chamber of Commerce have already died.
Los Angeles school tax flunks out
L.A. voters rejected a new tax for schools in a test of sentiment for a similar statewide measure.
Slavery in 21st century California? Yes
California is a 21st century slave state. Hundreds, if not thousands, of human beings are being kept in slavery.
We want to hear from you
Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? You can find our submission guidelines here. Please contact CalMatters with any commentary questions: commentary@calmatters.org
Dan WaltersOpinion Columnist
Dan Walters has been a journalist for more than 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He began his professional career in 1960, at age 16, at the Humboldt Times... More by Dan Walters