Lingle rolls the dice

Considering that the subject of this dispatch is government funding by way of casino tax revenue, that joke was so bad it almost doesn’t read as a joke. Sorry. It’s early yet. But let’s move along:
The Governor of Hawaii is considering bringing gambling to the state, one of only two in the [...]

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In Other Words, No Bitchivism Allowed

Years ago Fred and I coined a term, Bitchivism, that means complaining about a problem (or someone else’s solution) without offering a solution of your own. Newt Gingrich has been chastising the GOP lately for exhibiting some signs of bitchivism:
From now until the inaugural, Republicans should be offering to help the president-elect prepare to [...]

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On the GOP chief executives

As this Newsweek piece reminds us, there are still 21 of them. I’m really not in the mood to talk about Bobby Jindal right now, since for the first time in my life a key figure in the Republican Party is younger than me, and I’m still stinging from the blow. (They don’t [...]

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Daniels on the property tax amendment

(You guys go easy on me today, alright? I’m still outgrabed by the battering De La Hoya took last night.)
After decades of [state] legislators “fixing” the property tax system only to see it backslide years later, supporters of permanent property tax caps want those caps enshrined in the Indiana Constitution.
…Lawmakers took the first step [...]

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Old math in the new age. Or is it new math in the old age? New math, new age, but old news? Or is it that old age is not math news, but…

States are heading for budget difficulties that may compel the governors to swallow hard and either propose or accept tax increases.
And there is no better way to alienate the base of the Republican Party than to push for, or acquiesce to, tax increases.
Yeah? So?
The problem is particularly sensitive for a group of governors who [...]

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