California Archive
Top Gun FP Client Note: Inklings Of A Housing Double Dip
June 20, 2010 · Category: California, Federal Reserve, Macro Economics, Real Estate, Top Gun Financial Planning
In the three weeks since the start of our third quarter on May 1st, which coincided with the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, our per community deposits and traffic were up 23% and 11%, ...
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LA Times Op-Ed: California’s $500 Billion Pension Time Bomb
April 6, 2010 · Category: California, Politics
The state of California's real unfunded pension debt clocks in at more than $500 billion, nearly eight times greater than officially reported.
That's the finding from a study released Monday by Stanford University's public policy program, ...
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NYT: State Debt Woes Grow Too Big to Camouflage
California, New York and other states are showing many of the same signs of debt overload that recently took Greece to the brink — budgets that will not balance, accounting that masks debt, the use ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Out Here In California
NOTE: Every week I write a Client Note for my clients. For a limited time, I am allowing non-clients to sign up and receive the Client Note. You can sign up at the top right ...
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CA To Sell $2 Billion Worth Of Office Buildings To Raise Cash
We're looking to get these properties sold as soon as possible.
- Eric Lamoureux, CA Department of General Services Spokesmen
The state wants to sell the buildings for the cash and then lease them back from the ...
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George Will: Tom Campbell Is A Long Shot To Watch In CA Governor Race
September 24, 2009 · Category: California, Politics
An especially intriguing candidate in a colorful field is Tom Campbell. Colorful he is not. "Talk softly and carry a small calculator" could be his motto. What glitter, however, are his resume and agenda.
He has ...
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Meg Whitman’s Sparse Voting Record
September 24, 2009 · Category: California, Politics
It's a dereliction of our first duty as American citizens. We're talking about someone who has practically not voted her entire adulthood. It's embarrassing.
- Mark Petracca, Political Science Professor, UC Irvine
A real problem for Meg Whitman's ...
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Kudlow Interviews The Top Two Republican Candidates For Governor of California
September 21, 2009 · Category: California, Politics
Kudlow interviewed Meg Whitman on his show on Thursday and Steve Poizner on Friday.
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Going Broke: Sac Bee Feature Series On California’s Budget Crisis
September 21, 2009 · Category: California, Government
A couple of interesting front page feature pieces in the Sacramento Bee on California's budget mess:
"Going Broke: State's a wreck - can it be fixed?", The Sacramento Bee, September 20, A1
The most interesting piece from ...
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State Governments Under Massive Pressure
Source: "States Shut Down To Save Cash", The Wall Street Journal, September 4, A1
Also see: "The Coming Reset In State Government", Mitch Daniels, Republican Governor of Indiana, The Wall Street Journal, September 4, A17
"Lights Out ...
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