by altha-admin | May 19, 2012 | Articles
If a municipal government insists on raising taxes, then at least two-thirds of the community must support the increase, at least ensuring that a meaningful majority of voters will be contributing something. A simple majority of voters simply does not justify levying...
by altha-admin | May 19, 2012 | Articles
I commend U.S. Senator David Vitter of Lousiana for blocking President Obama's replacement nominees to the Federal Reserve board. In a rare showing or bipartisanship, President Obama nominated two obscure bureaucrats to man one of the most cryptic yet influential...
by altha-admin | May 19, 2012 | Articles
If the District Attorney's office cannot properly manage the files of one of their top prosecutors, perhaps it's time for the taxpayers demand more justice from or courts and take back more of our tax money. Carmen Trutanich has a number of issues which he...
by altha-admin | May 19, 2012 | Articles
In addition to fights over budgets and entitlement spending, not to mention the growing pension obligations which threaten the future of our state, the cascading water wars are pitting different legislators in the state senate. If there is one area of public policy...
by altha-admin | May 19, 2012 | Articles
"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." — José Narosky Normally, I pay little attention to the blurbed in the margins of Herald publications, but José Naroksy's indictment of the horrors of war caught my attention. Our armed men and women...
