Reed Royalty, president of the Orange County Taxpayers Association, made the following comments Tuesday before the Orange County Board of Supervisors in support of putting chairman John Moorlach’s pension measure on the November ballot: COMMENTS BY REED ROYALTY TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING July 29, 2008 I believe you know already that […]

Below is the text of what I said yesterday morning when I spoke at the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting in favor of putting John Moorlach’s pension measure on the ballot. You can watch that portion of the meeting online which includes all the speakers both pro and con as well as the Supervisors’ […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today I’m pleased to welcome Richard Rider as a regular blogger. His San Diego Tax Fighters watchdog organization has saved local taxpayers billions of dollars over the years, and he has a special interest in the public employee pension issue which has caused the City of San Diego such financial pain. He always […]

I couldn’t let today pass without noting that it’s the one-year anniversary of FACT’s resounding court victory which blocked the state of California from issuing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of pension obligation bonds without a vote of the people as required by the state constitution. Well, actually, yesterday was the anniversary of the […]