Winter 2004

ELECTRONIC EDITION

Winter 2004

Volume 8, No. 1

SUBJECT		ARTICLE
BLANK CHECK INITIATIVE		Prop. 56 – A Blank Check for Higher Taxes. By Carol Evans, Cal-Tax vice president.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY		Props. 57-58 – The Right Opportunity for Economic Recovery. By Larry McCarthy, Cal-Tax president.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION		Employers Must Act Now to Help Lower Workers' Comp Costs. By Allan Zaremberg, president, California Chamber of Commerce.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION		Workers’ Comp Isn’t Working. By Julie Meier Wright, president and CEO, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation.
EDUCATION		The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations Undermines Student Potential. By Kirk Clark, executive director, California Business for Education Excellence.
STATE FINANCE		Donna Arduin: The Other “Star” of the New Administration. By Janis Dice, a profile of the state’s finance director. Reprinted from Comstock’s Business Magazine.
BUSINESS CLIMATE		The Governor and the Business Climate. Analysis by Tony Quinn, reprinted from Comstock’s Business Magazine.
STATE FINANCES		The Governor’s Budget Stresses No New Taxes, Long-overdue Reforms and Faith in Voters. By Larry McCarthy, Cal-Tax president.

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