Any alleged "right" of one man which necessitates the violation of rights of another is not, and cannot be, a right.
Ayn Rand, 1964
US Government Finances as of 07/02/2008
Debt: $9,409,080,000,000 ($405,920,000,000 less than the lawful limit)
This month, it's decreased by $18,821,000,000 helped by tax collections of $23,220,000,000
Today, $2,000,000 was spent for Interest on Treasury Securities

Santa Maria nixes "hands-off" water policy

Santa Maria measure W2004 passed by a narrow margin, meaning that the city council has won the privilege of poisoning the water with whatever they please. B.J. thinks there's a good possibility that the reverse sense of the measure (vote YES to prevent fluoridation) may well have confused enough voters to change the result.

Bakhaus lauds tactical discovery

Robert Bakhaus hailed the discovery by William Wagener, Gail Lightfoot and others of the overpowering efficiency of polling place petitioning as a great help in the quest of restoring liberty through the tool of tax sunset petitions.

IVRPD Brown Act case finally over

The three-year legal action spearheaded by Robert Bakhaus against the Isla Vista Recreation & Park District finally came to trial in the week before Christmas. With six separate violations of the Brown Act (California's open meetings law) alleged, Judge Anderle found for the plaintiffs (Santa Barbara County Libertarian Party and Mr. Bakhaus) on two of them.

Insisting they'd done no wrong, the Board of the District chose to fight the charges for three years, rather than simply settling at the beginning, along the way spending two to three hundred thousand dollars of IV tax money. Losing on any of the counts makes them subject to an assessment for the fees of the plaintiff's lawyer, Mr. William Hansult.

According to Bakhaus, the Board has decided not to appeal.