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The K Street Mall in Sacramento, and particularly its taxpayer-subsidized Dive Bar and Cosmopolitan Cabaret, has long been a poster-child for the injustice and unwisdom of government-run redevelopment schemes. These schemes give bureaucrats power to take away money that citizens would have spent at a shopping center or a store or a coffee shop, ...

For those of us fortunate enough to have never experienced a house fire, it’s difficult to imagine the feeling of losing all of one’s worldly possessions.  Most homeowners purchase fire insurance to prepare for that contingency and to minimize the cost of repairs.  But imagine how you would feel if: (a) your house suffers severe R ...

Politicians have an edifice complex, and subsidies to sport teams are corporate welfare at its worst.  In yet one more “Field of Schemes,” a deal was announced today to build an arena for the Kings in downtown Sacramento.  Love professional basketball or not, it’s a rotten deal for the taxpayer. It all started last year … ...

I’ll be speaking to the Students for Liberty Sacramento chapter tomorrow at 7:30 pm at the Tower Bridge Bistro in Sacramento. I’ll speak about the right to economic freedom, including PLF’s latest economic liberty lawsuit. All are welcome, but please RSVP by calling (916) 515-6267 or learn more by clicking here. … ...

Don’t forget, PLF is accepting applications for summer clerkships at its Sacramento headquarters. Click here for more information. … ...

Author:  Anne Hayes Yesterday morning, I was a guest on the Mark Montgomery Radio Show here in Sacramento to discuss the status of the Obamacare cases as well as to discuss some of the impacts that small businesses will see as Obamacare's measures are implemented over the next several years.  Here is a podcast of … ...

Author: Daniel Himebaugh In honor of Earth Day this week, I think it's appropriate to highlight the story of Bob Slobe, a Sacramento-area conservationist who became a casualty of irrational environmentalism. A few years ago, the Sacramento Business Journal reported that the presence of elderberry bushes on Slobe's property had stymied ...