Back in 1997, I was a youngish, single man living in Los Angeles—working in the entertainment industry and living in a studio apartment in the Virgil District. I had arrived in LA a few months earlier, just in time for — *insert scary music here* – EL NIÑO.

It was certainly a rainy year as a result of El Niño—unusually so, as I later learned. You see, to me, having not lived ...

This week, travelers at airports across the nation are experiencing frustrating flight delays related to the president’s automatic sequestration cuts.   And legal experts, airline officials, and members of both political parties all agree: the Obama administration – despite its protests – has options to ease these #ObamaFlightDelays.

As sequestration goes into effect, Americans expect the administration to implement it in a way that is ...

FAA Furloughs Begin, DOT Website Announces $474M Grant to “Make Communities More Livable and Sustainable”

The Wall Street Journal editorializes, “This week the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began furloughing each of its air-traffic controllers for one day out of every 10 to achieve roughly $600 million in savings this fiscal year. The White House dubiously claims that the furloughs are required by the sequester spending cuts enacted in 2011. … Last week ...

Arlington, Va. – Public Notice today released the results of a national survey on federal spending and economic issues conducted by The Tarrance Group via telephone and 25 percent via cellphone from Apr. 14 – Apr. 17, 2013, among N=819 registered “likely” voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/– 3.5%.  The survey found that with serious fiscal battles ahead, the significant majority of Americans believe the best way ...

Public Notice Poll: Majority of Americans Want Spending and Taxes Cut to Balance Budget

Public Notice today released the results of a national survey on federal spending and economic issues conducted by The Tarrance Group. The survey found that with serious fiscal battles ahead, the significant majority of Americans believe the best way to improve the economy is for Washington to cut spending, cut taxes and balance the budget. The results show that the economy ...

“Pompeo to Baucus: ObamaCare ‘Train Wreck’ Is Your Fault”

The Hill reports, “Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) was not impressed with Sen. Max Baucus’s (D-Mont.) criticism of how the Obama administration has implemented its signature healthcare law. Baucus said Wednesday that he fears the implementation will be a ‘huge train wreck’ because people do not understand what the reform law does. If it’s a train wreck, Pompeo said, Baucus has no one to ...

“Hamel: No more taxes, Mr. President”

Public Notice Executive Director Gretchen Hamel editorializes in The Richmond Times Dispatch, “In business, you have to compete. The only way to attract new jobs and create economic growth is by cultivating a better environment for businesses to thrive. Virginians understand this, and so do their neighbors. North Carolina is considering legislation to drop its corporate tax rate to 4.9 percent, which would be the lowest ...

Dems React to Boston Marathon Bombing with Sequester Talk

POLITICO reports, “With the Boston Marathon bombings less than 24 hours old, some on Capitol Hill are beginning to say the attack shows why Congress should’ve stopped automatic spending cuts from taking hold in March. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), responding to a question at a Tuesday morning press conference, said the bombings are ‘clearly another place where it demonstrates why having ...