April, 2010Mixed results from local crackdownsThursday, April 29th, 2010 APRIL 29, 2010 By JT LONG An uneasy partnership that includes local police and sheriff officers in enforcement of immigration laws, may not be working as planned, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General. According to the March 2010 rep... CARB fines dealers for DMV mistakeMonday, April 26th, 2010![Husqvarna_TC610_bj_2000[1]](http://www.calwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Husqvarna_TC610_bj_20001-305x227.jpg) APRIL 26, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Where the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is concerned, trying to do the right thing often just isn’t enough to keep a company from paying tens of thousands of dollars in penalties. Just ask the guys who work at GP Motorcycles and Moto Forza in S... Greenlining Series: Targeting private foundationsThursday, April 22nd, 2010 This is the sixth part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. APRIL 21, 2010 By MARK TAPSCOTT When 10 of Califo... Greenlining Series: ‘Diversity’ pays offTuesday, April 20th, 2010 This is the fifth part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. APRIL 20, 2010 By MARK TAPSCOTT Left-wing activis... Greenlining Series: Intruding on private charitiesSunday, April 18th, 2010 APRIL 19, 2010 This is the fourth part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. By TORI RICHARDS Greenlining Inst... Greenlining series: Another ACORN-like menace?Friday, April 16th, 2010 This is the fourth part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. By TORI RICHARDS Both use controversial tactics to ... Greenlining Series: Uncle Sam opens bank vaultThursday, April 15th, 2010 This is the third part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. By TORI RICHARDS Congress gave Fannie Mae and Freddi... Greenlining Series: Born in civil rights eraWednesday, April 14th, 2010 This is the second part in a series of articles about the radical Greenlining Institute produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner. APRIL 14, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS and MARK TAPSCOTT It’s often said that even the best of intentions can go awry and that may well be an apt description of t... Greenlining Series: Radical group’s legal heistsTuesday, April 13th, 2010 APRIL 12, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS This series was produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner. We will run additional parts during the coming week. It’s been called a bunch of shakedown artists, a growing menace, and a cousin of ACORN, the disgraced, disbanding national activist group ... Fraud plagues state stimulus fundsThursday, April 8th, 2010 APRIL 8, 2010 By TROY ANDERSON The board of directors’ retreat at a luxury casino: $8,300. The price tag for their bottled water: $2,300. And let’s not forget their facial tissue: $460. These are just a few of the $542,478 in disallowed expenditures made by the Economic Opportunity ... |