Green-job future a fraud
JUNE 1, 2010 By JOHN SEILER California’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, at 12.6 percent. That’s 2.7 percentage points above the national average. The persistence of unemployment also is something Californians haven’t seen since the Great Depression. The May 30
Read MoreFast-tracking personal info
MAY 28, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Are transportation agencies selling California drivers’ personal information? Commuters on California toll roads and highways subscribe to a device kept in the car, allowing electronic toll collection as they pass through a toll booth. Payment
Read MoreCops cause Sacto melee
Bad cop stories have been filling the news lately, but this videotaped melee of off-duty cops causing a melee at a Sacramento Radisson boxing match is particularly shocking, because so many cops and their family members and friends willingly took
Read MoreSteinberg's office responds
CalWatchdog just received this response from Darrell Steinberg’s communications director Nathan Barankin regarding this recent blog post: I read your blog post about the exchange of correspondence between Senator Steinberg and a constituent regarding the State of Arizona’s new immigration
Read MoreState worst place to do business!
A healthy round of congratulations to state officials is definitely in order. A press release just sent out by Senator Robert Dutton‘s office says the State of California is “ranked as the worst state in the nation to do business, a
Read MoreHealth cops halt free donuts
MAY 19, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS CAMARILLO, Calif. – A hardware store has been banned by county health officials from giving free coffee and donuts to customers unless extensive building upgrades are completed – a requirement that other businesses have
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Dutton's CARB bill moves to floor
This is from Sen. Dutton’s office today: Dutton Air Board Transparency Measure Moves to Senate Floor SACRAMENTO – A bill authored by Senate Republican Leader-elect Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) to bring greater transparency to the California Air Resources Board was
Read MoreLA cop commission protects bad cops
Apparently, despite oversight commissions, the public still gets little information about the way police officers use and abuse the enormous powers at their ready. From today’s LA Times: The Los Angeles Police Commission has failed to publicly disclose its findings
Read MoreStates' rights revival in CA?
MAY 14, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Political waters are boiling all across America, including California. One of the areas this is happening is the Tenth Amendment Movement, which takes seriously the last of the Bill of Rights, which reads: “The powers
Read MoreGetting An Earful From CARA
It’s interesting what one can learn just by listening. Today, while waiting outside a committee hearing room at the capitol, I met and got into a discussion with two members of the California Association of Retired Americans (CARA). Actually, as
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