OCT. 29, 2010 For a long time now, I’ve accepted that I have a vested interest in chaos. After all, what good is an investigative reporter when government functions honestly and efficiently? And who wants to write about government officials who plan for the future, give a clear accounting of th...
October, 2010Brown Is One Hell Of A StoryFriday, October 29th, 2010Dems Will Reward Union FriendsFriday, October 29th, 2010OCT. 29, 2010 . Demonstrative of just how raunchy and fierce politics have gotten in America, just last week President Barack Obama told a group of Latino voters, “We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with is on issues that are important to us.” H... Lies, damn lies and union statisticsSunday, October 24th, 2010OCT. 24, 2010 California’s public employee unions have taken the public for suckers for years, so it’s understandable they now think they can play us for fools. A study released Monday by a think tank that specializes in pro-union advocacy purports to show that public employees receive les... Road To Serfdom Paved With PoliticiansFriday, October 22nd, 2010OCT. 22, 2010 Here we are in another election cycle, bombarded by political advertising and politicians, offering claims of selfless “public service.” How did politicians and government employees hijack the concept of “public service”? When Hillary Clinton was running for president,... FPPC Fights For Public RecordsThursday, October 21st, 2010OCT. 21, 2010 When I was a reporter in Orange County a decade ago, calling the Fair Political Practices Commission could be a frustrating experience. “We cannot comment on the existence of an investigation,” the nice spokesperson would tell me when I called to confirm whether the state’s ca... Is California An Idiocracy?Monday, October 18th, 2010OCT. 18, 2010 While trying to get the assembled, clueless staff at a phone store to tell me how to turn off an annoying e-mail alarm on my new smart phone, I was finally greeted by a manager, who declared that the phone is supposed to work that way. "So when one turns the switch to off, it's ... Hard Hats And Enviros Hold HandsThursday, October 14th, 2010OCT. 14, 2010 Don’t sweat it if you’ve never heard of the Blue-Green Alliance. I had never heard of it either, until a rally Thursday over at the Federal Building in downtown Sacramento for organized labor, Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial campaign and the proposed California High-Speed Rail pro... Fueling An AgendaThursday, October 14th, 2010OCT. 14, 2010 In a deranged attempt to be the first state (again) to push an aggressive environmental agenda, California Air Resources Board officials grossly inflated pollution levels in air quality statistics by more than 340 percent in order to justify the agency’s radical environmental man... Few Solutions To Pension MessMonday, October 11th, 2010OCT. 11, 2010 It has become almost impossible to exaggerate the depth of the state's pension scandals, as more details emerge not only about the city of Bell, but about common abuses in other burgs. A new report produced by the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, and championed b... The Grimes PollFriday, October 8th, 2010OCT. 8, 2010 A friend and I have a bet about this election cycle. He says that voters are lazy, dumb and selfish and will reelect Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer. Being an eternal optimist, I disagree. I think that if voters are provided accurate information, they eventually do the right thing. But... |