MARCH 30, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California is getting strapped for cash to continue to pay for subsidies for economically infeasible solar power and energy efficiency projects for homeowners and small businesses. So the Environmental Defense Fund has concocted a proposal to the California ...
March, 2012Greens Want Energy Bubble Loans from CPUCFriday, March 30th, 2012Feinstein Ends Truce, Restarts Water WarsThursday, March 29th, 2012MARCH 29, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California's water wars are back. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter to the Association of California Water Agencies late Tuesday March 27 again pitting North against South. The letter stated Feinstein was no longer entertaining compromis... S.F. Upholds Right to Hold Public Officials AccountableTuesday, March 27th, 2012Commentary MARCH 27, 2012 By MICHAEL WARNKEN I have been casually watching the events in San Francisco involving Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and the county Board of Supervisors. The sheriff recently plead guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence in an incident involving his wife on New Years Eve.... Job Lies: When Will ‘Green’ = ‘Dishonest’?Monday, March 26th, 2012 MARCH 26, 2012 By CHRIS REED Just as red and blue have become associated with Republicans and Democrats, respectively, because of Election Night maps, will green someday become a synonym for fraud and dishonesty? After listening to Gov. Jerry Brown's two years of lies, prevarications and fanta... Paper: Massive Cheating in L.A., Other Schools Districts Across AmericaSunday, March 25th, 2012MARCH 26, 2012 By JOHN SEILER Yesterday the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a series on massive cheating on school tests across America, "Cheating our children: Suspicious school test scores across the nation." It specifically looked at nine districts, including the Los Angeles Unified School... Legislators Shame Even Dick and JaneFriday, March 23rd, 2012 MAR. 23, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Political gamesmanship is as old as man and politics. The levels of gamesmanship, however, can either remain at mere power struggles and turf wars, or escalate to abuses of power. With 78 empty budget bills now in the hands of the legislative Democrats, many at ... Loophole Allows New Cal State Prez to Receive 20% RaiseFriday, March 23rd, 2012MARCH 23, 2012 By JOHN HRABE A loophole in the California State University’s new executive compensation policy will allow new Cal State Northridge President Dianne Harrison to earn a 20 percent raise over her current salary as president of Cal State Monterey Bay. Harrison, who annually earns... Cal State’s Contempt for Public DisclosureThursday, March 22nd, 2012MARCH 22, 2012 By JOHN HRABE On Tuesday morning, I sent an email to three high-ranking officials at San Jose State University, requesting information about the executive compensation for former president Jon Whitmore and two key employees. By law, the school is required to disclose the informa... Lord Mockton Debunks Global ‘Warming’Thursday, March 22nd, 2012MARCH 22, 2012 By KATY GRIMES A visit to California from Lord Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, promised to be full of his telltale wit, knowledge and controversy, as well as plenty of science. Lord Monckton did not disappoint. As California is on the verge of it... Prop 28: The Latest Political ThrillerWednesday, March 21st, 2012 MAR. 21, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Proposition 28, the latest ballot initiative attempting to alter the 1990 term limits law, has all of the elements of a good political thriller: Deep Capitol insiders, elite bureaucrats, politicians and the political elite, a misleading ballot measure title and su... |