Posts Tagged ‘corruption’Assembly members objecting to corruption exemption in AB 173Thursday, May 16th, 2013 May 16, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- A corruption exemption remains in Assembly Bill 173, by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego. But calls I made to all the members of the Accountability and Administrative Review committee, which had reviewed the bill, indicated resistance by... Bill would strip corruption protections from university employeesMonday, May 13th, 2013 May 13, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Public contracts should always be subjected to stiff scrutiny. Without public scrutiny and oversight, spending other people's money is too easy. But a new Assembly bill would not only increase the amount of money California's public universities... Judicial Watch “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2012Thursday, January 3rd, 2013Jan. 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes It's always interesting to see which politicians make the Judicial Watch Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians list for the previous year. More interesting to note is that not only are these people elected to public office to serve, no one ever gets fired for the corr... The union assault — covert and overt — on direct democracyThursday, November 29th, 2012 Nov. 30, 2012 By Chris Reed For decades, signature-gathering to win placement of measures on the local or state ballot in California has followed a basic script. Once proponents gathered some 30 percent more signatures than the minimum threshold necessary, they shut down operations, confident ... More perks for our government mastersSaturday, May 26th, 2012May 26, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Democrats and Republicans in the California Legislature have once again broadcast this troubling fact: they are far more concerned about the ever-expanding demands of a relatively small group of public sector union members than they are about the public welfare ... Sounds Like CaliforniaSunday, January 16th, 2011John Seiler: Wikileaks' recent release of a cable from the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia supposedly led to the downfall of that country's government. The cable actually looks like it could have been written about the government of another state enjoying the blessings of a wonderful seaside Mediterr... Just dissolve BellThursday, October 14th, 2010John Seiler: There's a political and legal fight now over who or what will control the city of Bell, whose government is mired in corruption and mismanagement. They should just dissolve it. Make Bell an example of what's called "anarcho-capitalism." That is, just get rid of the government. N... |