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CA govt. workers score top salaries

A new survey by the U.S. Census Bureau found that California government workers pull down among the highest compensation in the nation. Here’s the map: Table 4 shows average earnings, for 2013, in California for a full-time state-and-local employee are

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State workers get pay raise

How’s your pay raise going in the private sector? Woops! Didn’t get one? Well, you should have joined the public sector and lived off those who actually produce something. July 1 saw a pay raise for state employees. And of

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Are CA elected officials underpaid?

Just after getting a 5 percent raise, Gov.  Jerry Brown, other statewide officials and legislators soon could get another boost, supposedly because they’re “underpaid.” Hey, “California is back,” Brown keeps saying. The CA Dem party is meeting this weekend in Los

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N.Beach Cops: $5,600 To Wash Hogs

John Seiler: Our friend and colleague Brian Calle reports in the Orange County Register: It pays well to wash your motorcycle if you are a cop in Newport Beach, where officers who patrol on motor bikes are paid an additional

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Another Scam by the Legislature

John Seiler: No wonder the California Legislature’s approval rating by citizens is at 10%, an all-time low. Street gangs are held in higher esteem than the Legislature Gang. Consider this sweet scam: By convening for less than a half hour

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