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JULY 21, 2011 By JOHN HRABE New evidence obtained by CalWatchDog.com raises new questions about whether Dr. Gabino Aguirre, a member of California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission, violated the commission’s code of conduct and possibly state law by failing to disclose
Read MoreLA Times: First responders who don't
Steven Greenhut: Here is my piece from today’s Los Angeles Times regarding police and fire officials who are too bureaucratic and uncaring to do their jobs. JULY 20, 2011
Read MoreFeds Wasted Most of $17 Bil. CA Stimulus
JULY 20, 2011 By JOHN SEILER How did the federal government actually spend the 2009 stimulus money in California? In March 2009 the California Legislative Analyst made a study of proposed spending on the officially named American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But
Read More"Green' bills dampen job creation
Ali Meyer: It looks like the green movement won’t be a movement for job hopefuls. In its efforts to make the globe more environmentally friendly, environmentalists seem willing to increase costs, kill jobs and raise taxes. Three recently introduced bills,
Read MoreProtectionism for Union Grocery Workers
JULY 20, 2011 Since it opened its first store in Palo Alto in 1989, Whole Foods Market has grown its market share in California’s highly competitive grocery industry by acquiring such food chains as Mrs. Goocher’s Natural Food Markets of
Read MoreGreen Power Project Jolts Citizens
JULY 20, 2011 By KATY GRIMES In the Southern California city of Chino Hills, there is a palpable anger spreading as the landscape is changing from bedroom community to industrial park. The bedroom community landscape now includes 200-foot electrical towers
Read MoreLawmakers Push Harebrained Bills
Katy Grimes: A ridiculous bill which would have California condo and home owners replacing lawns and traditional grass with astro turf, was just vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Thankfully. SB 759, authored by Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, which would have required homeowners associations to “allow”
Read MoreCalPERS Needs Bailout Despite 21% Gain
JULY 19, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI CalPERS made an anemic 3.41 percent return over the last five years and only 0.98 percent over the last three years, falling far short of the 7.75 percent annual target return it needs to
Read MoreWill unions now thank Wall Street?
Steven Greenhut: Last week, I was a witness on a mock trial at Freedom Fest, in which public employee unions were in the dock over the detrimental effect of their pensions on the public treasury. It was a fun event,
Read MoreCoastal Commission Evicts Families
Lloyd Billingsley: Staff of the California Coastal Commission (CCC) had sought to limit the time residents of Lawson’s Landing, a beach resort in Marin County, could stay in their own trailer homes, which they would be forced to rent when not
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