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Cal ISO focuses on Enron 2, not Cap & Trade manipulation

July 20, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi A rerun is playing on TV of the inaccurate 2005 “documentary” movie, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” about Enron manipulating the California Electricity Crisis of 2001. It features Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and

If it moves, the state wants to license it

Joseph Perkins July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012 By Joseph Perkins I’m not a pet guy. I have no personal stake in legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, which would create a “voluntary” certification program for California’s pet grooming industry. Yet, I’m

Salaries, mistakes slammed San Bernardino into bankruptcy

CalWatchdog Staff July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012 By Tori Richards SAN BERNARDINO — The bankrupt city of San Bernardino has displayed its shortcomings in a 54-page report that outlines myriad areas where ineptitude has placed them in a position where they cannot meet payroll

Farcical TSA needs Miss Manners lesson

CalWatchdog Staff July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012 Katy Grimes: I’ve just returned home a trip across the country. And once again, I vowed to never take another cross-country flight. I thank our government for this sorry state of affairs, because anyone who has traveled

Unions or cities pushing more tax increases?

CalWatchdog Staff July 19, 2012

July 19, 2012 Katy Grimes: Not wanting to be left out of the latest trend, it appears that Sacramento’s City Council wants to file for bankruptcy as well. “An overwhelming majority of the council has expressed support for raising the

Court rules greenies told a whopper of a smelt fish story

CalWatchdog Staff July 19, 2012

July 19 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Mark Twain once wrote: “Don’t tell fish stories where people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.” The farmers in the California Central Valley know that environmentalists have been

Gov seals CA crash with high-speed rail bill

CalWatchdog Staff July 19, 2012

July 19, 2012 By Katy Grimes Even though high-speed rail has become nothing more than a pipeline project for grabbing big money and a big lie, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the rail bill Wednesday, sealing California’s economic fate. Because of the

Video: Sen. Rand Paul: End aid to Pakistan

CalWatchdog Staff July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 By Brian Calle Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., tells CalWatchDog.com’s Brian Calle that he intends to force a Senate vote that, if passed, would strip Pakistan of all U.S. foreign aid until Dr Shakil Afridi’s recent 33-year prison

10 California U.S. House races ranked ‘most competitive’ in country

CalWatchdog Staff July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 By John Hrabe National Journal’s The Hotline released its first list of the most competitive U.S. House of Representatives races for the 2012 cycle. These are the 75 seats that National Journal considers “most likely to change hands in November.” Interesting

Anti-democracy bill guts California open-government laws

CalWatchdog Staff July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Buried deep within the new state budget lies a bill so evil, so corrupt and so illegal, a state agency is now being declared an official “enemy of the people” by weary taxpayers. The