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McClintock schools Congress and President on fiscal cliff

Dec. 13, 2012 By Katy Grimes If you really want to cut through all of the media noise about the ‘”Fiscal Cliff,” Rep. Tom McClintock, R-CA4, does this succinctly in a speech on Wednesday. In a nutshell, McClintock explains: “In their

Izumi criticizes state employee’s cyber-goldbricking

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012 By John Seiler A state government employee posted thousands of times on the Sacramento Bee’s Web site during work hours. Taxpayers subsidized his cyber-goldbricking. CBS News just ran a story on it with interviews of Lance Izumi, our

Audacity! Mich. shows Calif. GOP how to revive party

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

Dec. 12, 2012 By John Seiler When I was growing up in Michigan in the 1960s, the Democratic Party mostly dominated the state. Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey won the presidential contests. Democrats controlled the Legislature. And labor unions dominated the

CA state budget goes off the cliff

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

Dec. 12, 2012 By Chriss Street California State Controller John Chiang announced that total State revenue for the month of November 2012 fell $806.8 million, or 10.8 percent, below budget. Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters

Rail series: A capitalist solution for California train travel

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

This is Part 2 of a series. Click to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6. Dec. 12, 2012 By Stan Brin Before I go any further, I would like readers to understand that this proposal is strictly a real-world alternative

Bloomberg News breaks new ground on state’s dysfunction

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

Dec. 12, 2012 By Chris Reed There are so many killer facts in the Bloomberg News story from Tuesday on how California went to hell that I barely know where to start. So many have never been exposed by the

Crazy! CA state psych jockey rakes in $822,302

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

Dec. 12, 2012 By John Seiler All of California is an insane asylum. Bloomberg reports: “Mohammad Safi, a graduate of a medical school in Afghanistan, began working as a psychiatrist at a California mental hospital in 2006, making $90,682 in his first six

State employee posts thousands of comments online

CalWatchdog Staff December 11, 2012

Dec. 11, 2012 By Katy Grimes Any private sector employer who discovers an employee stealing from the company has obvious grounds for termination. Stealing takes on many forms, including surfing the Internet, commenting on news stories, and conducting personal business.

Green water grab sinks farmland, blocks salmon runs

CalWatchdog Staff December 11, 2012

Dec. 11, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi An Indian proverb says, “A bird thinks it a favor to give a fish a lift in the air.” In a similar way, politicians think it is a favor to help lift salmon upstream