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New CalWatchdog Radio Show
Steven Greenhut: Stay tuned to 870 am KRLA in Los Angeles every Saturday night at 11 pm for the Martha Montelongo Show with CalWatchdog. Various CalWatchdog writers will join Martha every Saturday night and we will soon have the podcast
Read MoreFirefighters Fight Back!
Steven Greenhut: Here is the video that the firefighters’ union is running to defend themselves against the increasing criticisms of their enormous pay and benefit packages, which average more than $170,000 a year in many California jurisdictions and which include
Read MoreOC Cities Exit Leftist League Of Cities
FEB. 14, 2011 By SHERRI M. BUTTERFIELD In California, a state gone left and wrong, a conservative searches desperately for signs of intelligent life and finds few reasons to be optimistic. However, a recent development in Southern California provides a
Read MoreLockyer: RDAs Entering Into Bad Deals
FEB. 14, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Immediately following Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal in January, the Legislative Analyst’s Office published an Overview of the Governor’s 2011-2012 Budget. As is often the case with the LAO, the analysis appears largely supportive,
Read MoreCA Forward Offers Slate Of Phony Fixes
FEB. 14, 2011 By LAER PEARCE One of my daughters is an esthetician, and as she studied for her state certification so she could be sanctioned by Sacramento as worthy to give facials and wax eyebrows, she had to learn
Read MoreOC Pension lawsuit
The New Martha Montelongo Show with CalWatchdog–OC and Pension Lawsuit, Parent-trigger is suspended, Super Sized Developers & Redevelopment v. Local Business Owners and Residents.
Read MorePensions May Be 'Touchable'
FEB. 11, 2011 By TROY ANDERSON The prevailing wisdom holds that existing public pensions – once converted into Cadillac plans – can’t be turned back into Oldsmobiles. For decades, union officials have repeated the mantra that government agencies can’t modify
Read MoreCalifornia: North America's Venezuela
CORRECTED VERSION FEB. 11, 2011 By KATY GRIMES The economic news for California is still looking bad, and businesses are still leaving the state in record numbers, according to one relocation specialist who has been keeping track of business migration
Read MoreUtility Surcharge Funds Green Research
FEB. 11, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI If you look at the bottom of your electricity bill you will see a cluster of surcharges with abbreviations that conceal what the charge is going for, unless you call your utility company and
Read MoreLAO Calls Out CRA's Whoppers
Steven Greenhut: The California Redevelopment Association and its “deer in the headlights” President Linda Barton have been making dishonest claims about the number of jobs that their corporate-welfare scam known as “redevelopment” provides to local communities. These agencies, which abuse
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