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Taste Makes Waste
JUNE 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES An “Instructional tasting event” does not sound very inviting, but offer a free taste of wine, beer or scotch, and the customers will line up. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena, wants to allow retail outlets
Read MoreDrunken deputies on the job
Steven Greenhut: The police officer who gives you a speeding ticket or DUI might be drunk, according to the Los Angeles County independent review department. This is not an anomaly, but a growing problem within the department (and probably within
Read MoreNo More Double Dipping
Katy Grimes: State employees that plan to retire and enjoy the benefits of a state retirement, but then get another full time state job in order to “double dip,” will no longer be allowed to game the system — at
Read MoreIllegals may get more ed aid
JUNE 23, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI The Assembly Higher Education Committee considered the SB1460 California Dream Act this afternoon, a law that would extend the ability to apply for state financial aid to illegal immigrants. AB540, enacted in 2001, extends
Read More"IOU" A Tax Payment
Katy Grimes: Should the state of California accept its own IOU’s as tax and fee payments? AB 1506 authored by Assemblyman Joel Anderson, R-El Cajon, would, require a state agency to accept, from a person or entity, a state IOU or
Read MoreCalPERS Re-elects Top Leaders
John Seiler: According to the latest issue of PERSpective (government pun), the magazine that just was mailed out to retirees of the the California Public Employees’ Retirement System: Members of the CalPERS Board of Administration unanimously re-elected Rob Feckner to
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