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Back to homepageMayor-forLife Bloomberg: Shred the Constitution
April 23, 2013 By John Seiler It’s terrible that four people were killed in Boston last week. But for that should we ditch the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights? That’s what New York Mayor-for-Life Michael Bloomberg insists: “The
Read MoreN.Y. Times shames Mercury-News on AB 32 coverage
April 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that no one in the California media besides me has reported that the Obama administration considers fracking no big deal and just another heavy industry is pretty amazing. Obama’s picks for EPA
Read MoreIn LAUSD, who teaches struggling kids? Interns. Thanks, CTA.
April 22, 2013 By Chris Reed Los Angeles Unified is an ongoing, never-ending monument to the core premise of California education: Let’s make life easy for veteran adult employees. Its United Teachers Los Angeles-dominated school board has for years enforced
Read MoreSteinberg pondering run for Sacto DA
April 22, 2013 By Katy Grimes The current buzz around the Capitol City is Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, will run for Sacramento District Attorney in 2014. Steinberg, 53, has worked as an Employee Rights Attorney for the California
Read MoreIn coming CA fracking war, will unions be Oxy’s surprise ally?
April 21, 2013 By Chris Reed The coming battle over fracking in California is going to be a doozy. There’s too much money to be made in the “brown energy” revolution for monied interests to not pursue the reserves in
Read MoreBlackout summer bummer?
April 21, 2013 By John Seiler All California’s anti-energy activism might take a toll this summer with potential blackouts like we had back in 2000-01 during the California Electricity Crisis. The San Onofre nuke plant is down. Hydro power is
Read MoreNo CA university among those with worst graduation records
April 21, 2013 By John Seiler Although we often criticize California government here at CalWatchDog.com, we also like to highlight the occasional good news. I just found something that’s worth mentioning, although a few months old. The Fiscal Times lists
Read MoreEx-CA cop: U.S. law enforcement blew terror response
April 20, 2013 By Chris Reed A former official with a state law-enforcement agency sent me a contrarian take on the week’s events in Massachusetts: “At the risk of spoiling the high fives on the Boston bombing incident, has anybody
Read MoreObamacare already gutting CA jobs
April 20, 2013 By John Seiler Obamacare officially is called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But how can it “protect” you and provide “affordable care” when your hours were cut below the 30 hours per week needed to
Read MoreWhat economic recovery?
April 19, 2013 By John Seiler Supposedly the economy has been recovering for three years, with the stock markets setting new records. But all those numbers are based on inflated dollars. The United States was on the gold standard from 1789
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