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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 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
Read MoreHave we got a job for you
Steven Greenhut: The California Redevelopment Association — those friendly central planners who argue that the government should have the right to take virtually anyone’s property and give it to a Costco or other tax-generating corporation — is looking for a
Read MoreSkelton's "pension envy"
John Seiler: It’s a bad Freudian connotation to an fraudulent Freudian doctrine, but here’s what L.A. Times’ Columnist for Tax Raising George “Not Red” Skelton wrote today: “Pressured by politicians and a private sector with pension envy, four public employee
Read MoreRaising Revenue, Democrat Party Style
Katy Grimes: Restructuring, local control, and raising revenue were all the rage at a press conference held today at the state capitol. Held by Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, D-San Diego, “restructuring,” “raising
Read MoreInside CalWatchdog!
Anthony Pignataro: The following is a transcipt of an actual conversation that took place this morning at CalWatchdog’s world headquarters in Sacramento, California: ANTHONY PIGNATARO: Oh, this is good! KATY GRIMES: What? PIGNATARO: SB 624 — Gloria Romero’s new bill
Read MoreSenators Support Irish Reunification
Katy Grimes: I’d be remiss if I didn’t share the very important senate resolution presented by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, and boldly supported by Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, which states that SJR 27 expresses the California Legislature’s “strong support
Read MoreArizona Boycott Initiates Sacramento Recall
Katy Grimes: With Sacramento City Council voting this week to join Los Angeles and San Francisco in the Arizona business boycott in response to the states’ recent immigration bill, many Sacramento residents are scratching their heads. Maybe because some back-scratching
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