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Back to homepageUC cops mum on fraud scandal
MAY 21, 2010 K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY In late 2009, UC Davis officials launched an investigation into misappropriation of funds on campus. More than four months later, officials remain quiet about the results. Annette Spicuzza, chief of police at UC Davis,
Read MoreSenator Steinberg Writes Back
I received the following email from a colleague, sent to Senator Darrell Steinberg by a constituent, expressing her dismay with his call to boycott Arizona businesses because of the recent legislation attempting to deal with the state’s illegal immigration problem.
Read MoreAn ode to our Golden Guardian
MAY 20, 2010 Not sure if you’ve noticed lately, but terrorism warnings are increasingly like car alarms. We all hear them, and know what they mean, but when they go off we just go about our business as though nothing
Read MorePolitical Posturing in Judiciary Committee
MAY 19, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In what appears to be political posturing, on May 18 the Assembly Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing titled, “Judicial Elections in California: Threats To The Perception of Fairness.” The committee heard three presentations.
Read More'Charge It' to the state
MAY 18, 2010 By KATY GRIMES “Charge it on my State VISA card,” is not something you’d expect to hear from a state employee ordering office supplies, or from the Department of Transportation with the billions of dollars spent annually.
Read MoreL.A.'s joke boycott of Arizona
Although I don’t back the new Arizona immigration law, I pointed out earlier that a boycott of the state would be a joke. That the parlous financial state of California and its cities would preclude any major attempt to raise
Read MoreCapitol denial
With Greece in total upheaval, it’s not difficult to imagine California in such a place. We are after all, not far behind in our policy and politics, and state legislators seem to be in a serious state of denial about
Read MoreHumble Abel
MAY 6, 2010 If you take just one fact, one conclusion from the following story, it should be this: that Abel Maldonado, the newly minted lieutenant governor for the state of California, is a humble man. I know this because
Read MoreAudits target agency nepotism
MAY 6, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A backlog of 12,000 reports of alleged teacher misconduct in 2009, together with a nepotism problem within the Commission on Teacher Credentialing raised the red flag to high alert. Four state agencies received news
Read MoreEmpty gallery, empty suit
Lt. Gov. Abel Maldanado is in the midst of a inaugural ceremony and open house at his office. There were so many empty seats at the inaugural, on the east steps of the Capitol, that organizers were pulling people off the
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