Inside Government

Mexico dissolves its FBI and moves to legalize drugs

July 31, 2012 By Chriss Street In a stunning development, President-elect Enrique Pena and his Institutional Revolutionary Party, who won control of Mexico’s government on July 1, moved to dissolve the Agencia Federal de Investigación. Modeled after the United States’ FBI,

Dominant Dems rule and ruin Sacto

Katy Grimes July 30, 2012

July 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes As Democrats have taken over most of the Golden State, an ugly attitude has crept in. This bad attitude is demonstrative of what’s wrong with today’s Democrats, and why they get called Socialists. They

Parks Dept. corruption not isolated

CalWatchdog Staff July 27, 2012

July 27, 2012 By Katy Grimes The recent scandal inside of the State Parks and Recreation Department is no surprise to anyone, but the levels of corruption, schemes and deceit, is. The agency director, Ruth Coleman, resigned. But as she

Parent Trigger is welcome school reform

Joseph Perkins July 27, 2012

July 27, 2012 By Joseph Perkins California public schools received their annual report cards last month. On the state’s 10-point grading scale — with 10 being the highest and 1 the lowest — Desert Trails Elementary School earned a 1. The

Kiss a Democrat if you’re outta work

CalWatchdog Staff July 27, 2012

July 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes I remember when Democrats were all about supporting hard working men and women. So were Republicans, but it was Democrats who were more closely associated with the working class. And that’s the rub; Democrats

Getting cable and watching the political animals

CalWatchdog Staff July 26, 2012

July 26, 2012 By John Seiler I’ve always been reluctant to get cable TV because it’s a big time waste. The Internet and a land-line phone are all I need, through Verizon’s FIOS fiberoptic system. Plus a cheap T-Mobile flip

Gov. Brown legislating by legacy and vanity

CalWatchdog Staff July 26, 2012

July 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes First there was the bullet train to nowhere. Now there are the tunnels to nowhere. Gov. Jerry Brown is hell-bent on creating a legacy. Unfortunately, it also appears that most of California’s legislators make

State parks director: negligent or incompetent?

CalWatchdog Staff July 20, 2012

July 20, 2012 Katy Grimes: The California State Parks agency has been sullied by a growing scandal. Three days ago I wrote about the illegal vacation buyout scandal in the State Parks and Recreation agency in “Scandalous state parks department

Unions or cities pushing more tax increases?

CalWatchdog Staff July 19, 2012

July 19, 2012 Katy Grimes: Not wanting to be left out of the latest trend, it appears that Sacramento’s City Council wants to file for bankruptcy as well. “An overwhelming majority of the council has expressed support for raising the

Video: Sen. Rand Paul: End aid to Pakistan

CalWatchdog Staff July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 By Brian Calle Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., tells CalWatchDog.com’s Brian Calle that he intends to force a Senate vote that, if passed, would strip Pakistan of all U.S. foreign aid until Dr Shakil Afridi’s recent 33-year prison