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Back to homepageMike Feuer angry at ‘Der Feuer’ jab
Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, left an angry voicemail for me today for my “utterly outrageous” reference to him as Der Feuer for his legislation that would have allowed police officers, judges and prosecutors to exempt themselves from
Read MoreLoopy Old Judge Thierry Colaw Winks At Police Misconduct
Steven Greenhut: It’s no surprise that we’re seeing a spate of bad on-the-job behavior by police and deputies. Thanks to judges such as Pete-Wilson-appointee Thierry Colaw, of the OC Superior Court, cops know they can do anything they want and face no
Read MoreA cruel month for public employee unions
June 22, 2012 By Joseph Perkins California public employee unions were already having a bad June, what with passage of public pension-reform ballot measures by voters in both San Diego and San Jose over the opposition of union bosses. But
Read MoreObama unites the extreme left and right
June 18, 2012 By Chriss Street Back in September last year in an article titled “Revolution on the Left to Overthrow President Obama Begins,” I predicted that there would be a political “coup d’état” against the president by the extremist
Read MoreThe emerging California Fusion Party
June 18, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Most people are familiar with the term “fusion” as a type of restaurant that combines Hawaiian, Asian and American types of food. But with the recent top-two primary election on June 5, California is
Read MoreScramble for congressional seats could prevent Calif. tax increases
June 18, 2012 By John Hrabe Anti-tax groups face a tall order this November. There’s priority one: defeating the competing multi-billion-dollar tax-increase plans of Gov. Jerry Brown and liberal activist Molly Munger. Both propositions will receive tens of millions of dollars in
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Video: Fast and Furious with Rep. Darrell Issa
June 15, 2012 CalWatchDog.com’s editor-in-chief, Brian Calle, talks to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., about the latest developments with Operation Fast and Furious, the Federal Government’s program that armed Mexican drug cartels with tax-payer funded guns.
Read MoreVoters douse most tax-increase fires
June 15, 2012 By Dave Roberts When you take on the firefighters’ union, it helps to have an asbestos hide. Kris Hunt, executive director for the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, has waged a number of political battles over the years,
Read MoreTop Two destroyed third parties
June 12, 2012 By John Seiler More than two years ago on CalWatchDog.com, I was the first to report that the Top Two voting system would destroy third parties. My article was entitled, “Will Prop. 14 kill third parties?” It
Read MoreCalifornia voters OK 63% of tax measures
June 8, 2012 By Chriss Street Local voters approved 63 percent — or 55 of the 87 — local tax, bond or fee measures on the June 5, 2012 California primary ballot, according to Michael Coleman, the creator of CaliforniaCityFinance.com.
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