Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Back to homepageCA welfare state wants more ‘clients’
March 22, 2013 By Katy Grimes The Employment Development Department used to be called the “Unemployment Department.” And state welfare recipients are now “clients.” The majority party in the California Legislature appears determined on expanding social services in the state
Read MoreOceanside pol to Steinberg: Fix your own mess and leave us alone
March 22, 2013 By Chris Reed Veteran Sacramento watchers are so used to Democratic state lawmakers contorting themselves to please unions that almost nothing comes as a surprise any more. It’s what they do. It’s a puppet/puppet master relationship. Some
Read MoreOnly 54% oppose bullet train? Sheesh
March 22, 2013 By Chris Reed When word came out Thursday night that a new PPIC poll showed the public was against the bullet train fiasco, I wasn’t surprised. But only 54 percent? Wow. Here’s John Myers’ account: “The survey
Read MoreRadicalness of CARB’s long-term plans comes into focus
March 20, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — While the California Air Resources Board continues to forge ahead like a blind bull in a china shop with its far-reaching climate change plan, the extent of the destruction that could result
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How to overfill prisons: Have SEC look at CA school districts
March 20, 2013 By Chris Reed The federal indictments this week of CalPERS’ former president and his alleged briber show that the federal government does occasionally notice the outrageous behavior of our state government. But what about the Securities and
Read MoreThe ‘continued erosion’ in news media
March 20, 2013 By Katy Grimes Is it any surprise that sports, weather and traffic now account for 40 percent of the content on television newscasts? “In 2012, a continued erosion of news reporting resources converged with growing opportunities for those
Read MoreCracking down on ADA lawsuit abuse
March 19, 2013 By Joseph Perkins I was a White House staff member when George H.W. Bush was in the Oval Office. I remember well when he signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law, insisting that it would not
Read MoreIn same spirit as ‘courtesy flush,’ ‘courtesy vote’
March 18, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that on March 6 a member of the bullet train’s board of directors — former San Diego congresswoman Lynn Schenk — had blocked approval of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s plan to
Read MoreSan Diego mayor resumes public-employee enrichment schemes
March 14, 2013 By Chris Reed Well, that didn’t take long. Bob Filner — a paleoliberal former Democratic congressman who was elected mayor of San Diego in November — is embracing the same sort of ridiculously generous public-employee compensation policies
Read MoreState bureaucrats get surprise smack down at hearing
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — It has never been more apparent that unelected state bureaucrats are also unaccountable to the Legislature. I attend legislative committee hearings every week, and despite the questions from lawmakers, the bureaucrats obfuscate,
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