Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
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Anthony Pignataro: You don’t have to watch politics very long before you see that top people move more or less freely from the public sector — where they develop much expertise at taxpayer expense — to the private sector —
Read MoreBill Honig's Back!
Anthony Pignataro: That’s right, folks: Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown has appointed one Louis “Bill” Honig to the California State Board of Education. Honig, for those of you not old enough to remember 1993, spent a decade as state Superintendent
Read MoreThe Nunez-Schwarzenegger Legacy
Katy Grimes: Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger might finally have a legacy, but it isn’t what he had hoped for and forever links him with nefarious, notorious politicians. Esteban Nunez, the privileged son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, may have
Read MoreThere's Something About Mary
DEC. 30, 2010 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY The Sacramento Bee is publishing an eight-part series on “Californians to watch in 2011.” The Dec. 28 profile of Mary Nichols by Rick Daysog fails to mention key reasons why Californians might want
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California 2010: The Year in Review
DEC. 30, 2010 By JOHN SEILER For California, 2010 brought exciting developments in many areas. The year catapulted our local computer company, Apple, into the first position among information companies, based on market capitalization (the total value of stocks). It
Read MoreSale of State Properties On Hold
Katy Grimes: Finally someone is listening — the sale of the 11 state properties appears to be finally off, at least until Governor Schwarzenegger is out of office. The sale of the 11 state properties was going to be a
Read MoreMore California Prisoners Riot
Anthony Pignataro: Looks like more California prison inmates are rioting, this time at a facility in Arizona that only holds prisoners from the Golden State. On Dec. 23, 43 inmates (initial reports said 110) broke out in violence at Red
Read MoreBrown Gives Green light To Fraud
Steven Greenhut: I love it when government officials try to save money. They always start by cutting the most useful programs or the ones that cause the most pain to the public. California has an enormous budget, one filled with
Read MoreBrown Turns Blind Eye To Waste
DEC. 23, 2010 I know you’re busy and all setting up a new administration and picking curtains for your hip, new Midtown digs, but I just wanted to drop you a brief note saying Thanks for getting rid of Laura
Read MoreDeath Row Loses Another Inmate
Anthony Pignataro: Well, another condemned prisoner has died on California’s notorious Death Row. Not by execution — don’t be silly — but by, well, prison officials don’t really know yet. “Condemned inmate John Levae Post, 42, died Monday afternoon, shortly
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