Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Back to homepageWhat Is The AG Waiting For?
Anthony Pignataro: Seriously people, what does it take for the Attorney General’s office to issue a formal opinion on a simple matter like whether Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Richard Katz violate the
Read MoreCalifornia, Land of Suckers
Steven Greenhut: When P.T. Barnum allegedly talked about suckers, he was no doubt referring to the gullible folks who would drop a few bucks on his sideshows. Too bad Barnum couldn’t spend some time in modern-day California, where voters —
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If A Hippie Falls In The Forest…
Anthony Pignataro: So as I’m sure everyone in the western world knows by now, famed singer Joan Baez fell out of her Woodside treehouse yesterday. She had been up there, according to this San Jose Mercury-News story, “because she wanted
Read MoreRetroactively Documenting Travel!
Anthony Pignataro: There is great irony in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times story on the state Fair Political Practices Commission’s recent investigation into alleged undocumented travel by various members of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (click here to see the investigation
Read MoreUnlikely Activists Against Rail
NOV. 5, 2010 Elizabeth Alexis and Nadia Naik were lost. Their arms wrapped around folders and laptop computers, they were trying to find Room 447 in the state Capitol. That particular room is in the “old” wing of the Capitol,
Read MoreWestfield Is A Small Business?!
Anthony Pignataro: In addition to voting today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to declare Placer County a “disaster area.” His reason: the Oct. 21 fire that damaged the Westfield Galleria in Roseville. “[T]here will be
Read MoreHigh-Speed Rail Has Too Much PR
Anthony Pignataro: How’s this for timing: on the same day that the California High-Speed Rail Authority sends out a press releasing officially announcing that they’re getting $715 million from the federal government, the Los Angeles Times runs a story on
Read MoreFree BART Tickets for Caltrans
OCT. 27, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The California Department of Transportation recently began investigating an allegation that employees at the department’s Oakland office are scalping free Bay Area Rapid Transit tickets given to them as part of a state commuter
Read MoreNo Attempt There To Hide
Anthony Pignataro: There’s a killer story in today’s Los Angeles Times that reports how California High-Speed Rail Authority have taken numerous oversees trips to see other nation’s bullet trains but haven’t been documenting the trips’ financing. “California High-Speed Rail Authority
Read MoreLies, damn lies and union statistics
OCT. 24, 2010 California’s public employee unions have taken the public for suckers for years, so it’s understandable they now think they can play us for fools. A study released Monday by a think tank that specializes in pro-union advocacy
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