Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
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Anthony Pignataro: First of I want to get on the record that I am totally opposed to the fire that gutted — or at least partially gutted — the Roseville Galleria. I have purchased small home appliances in this mall,
Read MoreJust dissolve Bell
John Seiler: There’s a political and legal fight now over who or what will control the city of Bell, whose government is mired in corruption and mismanagement. They should just dissolve it. Make Bell an example of what’s called “anarcho-capitalism.”
Read MoreTreasure Island’s Toxic Problem
San Francisco’s hottest property may be Treasure Island, where plans for glitzy development are threatened by the Navy’s legacy of radioactive waste OCT. 12, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO SAN FRANCISCO — The jet fighters raced across the sky maybe 500
Read MoreRomero Wants Pringle And Katz Out!
Anthony Pignataro: State Senator Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, is pissed. The California High-Speed Rail Authority seems to be doing all of nothing to address the controversy over Board members Richard Katz and Curt Pringle holding “incompatible offices” (the story broke
Read MoreCorrections Finally Gets Its Drugs
Anthony Pignataro: In yet another twist in the already twisted tale of the Execution of Albert Greenwood Brown that never happened, today’s San Francisco Chronicle reported that the day after the state Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation cancelled Brown’s execution,
Read MoreUC Davis Cops Mum On Fraud Scandal
OCT. 5, 2010 By LLOYD BILLINGSLEY UC Davis Police are still playing it close to the vest in an investigation, dating from 2009, of a former UC Davis employee alleged to have misappropriated funds. “Our investigation is ongoing,” UC Davis
Read MoreState Prolongs Victims' Nightmare
OCT. 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The state of California is apparently so dysfunctional that it can’t even kill a convicted rapist and murderer. After 28 years on San Quentin State Prison’s death row, Albert Greenwood Brown was supposed to
Read MoreArnold Gets A D!
Anthony Pignataro: The good news is Cato Institute‘s new Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors came out today. The annual ranking scores governors on their taxing and spending records. The bad news is our beloved Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t
Read MorePlacer Judge Busted! Again!
Anthony Pignataro: Today is not a good day for Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. O’Flaherty. That’s because the state Commission on Judicial Performance has once again busted him for “willful misconduct, the most serious form of judicial misconduct.”
Read MoreDA: Bell Officials 'Looted At Will'
SEPT. 22, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS, reporting from the courtroom LOS ANGELES – The mayor and seven other current and former city of Bell officials made their first court appearance today to answer charges that they misappropriated more than $5.5
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