Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Back to homepageBell Shows Value Of Open Records
SEPT. 21, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS When Bell city officials started raking in obscene salary amounts, it’s a safe bet that they never considered the California Public Records Act. The law that discloses almost anything related to politicians’ lives would
Read MoreShame To See Wright Go
SEPT. 17, 2010 You don’t find the words “state senator” and “indicted” in the same headline very often. But when I saw this Sept. 16 Los Angeles Times story on the eight-count felony indictment of Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, for
Read MoreCapitol Mischief on Admission Day
SEPT. 10, 2010 Thursday was California Admission Day – the 160th anniversary of California getting admitted to the United States. Over at the state Capitol, they celebrated the old fashioned way, with a bunch of people dressed up in 1850s
Read MoreGospel According to Stu
Anthony Pignataro: This morning I thought things were pretty bad in the region, state — hell, the whole world. Wildfires are devastating Colorado. Floods have wiped out much of Pakistan. In Washington, President Barack Obama is invoking the “state secrets”
Read MoreFunds for Moonbeam's sick buildings
SEPT. 2, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California newspaper editorials cry out that it is “outrageous” and “unacceptable” that almost a year after Congress granted California $25 million in Stimulus Funds to make state buildings more energy efficient that only one
Read MoreIowa story sheds light on MSM
Steven Greenhut: When a group of black teens beats up white people while allegedly yelling, “It’s Beat Whitey Night,” one can have a fairly good idea that the beatings were racially motivated. Yet the mainstream media that covered this event,
Read MoreUncertainty is the only certainty
AUG. 26, 2010 Every day, more homes go into foreclosure. Companies are not hiring. Credit card usage is at the lowest in decades. Banks are not lending. The question everyone is asking is, do businesses and consumers feel optimism or
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Arnold sez drink your water!
Anthony Pignataro: Ever get the idea government officials will do something, anything, except their jobs? I couldn’t help but feel that after reading this press release the governor’s office sent out yesterday. Titled “Gov. Schwarzenegger Urges Californians to Prepare for
Read MoreTrouble at Developmental Services
AUGUST 25, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO This should sound familiar to many people. “(T)here is not really any communication between staff and upper management,” one employee said. “A lot of us are angry and hurt about the way the management
Read MoreCDCR: No Visiting on Labor Day!
Anthony Pignataro: It’s finally happened. We’ve all known that not agreeing upon a state budget (this is Day 55 without a budget for those not keeping track at home) costs us all dearly, but now the calamity is starting to
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