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AUGUST 13, 2010 Earlier this week I beat up on the California High Speed Rail Authority for failing to provide a coherent number of the number of contractors working for it. While this is indeed a stunning example of a
Read MoreCorrea introduces pay disclosure act
AUGUST 12, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT State Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, released language today from his Taxpayer Right to Know Act — aimed at improving public access to information about the salaries and perks enjoyed by the state’s government
Read MoreSunshine would prevent more Bells
AUGUST 11, 2010 By MICHAEL BARNHART Bell is one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, pays its top officials some of the highest salaries in the nation, including nearly $800,000 annually to the city manager. When citizens do
Read MoreConstructive Feedback? What's That?
AUG. 5, 2010 There are many unanswered questions floating around the state’s proposed bullet train plan. How many tens of billions of dollars will it eventually cost? Where will the money come from? Exactly how many people will ride it
Read MoreSlower Than a Speeding Bullet
Anthony Pignataro: The California High-Speed Rail Authority really needs to work on its social media skills. On Aug. 2 the authority tweeted a link to this Washington Post story on the influx of federal stimulus money into big bullet train
Read MoreFirst CalWatchdog Caption Contest!
We have been rendered speechless. Words escape us. Help CalWatchdog caption this photo of our colleagues, taken in the CalWatchdog newsroom today. Add your caption ideas in the comments section, and win a gift package from CalWatchdog. – Katy Grimes
Read MoreCow Killing Cal Expo Cops
Katy Grimes: Cal Expo cops shot and killed a “rampaging,” pregnant Holstein dairy cow at the state fair in Sacramento yesterday, claiming that they couldn’t corral her. Local television news reported that the U.C. Davis Veterinary school was preparing to
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"$800K Man" a government hero
John Seiler: We all need heroes. People we can look up to as examples and for inspiration. Government workers now have a new hero: Robert Rizzo, who just resigned as city manager of tiny Bell after news reports revealed his
Read MoreNot talking about Fort Ross
JULY 23, 2010 Normally a rundown of the people who won’t comment for a story isn’t all that interesting to read. But in this case – another installment in the quest to find out who knew what in the matter
Read MoreI *heart* county government!
Katy Grimes: From California’s busy legislature comes another astute resolution, ACR 121 authored by Assemblywoman Connie Conway, R-Yulare, naming April, “County Government month.” Yeah haw! Three cheers for county government! I *heart* county government! According to the Author, “[t]his resolution seeks
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