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FEB. 16, 2012 By KATY GRIMES It could have been an episode of “The General, His Wife, The Staff, and the Military,” a movie about the scandal-plagued California National Guard. But instead, after four hours of grueling testimony at times,

Cal State Chair Nabs Committee Nod

CalWatchdog Staff February 16, 2012

FEB. 16, 2012 By JOHN HRABE The Senate Rules Committee quietly voted Feb. 15 to reconfirm Herbert Carter to a second term as Chairman of the California State University Board of Trustees. Carter, who has served as the board’s chairman

Legislature Advances Dental Socialism

CalWatchdog Staff February 14, 2012

FEB. 14, 2012 By KATY GRIMES As voters are growing increasingly wary of ObamaCare, the President’s nationalized healthcare plan, voters in California are also growing skeptical of legislators’ attempts to increase statewide healthcare. Fully implementing health care for all has drawn

Petty Lawsuit Shows Leaders’ Motive

CalWatchdog Staff January 30, 2012

Katy Grimes: A petty lawsuit filed by Assembly Speaker John Perez and Senate Pres. Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg against the state Controller demonstrates the legal levels the Democratic leaders are willing to go. While it may sound as if this

CA GOP Going to Elephant Graveyard?

Katy Grimes January 17, 2012

JAN. 17, 2012 Many in the media say that Republicans are rapidly becoming irrelevant in California, and will become nothing more than an afterthought after the next election. Even a Capitol press club, made up of declining “old media” newspaper,

High-Speed Platinum Contracts

CalWatchdog Staff January 13, 2012

JAN. 13, 2012 By KATY GRIMES It’s like a runaway train pushing a side a cow on the tracks. Controversy over the $98.5 billion-dollar-and-growing price tag? Move aside! The California High-Speed Rail Authority held a seemingly “regular” monthly meeting in Los

A Jagged Legislative Battle Ground

CalWatchdog Staff January 4, 2012

Katy Grimes: During Gov. Jerry Brown’s first year in office, business interests were able to kill so many bills they came out ahead, a recent news story reported. Is that so? Just how well are California businesses doing right now?

Sacramento’s Delusions of Grandeur

Katy Grimes August 1, 2011

Sacramento officials are still actively pursuing building a downtown sports arena and entertainment facility. Despite climbing unemployment in the region, escalating business closures, widespread home foreclosures and declining tax revenue, arena talks are in full swing. City officials have cut

Term Limits Were a Big Bust

CalWatchdog Staff July 21, 2011

John Seiler: Back in 1990, I wrote many editorials for the Orange County Register backing Proposition 140, which limited the terms of state legislators. Senators could serve only two four-year terms; assemblymen only three two-year terms. It was supposed to

Bankruptcy Bill Hijacked By Senate

CalWatchdog Staff July 15, 2011

JULY 15, 2011 By KATY GRIMES An Assembly bill requiring cities and counties to go through a mediation process before filing for bankruptcy has been hijacked by the Senate Rules Committee, but the reason why is fuzzy. In February, freshman