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The long tradition of political appointees landing high-paid slots on California's waste board continued Tuesday. Government watchdogs have criticized the board for…
Nov 26, 2008It looks like the biennial Sacramento ritual of handing out prize appointments to political allies has begun. I haven't been paying close…
Nov 25, 2008I was invited to speak on a panel about the financial crisis at the annual meeting of the National Conference of Insurance…
Nov 25, 2008Questions raised about governance of state institute SACRAMENTO, CA -- State voters will probably get a chance to extend taxpayer funding of…
Nov 21, 2008"We decided decades ago that basing insurance rates on race, even though that's actuarially sound, was not good public policy, and I…
Nov 21, 2008Advocates, Consumer Watchdog, released the news about the rate hikes after the group had challenged them unsuccessfully. Consumer Watchdog petitioned Poizner to…
Nov 21, 2008Insurance Commissioner OKs State Farm, Farmers Increases Despite Consumer Group Challenge Santa Monica, CA -- California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has allowed…
Nov 21, 2008Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's decision is denounced by some, but others say recent wildfires make increases reasonable. "In an economy like this,…
Nov 21, 2008Recommendations Come In Testimony Requested By State’s Efficiency Unit, “Little Hoover Commission” Sacramento, CA -- The oversight board of California’s stem cell…
Nov 20, 2008Do you wonder what the insurance giant AIG is doing with its $150 billion-with-a-b in taxpayer bailout money? Well, this is what…
Nov 20, 2008It wasn't a big shock to me when AARP announced that it would be "investigating" deceptively marketed health insurance carrying the AARP…
Nov 20, 2008Consumer Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group, called the insurers' position self-serving. "If consumer's can't afford coverage or refuse to buy it, they'll…
Nov 19, 2008Consumer Watchdog wants Google Inc. to implement more privacy protections in its e-mail and search systems as it may be looking at…
Nov 19, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog said the health insurance industry's support of national health care reform on the condition that it…
Nov 19, 2008The record-late budget that lawmakers passed in September is already so far in the red that the governor was forced to summon…
Nov 19, 2008New Video Shows Privacy Problems With G-Mail Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog released a new on-line video exposing privacy problems with Google’s…
Nov 18, 2008With prices sharply lower from the summer's highs, Big Oil's decision to hold off on new production now seems rather wise. Exxon…
Nov 18, 2008Consumer Watchdog is a consumer advocacy group that believes Google's e-mail service, called Gmail, is not private or secure. And Consumer Watchdog…
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