Consumer Watchdog

Aetna’s Profits Up 41% – Lounge Lizards Say “Go ahead & Die”

Auto insurance splits groups;

Farm bureau says state proposal would cost drivers in rural areas more; consumer group backs planThe Fresno Bee (California) Doug Heller with…

EDITORIAL: Return oil profits to American people

The Baltimore Sun Some experts believe the gigantic profits result not from chance but from limited refining capacity -- possibly deliberate --…

‘B’ bounces back

Good Government Task Force boosts controversial campaign finance law, gets mayor's supportPasadena Weekly These changes, said Measure B proponent Carmen Balber, are…

CA Farm Bureau Wrong Concerning New Rules To Limit ZIP-Code Based Auto Insurance

Good Drivers and Motorists With Low Annual Mileage Will See Benefits of Rules to Increase Impact of Driving Record on Insurance Premiums…

Pasadena: Poster child for good government?

Task force hashes out anti-corruption planPasadena Star-News Carmen Balber, a consumer advocate with the watchdog group, said she opposes the exemption for…

Governor’s new chief of staff piles it on;

Susan Kennedy now also is head campaigner The San Francisco Chronicle "What's amazing is that you've got a situation where Schwarzenegger has…

Gov.’s Gift to PUC Official Questioned

Schwarzenegger gave Susan Kennedy $25,000 after he received that amount from AT&T. Days later, she voted to OK its merger with SBC.The…

FTCR Expert Testifies Before U.S. Senate That Standard Oil Trust Has Been Resurrected, New Anti-Trust Laws Needed

Testimony of Tim Hamilton before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on 2-1-06 Regarding Anti-Trust Laws & Big Oil

Public campaign funds on California agenda

UPI - United Press International Backers include the California Clean Money Campaign, the California Nurses Association, the League of Women Voters, the…

Exxon profit hits record $36 billion;

The amount is the largest by any U.S. company ever, analysts believeThe Houston Chronicle The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights issued…

Exxon Profit Sets Record, Stirs Anger;

Its annual and quarterly profit are the highest for any public corporation, but consumers see red.Los Angeles Times On Monday, the California…

State of the Union “Bush-Care” Is Junk Health Care Plan, Widow & Consumer Groups Say

Ballot Fight Over Auto Insurance Is Averted

Los Angeles Times "I think they realized that nobody's interests would be served," said Rosenfield, who wrote Proposition 103 and leads the…

Chevron 4th Qtr. Profit Up 20 Percent to $4.14 Billion

Associated Press Consumer activists, though, insist a government crackdown is long overdue. "These aren't just windfall profits; they are hurricane-force profits," said…

Health Care Confidential

The New York Times Cries of "socialized medicine" didn't, in the end, succeed in blocking the creation of Medicare. And farsighted thinkers…

Data firm fined for leak;

ChoicePoint must pay $15 million in wake of ID thefts.Sacramento Bee (California) Carmen Balber, a staffer with the Santa-Monica-based Foundation for Consumer…