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Associated Press The Santa Monica-based consumer group FTCR obtained itineraries and other records about the South America trip through a California Public…
Dec 22, 2006FTCR Says New Rules Are Good News for Patients
Dec 21, 2006Chevron Hosts Day of Meetings for Gov's Chief of Staff, Assembly Speaker and Others On "Rascals In Paradise" Tour of South America
Dec 21, 2006A Los Angeles jury just found that construction giant and Arnold inauguration donor Tutor-Saliba Corporation double-billed the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) when…
Dec 20, 2006Adams Steel, Irvine Co. and three others donate at least $110,000 for the January inaugural events.The Orange County Register (California) Carmen Balber,…
Dec 19, 2006Recently Promoted Former Insurance Lobbyist Dunmoyer Will Hurt Governor's Bipartisan Push
Dec 18, 2006Donor list includes health insurers and builders who have agendas in the Capitol.The Sacramento Bee (California) Carmen Balber, a consumer advocate with…
Dec 16, 2006Donations coincide with planning for revamp of systemThe San Francisco Chronicle Some critics noted that the big contributions from the health care…
Dec 16, 2006Governor Schwarzenegger still has not disclosed, as he promised, what companies are footing the bill for the two-day bash he's planning for…
Dec 16, 2006The San Francisco Chronicle Carmen Balber, a consumer advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica-based group that…
Dec 15, 2006Governor's Top Staff Includes Many With Ties to Insurance Industry and Opponents of Healthcare Reform
Dec 14, 2006Businesses Must Join Consumers to Resist Industry's Political Clout
Dec 13, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) A consumer group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, advocates cutting health care costs by regulating…
Dec 13, 2006The San Francisco Chronicle Watchdog groups say the galas hosted by Schwarzenegger are still deeply distressing. "It reminds me of the wedding…
Dec 13, 2006