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Bay Area drivers see up to 5-cent increase; critics suspicious of pre-election declinesTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE The timing strikes many oil industry…
Nov 13, 2006IRS measuring rule allows oil industry to manipulate gasoline and diesel taxes.The Kansas City Star Hundreds of millions of dollars in fuel…
Nov 12, 2006Time Warner, swamped with complaints, tries to mollify former Adelphia and Comcast customers.Los Angeles Times Time Warner Cable has been so inundated…
Nov 11, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, dismissed the Tufts…
Nov 10, 2006The Sacramento Bee (California) The high prices earlier this year generated a combined $31.6 billion in third-quarter profits for five of the…
Nov 10, 2006The San Jose Mercury News (California) "This makes the case for why we need curbs on initiative spending,'' said Jamie Court, president…
Nov 9, 2006Santa Monica residents vote for clean beaches, clean government. Pasadenans opt to strengthen campaign finance reforms.The Los Angeles Times With all of…
Nov 9, 2006The New York Times The news of Mr. Baquet's ouster prompted a local group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, to…
Nov 8, 2006Dean Baquet defied a corporate effort that he said would diminish quality.The Los Angeles Times The activist group Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Nov 8, 2006Associated Press One consumer group launched a "Take Back Our Newspaper" campaign, urging readers to cancel their subscriptions unless the Times pledges…
Nov 8, 2006Inside Bay Area (California) Although Kaiser sees challenges in its future, consumer advocate Jamie Court is a little more skeptical about Kaiser's…
Nov 8, 2006Ask for Cancellations Unless Tribune Co. Rescinds Cuts or Sells to Owners Willing to Preserve and Build the Times
Nov 8, 2006Business interests who need to make sure the Gov's door stays open to them are still pouring money into his coffers. On…
Nov 7, 2006Many Americans think the recent drop is tied to the Bush administration and GOP election hopes.The Los Angeles Times Jamie Court, president…
Nov 6, 2006Kansas City Business Journal (Kansas & Missouri) Harvey Rosenfield, founder of The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consumer watchdog group…
Nov 6, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica said a study it had commissioned found…
Nov 4, 2006The Los Angeles Times Yusef Robb, a spokesman for Yes on 87, calls such arguments "a lot of smoke thrown up by…
Nov 3, 2006Once targeted for extinction by city leaders, Measure B re-emerges as a popular move to halt the corrupting influence of money in…
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