Consumer Watchdog

No On Prop 89 Letter

Sharing Quality Time With the Gov.

Los Angeles Times I suggested that to save face, Schwarzenegger ought to endorse Proposition 89 or come up with some other meaningful…

Gov Candidates Asked to Stand Up for Clean Politics;

Angelides & Schwarzenegger Called On to Support Prop 89

Schwarzenegger spends $7 million on ads and still has money left

Associated Press Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which is supporting the measure, said the…

Big Business, Big Labor & Their Consultants Team Up To Kill Genuine Reform Of Special Interest Dominance In Sacramento — Prop 89

Schwarzenegger’s reforms seen as influenced by cash

Modern Healthcare WellPoint isn't the only company chipping in to aid with Schwarzenegger's re-election campaign. PacifiCare Health Systems has made a total…

Democrats roll out their big fundraising gun

The Sacramento Bee "It was appalling that Schwarzenegger was doing it, and it's equally appalling that Angelides is playing that game," said…

New insurance rules spur debate

The Bakersfield Californian "It's the law," Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said when asked why he pushed for the changes. "Good drivers should…

Foundation’s stem cell patents impede research, scientists say

The San Diego Union-Tribune Nonprofit labs get off easy, compared with what commercial biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies must pay, WARF's critics say.…

Chevron quarterly profit: $4.4 billion;

Falling below Wall Street's expectations, San Ramon oil company posts record results that spur outcry from consumer advocatesTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Judy…

TECH PLAYERS PLAY POLITICS:

DEEP POCKETS AIMED AT EDUCATION, ENERGYThe San Jose Mercury News (California) Consumer activist Jamie Court said while at first he suspected a…

Chevron’s Net Income Jumps 18%;

Persistently high oil and gasoline prices give the company another record quarter. But its shares slip because the results miss forecasts.The Los…

Earnings stay hefty for ExxonMobil, Shell;

Energy giants confront political implicationsThe Houston Chronicle "These oil giants are profiting once from the sale of crude oil at record prices…

Chevron’s All-Time Record Profit Gouges U.S. Motorists, Group Says;

U.S. Refining Profits Up 39% As Chevron Drives Anti-Alternative Energy Campaign

Bush Vetoes Bill to Loosen Policy on Stem-Cell Research

The Chronicle of Higher Education In related news, two public-interest organizations last week mounted a legal challenge to patents on a technique…

ExxonMobil Cruises to New Mega-Profit Record On the Backs of Motorists;

Much of 2nd Quarter $10.4 Billion Windfall Comes Directly from Profiteering at the Pump, Group Says

Sparks fly as ExxonMobil profit tops 10 billion dollars

Agence France Presse The California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said sky-high fuel prices had nothing to do with oft-cited factors…

Presto Change-o

Assembly Speaker Núñez's AB 32 would be the first law in the nation to limit...