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The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that buried in Governor Schwarzenegger's budget proposal is a $1 million reduction in the budget of…
May 28, 2004Sacramento Bee Documents unearthed by a consumer advocate group, the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, show the plant made money four…
May 27, 2004The San Francisco Chronicle How Schwarzenegger reacts will be closely watched by consumer groups which have criticized the governor for taking millions…
May 27, 2004United Press International Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said the California bills "lead the nation in reform…
May 27, 2004Los Angeles Times "The governor shouldn't be appointing as a top consumer regulator a legislator with no record of consumer protection," said…
May 27, 2004Prescriptions would be available at a Web siteSan Diego Union-Tribune Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights,…
May 27, 2004You have refused to flex your own power to force refiners to play fair, keep sufficient inventories and maintain existing refining capacity.
May 27, 2004Santa Monica, CA - The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights today called upon Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to break his…
May 27, 200411 board members of the California Healthcare Institute -- which provided seed money to the industry front group CURES -- have contributed…
May 26, 2004Gov's Group Promotes His Political Fortunes, Not Public Good, Complaint Says Governor Schwarzenegger's "California Recovery Team" (CRT) allows him to dodge taxes…
May 26, 2004FTCR Calls on Gov. to Return Campaign Contributions
May 26, 2004San Diego Union Tribune "To say that the drug companies have greased the Legislature would be an understatement," said Jerry Flanagan, a…
May 25, 2004San Jose Mercury News FTCR is asking the IRS to reconsider its ruling granting tax-exempt status to a political fund run by…
May 25, 2004Associated Press "The pharmaceutical industry has cobbled together another front group to hide their political agenda to keep drug prices high," said…
May 25, 2004A new pharmaceutical front group, "CURES," opposing legislation to reimport cheaper U.S. made prescription drugs from Canada has political ties to both…
May 25, 2004Arnold's promises to voters - to stand up to special interests - and the precedent he sets for legislators, whom he targeted…
May 25, 2004According to quarterly reports filed with the California Secretary of State, 16 pharmaceutical companies and trade associations spent $1.08 million in lobbying…
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