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Re: Proposal to Federalize and Deregulate Insurance Oversight FTCR's memo to the California delegation concerning the attack on Proposition 103 contained in…
Mar 30, 2004Associated Press Although he criticized former Gov. Gray Davis for spending too much time raising money, Schwarzenegger is setting a near-record pace.…
Mar 30, 2004Schwarzenegger and his attorneys are vigilant in guarding the use of his image.Los Angeles Times "Arnold Schwarzenegger views himself as a brand,"…
Mar 30, 2004Re: Proposal to Federalize and Deregulate Insurance OversightCalifornia Department of Insurance This letter was written by California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in…
Mar 29, 2004Los Angeles Business Journal Jerry Flanagan, a health care specialist with the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, said he talked to…
Mar 29, 2004Sacramento Bee FTCR issued a rhetorical broadside against the Governor's for taking up the cause of tort reform. It cited the fact…
Mar 29, 2004The Daily News of Los Angeles "The signs are not good, because the market will be anticipating a shortage, so if there's…
Mar 27, 2004San Gabriel Valley Tribune Is Arnold really suggesting an end to the 2-year-old Public Power Agency, described by the consumerist FTCR as…
Mar 26, 2004San Francisco Chronicle Political watchdogs say that even if the governor fulfills his disclosure promises, the nonprofit corporation adds a powerful new…
Mar 26, 2004Insurance industry suggestion could cut workers' compensation costsThe Daily News of Los Angeles "The commissioner has to have the authority to enforce…
Mar 26, 2004City News Service Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer Rights, said he believes a small group…
Mar 26, 2004SCHWARZENEGGER PREPARES BALLOT QUESTIONSan Jose Mercury News (California) Doug Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, lauded the…
Mar 25, 2004Associated Press "There's alot of pitfalls that can make regulation a sham," said Doug Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer…
Mar 25, 2004Schwarzenegger open to insurance rate regulationThe San Diego Union-Tribune Doug Heller, an advocate from the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said…
Mar 25, 2004Schwarzenegger, too, likes closed doorsSacramento Bee Some of the people who voted for him might actually still be expecting him to live…
Mar 25, 2004Sacramento Bee The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights today plans to propose regulations similar to those under the groundbreaking Proposition 103,…
Mar 24, 2004The White House wants a Texas healthcare law, signed by then-Gov. Bush, to be voided.Los Angeles Times "There's only been a few…
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