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150 Taxpayers for Arnold
Only about 150 supporters from taxpayer associations and the self-annointed "Citizens to Save California" turned out for Arnold at what was billed…
Apr 13, 2005Jamie Court
President
Consumer Watchdog’s President and Chairman of the Board is an award-winning and nationally recognized consumer advocate. Capitol Weekly, naming Jamie to its “Top 100” list of unelected movers and shakers in California politics, wrote, “Court has made a career of battling all comers in the interest of the public, and his take-no-prisoners approach has earned him plenty of enemies.” Jamie’s latest book is The Progressive’s Guide To Raising Hell: How To Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws And Get The Change You Voted For (Chelsea Green, 2010).
“Americans angry about the state of their government might find in Court’s persuasive manifesto a cause for action,” Publishers Weekly writes. “With great accessibility and a fired-up attitude, Court brings his lessons in empowerment to the people.” He is also the author of Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Freedom And What You Can Do About It (Tarcher Putnam, 2003) and co-author of Making A Killing: HMOs and the Threat To Your Health (Common Courage Press, 1999). Jamie has led dozens of major corporate and political campaigns to reform insurers, banks, technology companies, oil companies, utilities and political practices. He helped to pioneer the HMO patients’ rights movement in the United States, sponsoring successful laws in California and aiding them elsewhere, and was an early champion of many of the most important consumer protections in the federal Affordable Care Act years before they were enacted. In recent years, he has led the campaign to hold California oil refiners accountable for price gouging at the pump which resulted in the toughest oil refinery regulation in America.
A frequent media commentator and op-ed contributor, Jamie is a high-profile and stalwart defender of consumers’ rights. The Los Angeles Times calls him “a tireless consumer advocate.” The Wall Street Journal writes, “He’s notorious for his dramatic, sharp-tongued attacks on the health- and auto-insurance industries, and on any politician who takes their campaign cash.” His public interest career began as an advocate for the homeless and as a community organizer. Jamie’s Alma mater is Pomona College, where he graduated with a BA in History in 1989.
Articles by Jamie Court
In The News
Retreat
Arnold showed the first sign of waving his white handkerchief today when he announced at a press conference he would not go…
Apr 7, 2005
Privacy
Bono Speaks Out
U2's Bono was pacing the stage of L.A.'s Staples Center last night between songs and made a spontaneous statement about Arnold, reports…
Apr 6, 2005
Energy
Chevron-Texaco’s LNG-Gate
Today's announcement of Chevron-Texaco's purchase of Unocal has a back story that could be the biggest scandal of the Schwarzenegger Administration yet.…
Apr 4, 2005
Accountability
Blood Money
Arnold's 2nd largest donor is a predator -- not the imaginary motion picture creature, but the real-deal predatory lending beast. Americaquest Mortgage,…
Mar 30, 2005
Insurance
Campaign Finance Reform Hypocrisy
A Sacramento judge issued a preliminary ruling that allows Governor Schwarzenegger to control a group that is raising unlimited funds to push…
Mar 24, 2005
Privacy
Campaign Finance Reform Hypocrisy
KPPC 89.3FM (Public Radio - Pasadena, CA) Schwarzenegger clearly believes money is power, and that the cash to market himself and his…
Mar 24, 2005
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Campaign Finance Reform Hypocrisy
Schwarzenegger clearly believes money is power, and that the cash to market himself and his spin will determine what voters remember, not…
Mar 24, 2005
In The News
Car Buyers’ or Sellers’ Market?
Today the push begins to qualify a ballot initiative for a car buyers' bill of rights that allows a three day cooling…
Mar 24, 2005
Insurance
Money Talks to Arnold
Arnold's first legal victory after a series of defeats was winning the ability to bust all fundraising limits for his ballot measure…
Mar 24, 2005
Privacy
The Governator Rap
As thousands of protestors arrived at the Century Plaza to protest Arnold's big fundraiser Wednesday night, they will be welcomed by the…
Mar 17, 2005
Energy
Warren Warns Arnold He Could Be Lunch
Warren Beatty concluded his acceptance speech of the 3rd Phillip Burton Public Service Award this weekend by warning Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I'd like…
Mar 15, 2005
Insurance
Medical malpractice math
Marketplace - National Public Radio When a doctor's, hospital's or drug company's negligence seriously injures a patient, someone's got to pay the…
Mar 14, 2005Warren Beatty Warns Schwarzenegger He Could Be Lunch
Mar 14, 2005
Insurance
Medical Malpractice Math
When a doctor's hospital's or drug company's negligence seriously injures a patient, someone's got to pay the medical bills and living expenses.…
Mar 14, 2005
Insurance
Wall Street’s Jockey
Tonight, the 21 Club -- the Manhattan restaurant and prohibition-era speakeasy adorned with sculptures of jockeys -- will be host to Arnold's…
Mar 8, 2005
Insurance
$22,300 For a Seat at the Policy Table
Arnold's invitation to tomorrow's Washington D.C. fundraiser at the St. Regis hotel promises that for $22,300 donors will get "one seat at…
Mar 8, 2005
Privacy
The governor’s mega-bucks bid for a special election
Schwarzenegger may be accustomed to big-budget Hollywood productions, but taxpayers should not have to pick up the tab for an extra election…
Mar 6, 2005