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Chicken to Arnold: “This is Fowl”

April 21, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> The governor once again has chicken on his tail.  </p> <p> Students and teachers rallied in San Diego this weekend to protest Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts, including $4.4 billion in cuts to education spending. ... </p>

For It’s 1, 2, 3.2 at the Old Ballgame

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> <strong>Beer is high on price, low on alcohol content</strong><br/> <br/> Padres fans already know beer sold at Petco Park has a higher price tag than the same thing elsewhere. But they might be surprised to learn some of the beer...</p>

JDRF makes an “offer you can’t refuse”

April 15, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

"I'm making you and offer you can't refuse," said Robert Goldstein. "Free money to do  good things."<br /> <br /> Goldstein, chief scientific officer for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, was speaking to last week's <a href="http://www.iascr.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research</a> (IASCR)meeting at the <a href="http://www.nas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Academy of Sciences</a> in Washington, DC.<br /> <br />

Perata and Núñez raise their glasses, and golf clubs

April 10, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> The <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/011784.html">Capitol Alert has details this morning</a> of Senate leader Don Perata's weekend fundraising event, the Pro Tem Cup at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in... </p>

Boycott the Speaker’s Cup?

April 10, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> Donors to the Democratic Party are getting uppity. They’ve dared suggest that the money they donated to elect people might not exactly get spent that way if Speaker Núñez gets to keep his hands on it. (Couldn’t...</p>

Handing out $262 million in stem cell grants

April 7, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Stem cell agency President Alan Trounson told members of the Facilities Working Group (FWG) at the beginning of their two-day meeting Friday and Saturday near San Francisco Airport that they faced a "terribly hard choice in the face of a  a 22 percent gap between what's requested and what you've got."<br />

Putting stem cell agency’s fat salaries in context

April 7, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Salaries for key officials at the National Institutes of Health show clearly just how bloated the top salaries at the California stem cell agency are. You'll recall that at its March meeting the oversight committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) upped ranges a whopping 23 percent for key executives.

Political Insider: Anti-Pettis Web Site Comes Down

April 7, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

After causing an uproar online, "Sam Scoop" pulled his (or her) anti-Greg Pettis Web site.<br/> <br/> The controversial site came down Wednesday after repeated requests from The Desert Sun to figure out who was behind it.<br/> <br/> ...

The End Of Class-Action Lawsuits?

April 1, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Can companies grant themselves a "get out of jail free" card when you sign their contracts? A lawsuit filed in Seattle against AT&T/Cingular may settle that question.<br/> <br/> The nonprofit public advocacy group Public Justice...

FPPC Investigates Fundraising by Assembly Speaker for ‘Charity’

April 1, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

SACRAMENTO, CA -- California's political ethics commission is investigating whether Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez violated campaign contribution limits by soliciting more than $271,000 for children's events in his district. <span><br/>...</span>

Ex-lawmaker Embraces New Role As Campaign Watchdog

March 29, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<span><span> <div class="articleBody"> SACRAMENTO, CA -- Some elected officials might have thought they'd have a friend atop the state's campaign watchdog agency when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger selected a former state...</div> </span> </span>

Arnold on toll road: “I’ll be back!”

March 28, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

When I saw that the Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors PAC added another $10K last week to the $367,300 that they've already given to Arnold's campaign committees, it made me think a bit more about the recent developments concerning the...