Parents of 7-Year-Old Fight For Justice
<h3>Jessie Geyer - Antioch, CA</h3>
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Gov, Please Stop the Fundraising
<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Air Arnold flew over last
night's post-Oscar Vanity Fair party and the other post-Oscar Hollywood
parties with the lighted message, "Governor: Please Stop the
Fundraising - The...</font>
Malpractice battle will continue in Georgia;
<h3>Trial lawyers say they're going over their options to overturn the new law, which sets caps.</h3><p class="source">Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville)</p>
<p>Using the gross negligence standard to get a malpractice claim against an emergency room is almost unheard of, said Carmen Balber, a consumer advocate at FTCR in Santa Monica, Calif., which opposes that state's malpractice award caps.</p>
Schwarzenegger and Common Cause: Strange Bedfellows?
<h3>Group embracing a plan that's picked up little or no backing from other nonprofit groups?</h3><p class="source">Associated Press</p>
<p>"Common Cause is star-struck and so they're lending the governor their brand," said Jamie Court, president of FTCR, a consumer group that's among Schwarzenegger's chief critics. "They've given him more credibility than he deserves."</p>
Schwarzenegger risks angering women by targeting nurses, teachers
<p class="source">Associated Press</p>
<p>"The arrogance of taking on teachers, nurses and other professions where women are underpaid, overworked and vital to society is beyond the pale," said Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and a frequent Arnold critic.</p>
It’s not easy to ‘Be Cool’ when boo birds are flapping
<h3>SCHWARZENEGGER TRIES TO AVOID PROTESTERS AT CAPITAL PREMIERE</h3><p class="source">San Jose Mercury News (California)</p>
<p>It was supposed to be a celebration. But liberal activists transformed the evening into a very-public assault on the governor's conservative reform agenda.</p>
Chuck the Fundraiser
<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Arnold's chief fundraising guru
Marty Wilson has a side-deal with a company doing business with the
state. The conflict of interest should force the gov to send Wilson
packing. The Canadian...</font>
Governor moves few in D.C.
<h3>House Republicans' ire over remap plan trumps his agenda for state</h3><p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p>
<p>Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said there is no chance that the redistricting bill that McCarthy was revising to meet Common Cause standards would pass.</p>
Governor finds trouble at home…;
<h3>OVERHAUL PLAN: He drops proposal to abolish 88 boards</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday he was backing off a controversial proposal to abolish 88 state boards and commissions that oversee everything from licensing doctors to running recycling programs.</p>
Arnold’s Common Cause
<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">The Gov is at it again -
trying to steal a good guy group's brand - this time it's "Common
Cause." Tomorrow he is expected to hold a press conference at 3 PM EST
with the group...</font>
Call It Off!
<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">The special election in
November is turning into an arms race -- Arnold's arms held out for big
money that is. Hardly the vision the Gov promised voters, it will be a
divisive, partisan,...</font>
A Special Election For Special Interests
<!-- excerpt --><p>Call it off, governor. What's the rush? By forcing this special election, all you're doing is further cementing your reputation as the man who's putting California government up for sale.</p>