Privacy

Fund-raising during budgeting at issue

December 4, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Orange County Register</p> <p>Arnold Schwarzenegger called for a ban on fund-raising while the budget was being written in Sacramento. Now, as the governor tries to get lawmakers to approve his budget plan, he is holding a series of fund-raisers, including one next week in Irvine.</p>

Constructing a Budget One Fundraiser at a Time

December 4, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Arnold pledged during his campaign not to build a budget while he was building a campaign war chest. At least some boosters of last night's fundraiser for Arnold in La Jolla, however, used the...</font>

Major business group refusing to testify under oath to panel

November 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Consumer activist Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights called the CMTA's position "incredible" and said it raised questions about claims by business groups that lawmakers need to find more ways to cut workers' comp costs.</p>

France should save American states’ privacy

November 24, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">MARKETPLACE (6:30 PM ET)- Minnesota Public Radio</p> <p>So France, here is your chance. Challenge the coming US law that says American states can't set their own levels of privacy protection. It would be ironic if only the French could save Americans' privacy.</p>

BACK BAY MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING IDENTITIES OF A DOZEN PAUL CASEYS

November 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Boston Globe</p> <p>Consumer advocates put the blame on corporations for failing to respect consumer privacy rights and argue that Massachusetts hasn't done enough to prevent such fraud, mostly because the state doesn't require corporations to obtain consumers' permission</p>

ARNOLD’S FIRST WEEK ENDS WITH CRITICISM, PRE-EMPTION;

November 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Daily News of Los Angeles</p> <p>FTCR, a consumer-advocate group that has taken on both parties, has a web page that includes a blog, a list of major Schwarzenegger contributors and those whom the new governor appoints to various jobs and a list of issues on which it disagrees.</p>

A Car Dealer’s Kind of Governor

November 21, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>I thought the whole idea of the recall was to get the stink out of politics. Jamie Court, a consumer watchdog, saw the Boeckmanns' $50,000 investment in Arnold as a bargain to get an international celebrity to come and hawk your product.</p>

Sacramento’s same old songs

November 20, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Arnold's actions will determine whether the recall election really produced a "new day" and genuine change -- or just a Gray Davis with charm.</p>

STATE OF THE STATE: Money Gram

November 20, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Orange County Register (California)</p> <p>That warm glow you feel is from former donors to Democrats making nice with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.</p>

Schwarzenegger names interim DMV director

November 19, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Chon Gutierrez, a career government administrator, replaces the fired Gourley.</h3><p class="source">The Orange County Register</p> <p>"This very unceremonious firing is another sign Schwarzenegger is looking at his donors' interests and not the public's interests," said Doug Heller, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.</p>

Look! It’s a special interest…

November 19, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Governor pretends his contributors have no agenda</h3><p class="source">Ventura County Star (California)</p> <p>Moments after taking office, Schwarzenegger signed an executive order to freeze all pending state regulations and to review all regulations developed over the last five years. Jamie Court, president of FTCR, called it "a special interest coup d'etat".</p>

Arnold straddles California

November 19, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>On inauguration day the new governor made nice with Democrats, but feminists still want a sexual-assault investigation and the right remains suspicious.</h3><p class="source">Salon.com</p> <p>The non-partisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consistent critic of Gray Davis when he was in office, hired a truck to circle the inauguration Monday with a 20-foot sign bearing the Webster's dictionary definition of "special interest."</p>