Two Assembly Bills and Senate Bill Rushing Through Legislature Would Transfer Billions to Edison Lawmakers are expected to vote Wednesday on three proposals to bail out Edison.
Economy Will Suffer From $6.7 Billion Transfer From Energy Consumers to Utilities and Investors The complex plan (AB 2x 82) to bail out Southern California Edison introduced in the Assembly on Friday would cost ratepayers…
City Refuses to Provide Adequate Defense of Voter-Approved Conflict of Interest Reform Santa Monica abandoned its progressive mantle in a move reminiscent of Mussolini's Italy with its' attempt to harpoon an anti-kickback initiative passed by…
City Refuses to Provide Adequate Defense of Voter-Approved Conflict of Interest Reform Santa Monica abandoned its progressive mantle in a move reminiscent of Mussolini's Italy with its' attempt to harpoon an anti-kickback initiative passed by…
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights praised the United States Senate for passing the McCain-Kennedy legislation, the Patient Protection Act of 2001, today by a vote of 59-36.
New Rule Effective July 1, 2001 Today, a last-ditch effort to overturn a rule adopted by the Ohio Supreme Court that will ban insurance companies' practices that seek to gain advantages over other parties in…
Would Any Corporation Accept "Compromise" For HMO Patients For Itself? Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, responded today to a proposed HMO patients' rights compromise in Washington, D.C. The…
Deterrent Effect Is Model For the National Patients' Bill Of Rights ?????(ÂD?nnounced that the bipartisan, federal patients' bill of rights, which President Bush said he would veto, deserves a second look, especially a look in…
Proponents Say City Has Conflict of Interest, Seek Independent Defense of Voter Approved Law Banning Conflicts of Interest The City of Santa Monica's effort to block a new, voter-approved conflict of interest law has taken…
