Cap and ‘train’ leaves the station in California

By   /  January 31, 2012  /  News, State Government  /  1 Comment

By WAYNE LUSVARDI
By Wayne Lusvardi | CalWatchdog
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown just proposed a new idea for financing California’s $100 billion high-speed rail project: Use the fees from the state’s Cap and Trade emission taxation program to fund it.
This new hybrid between Cap and Trade and High-Speed Rail is likely to be dubbed “Cap ‘N Train.”
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Brown scandal resurfacing?

By   /  March 12, 2010  /  News  /  No Comments

Cal Watchdog

Mar. 9, 2010
Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters has been covering California politics since 1975. No one writing about our beloved state government has more experience or authority.
But Walters did a curious thing in his March 3 column, titled “Brown’s back – with his baggage.” After spending the entire column talking about Attorney General/gubernatorial candidate [...]

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CA’s Top Law Enforcement Office Illegally Tapes Calls

By   /  October 30, 2009  /  WatchBlog  /  No Comments

The two citizen journalists responsible for the very public downfall of ACORN are now facing criminal and civil charges for allegedly illegally videotaping the organization’s prostitution abetting staff. Maryland, along with 11 other states, mandates that conversations can only be recorded with mutual consent among all parties involved. California is another–which makes it all the [...]

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