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Squeaky wheels stop bus changes
How is it possible that Muni’s suggested changes, based on an 18-month study, can be altered based on some squeaky wheels who want to keep a bus line, such as the 26-Valencia, because “it’s very calm”? (“Public voice may alter Muni’s plans,” Examiner, May 7) That’s nonsense. It is similar to telling a doctor who just notified you, after running a battery of tests and analyses, that you have a terminal disease that his diagnosis is wrong, because you feel fine. San Mateo County’s public hospital is teetering on the financial edge — a situation that’s likely to grow more precarious with state budget cuts this year.
Health care groups sue California for planned Medi-Cal cuts
A coalition of health care groups sued the state Monday to prevent pay cuts to doctors, dentists, pharmacists and others who treat the poor, elderly and disabled.
AP Interview: Schwarzenegger to try health care fix again
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will attempt another ambitious reform of health care in California despite a budget deficit he is now estimating could climb as high as $20 billion.
Quin Hillyer: Court should stop California’s patent theft
A state has no right to steal, use and profit from the lawfully acknowledged intellectual property of a private citizen or group. To claim otherwise in a free society is unthinkable, monstrous and a clear step toward accepting the economic underpinnings of fascism. |