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Los Angeles Government waste
Strange facts: did you know this about your tax dollars?
Strange Facts
October 2, 2011
Your tax dollars at work... Indeed they are, on the 71 freeway in south Pomona at the Mission Blvd southbound onramp.Yes, at a time when tax...
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Let's demand professionalism from the City Controller
Politics
July 10, 2010
This is a subject I have visited before and will visit again….and again. For now, just read this article. Apparently, the Federal Government...
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What does $13.8 million buy in Los Angeles?
Politics
July 7, 2010
$13.8 million buys nice audit recommendations that go nowhere. It's also the amount of the City Controller's budget for the new fiscal year...
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Franchise Tax Board Misconduct Could Cost California $500 Million
Politics
July 3, 2010
I cannot fathom how this story has not been covered by 60 Minutes or made the front page of any major daily. It began in 1993 and is still alive...
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Isn’t it time for a complete house-cleaning?
Government waste
May 29, 2012
In my last article I posed a question which I believe is relevant in today’s discussions about the many proposed budget cuts that we have...
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Taxpayer money funds gay porn website
taxpayers fund gay pornography
April 19, 2012
When was the last time you viewed a taxpayer-funded porno site? Not the type to frequentpornographicweb sites? Fear not, the U.S. government has...
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The problem with stories on government waste
GSA Las Vegas Trip
April 7, 2012
Over the past few days, all the top media outlets have picked up on the story of the lavish trip to Las Vegas taken by the General Services...
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LA V.I.P. yacht ‘renovated’ with stimulus money
Stimulus
February 13, 2012
Curse those wealthy Americans with their corporate jets and million-dollar yachts.Well, actually, it’s not just the big-business types who...
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Bureaucrats live the high life: “Wasteful and Extravagant”
Government waste
September 30, 2011
We’re in the midst of an economic crisis right? Congress is deadlocked in a white knuckled knock-down-drag-out battle for the future of...
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Solyndra: Another story of Government corruption
Solyndra scandal
September 21, 2011
It is now evident that the top officers of Solyndra--CEO Brian Harrison and CFO W. G. Stover--will plead the fifth when brought to a Congressional...
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