The Little Hoover Commission* (the bipartisan, independent state commission dedicated to "promoting economy, efficiency and improved service in the transaction of public business") has issued a new report on the state prison system, one that neatly dovetails with recent Blotter posts on sentencing and politics. And for such a nice bunch of technocrats, the Lil' Hooverites are using awfully tough language.
Says the Times:
In a blistering 84-page report, the nonpartisan Little Hoover Commission l
This just in, from MoveOn.org:
Rep. Rohrabacher Accepts $40,785.00 From Drug Companies;
Puts Drug Company Profits Ahead of Seniors
Huntington Beach MoveOn Members Urge Rep. Dana Rohrabacher to Cancel May 15th Medicare Sign-Up Deadline
Constituents will hold "Caught Red-Handed Check Deliveries"
outside Rep. Rohrabacher's office
HUNTINGTON BEACH - On Thursday, May 11, residents of Huntington Beach and coastal cities will hold a "Caught Red-Handed Check Delivery" outside Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's
There seems to be some confusion out there regarding a band of courageous Catholic nuns turned anti-union, the staff who now work at their multi-hospital system and the big union trying to organize them. Just to add more spice to the mix, Barack Obama has now chimed in, calling on the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange to sit down with SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, the union that's been trying to organize workers at several of their hospitals for several years, and draw up an election agre
Orange County Register: Octo-Mom took spawn from her oldest litters to Knott's Berry Farm on Saturday and Disneyland the day before, and all she got were crummy t-shirts reading: "More kids have passed through my log fume than Knott's" and "Your Kaiser co-pays helped pay for the 8-pack I just dropped, so what am I doing now? I'm going to Disneyland!" TMZ's got pics of the getaway, which allowed volunteer contractors to finish getting her La Habra home
Two years ago, Integrated HealthCare Holdings, Inc, (IHHI), which owns Chapman Medical Center, Coastal Communities Hospital, and the Western Medical Centers in Anaheim and Santa Ana, filed a lawsuit against one of its own doctors. Dr. Anil Shaw had the temerity to question the company's dedication to the health care of its patients and the solvency of its financial state. It wasn't the first time--as the Weekly has previously reported--that IHHI has slapped a whistleblower with a lawsuit. In fac
The other side of the health-care debate (think opposite of Fox News' town hall criers) has come out swinging of late.California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee just issued a statement with the provocative title, "California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims." The CNA/NNOC has compiled data that shows one in five requests for medical claims for insured patients, even when recommended by a patient's physician, are rejected by California's largest private in
The AFL-CIO convention in Pittrburgh voted last night to endorse single-payer, universal healthcare for all Americans, and rU.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) just trotted out to reporters his bill to provide non-single-payer, non-universal healthcare for not-quite-all Americans.
Coincidence?
With healthcare premiums expected to rise 94 percent by 2020, everyone agrees something must be done. Well, everyone except town-hall criers.
And Fox News.
And Republicans.
The main stic
