Deals with the resignation of Philip Westin as chairman of the Board of Trustees at University of Illinois in Chicago in December 2002. Allegations of corruption against Westin; Speculations on the role of Ventura County Community College District union leaders in his resignation; Factors which ...
Michael Mann’s engrossing thriller The Insider tells the riveting true story of tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand (played by Russell Crowe) and his alliance with television producer Lowell Bergman (portrayed by Al Pacino) to expose corporate corruption in a high-profile investigative ...
SF Politics Kamala Harris Returns Home to California, Volunteers In LA Kamala Harris flew home to Los Angeles Monday night, onboard an Air Force flight commanded by an all-female crew, and today she began volunteering and visiting firefighters who have been battling the wildfires there. January...
Gary Peters not running for reelection in battleground Michigan Robert Garcia is in the DOGE house Emmer cheers Trump's federal aid freeze Mayor called to testify on sanctuary status ‘Wake-up call’: How a Chinese startup could rock Trump's stock market ...
right-wingReactionary, conservative; averse to change, die-hard. The term reputedly arose from the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, in which conservatives sat on the right side, or wing, of the chamber. As used today,right-wing, likeleft-wing, has pejorative conno...
How years of corruption and mismanagement led to LA running out of water in the middle of the Palisades wildfire January 10, 2025 By Staff 1 Comment As Los Angeles firefighters faced down the most destructive blaze in the city’s history, they ran out of water. “The hydrants are down,...
The tensions between the strikers, the union leaders and the police were well put. The struggles that the miners went through and also the decisions of those to go back to work were interesting and with the corruption added in made for a thrilling read. ...
(particularly when it comes to Muni), who have encouraged me to run. The fact is I have a better understanding of how the SFMTA and Muni works than any other candidate, declared or not in the race for District 5, and I’m well aware of how the corruption, the lawmaking process and ...
We’ll start with a meme about the impact of highminimum wagemandates inCalifornia. asdf The next joke will be amusing for people who are familiar withBastiat’s broken-window fallacy. For our third item, politicians like to complain about a lack of competition after they pass laws thatmake...
“The rules are that when a person is going to be recalled, they should be recalled by those same voters that voted you in.” Click here to read the full article in the Voice of OC Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: Corruption, corruptiopm, Recall, Santa Ana Gascón Recall Effort ...