financial reform Archive
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What this country needs is a good Anglo American Airline!
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 5 CommentsMark Zuckerberg on a whim bought Instagram for a cool Billion dollars, out of his personal petty cash account. Richard Branson is busy spending Billions and Billions on his new... -
ROYCE-OFF! Chen vs Mulattieri: Who will survive June 5 to face the OC’s Blue-Eyed Pigmy Warlord?
Posted on April 20, 2012 | 19 CommentsUnlike his fellow OC Congressional dinosaurs Dana Rohrabacher and (now, since 2010) Loretta Sanchez, Fullerton Republican Ed Royce has never lowered himself to debate his challengers. Reminds me of the... -
The New Mighty 74th.
Posted on April 6, 2012 | 8 CommentsThe opening shots were fired last night at the Costa Mesa Community Center with the three candidates for the newly redesigned post census 74th Assembly District. Part of this district... -
The State of the Occupation: Irvine, Fullerton, and Beyond
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 20 Comments. . . Having been the primary Civic Liaison between the Occupy Orange County encampment in Irvine and Irvine City Hall, I get asked a lot what is going... -
Mission Viejo and Bell, Not That Different
Posted on November 7, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . Boasting about a city they are proud to call home with clean streets and tranquil neighborhoods, the residents of this City have always been generally happy with the place they call... -
America’s next great populist Senator, already kicking ass and taking names!
Posted on September 26, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . CLASS WARFARE? You want to talk about “class warfare” ?? Mere days after announcing her intent to reclaim Lion of the Senate Ted Kennedy‘s seat from Naked... -
Husband Blames Debt Crisis on Wife’s Thriftiness [story by Geoff, updated by Vern!]
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . Suffering a huge blow to their finances, Gabriel and Michelle Johnson learned today that the banks had cut their credit rating instantly increasing the interest rate on all... -
Obama’s Abuse of Poverty
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 12 Comments. . . Coining phrases and controlling the use of language has been a cornerstone of liberal success for the past few decades. Nowhere is that brilliant turn of inaccurate... -
Court Victory Requires Disclosure of Public Pension Data
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No Comments. . . In a huge win for the public, a California Appellate Court ruled this week that all public pension data regarding the amount received by each former public... -
Great Park Mowry “Retires” – Almost Doubles Pay
Posted on May 6, 2011 | 14 Comments. . . As the finance manager for the Orange County Great Park, Kurt Mowery had a pretty sweet gig pulling in $209,761 (as a total package including benefits) as a City... -
Some Fullerton Numbers
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s almost April. Our wise and courageous city council is already wading through wage negotiations with the city employee unions for the upcoming budget year. How did we get this... -
Obama does second or third ballsy thing in 20 months, appoints Elizabeth Warren!
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 8 CommentsThis morning’s news: President Obama has named Harvard professor and celebrated Wall Street watchdog Elizabeth Warren to create and lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency – an agency originally... -
Fullerton’s Real Unfunded Pension Liability: At Least $60 Million
Posted on September 2, 2010 | No CommentsLast year CalPERS reported that the city of Fullerton is facing an unfunded pension liability of $37,531,831 on our public safety employees’ retirement plan. That’s the amount that we currently... -
The US can’t even make a Coo Coo Clock.
Posted on August 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsSwitzerland has about 8 million people, Sweden about 9 million. When you look on the actuarial tables of the world’s Insurance Companies, you will always find both of these countries right up...
