Exclusive! An Interview With Realignment
The most-talked-about name in California governance hadn’t granted an interview. But a tipster in a small local hospital in California’s interior called, with directions to a little-known private wing. The name on the hospital room door said, “Serrano Priest.” I opened it. “Mr. Priest?” I asked. “Ah, hell. You found me,” came the reply from […]
NextJob and Job Search in a Time of California Job Scarcity
This posting is one in an on-going Fox and Hounds series by Mr. Bernick with job search experts, on finding a job in a time of job scarcity. The Abbe Sieyes was a French churchman and political theorist, who in the late 1780s was part of the push for reform of the Ancien Regime, and […]
L.A. City Hall’s Job Creation Fantasy: Whatever Happened to All Those Chinese Electric Cars?
Crossposted on RonKayeLA BYD — the Chinese electric carmaker that City Hall promoted as a job creation engine for Los Angeles — finally opened today a year late and a lot of dollars short. “In April 2010 when the deal was announced, BYD said it would open the office by the end of 2010, and […]
S.F. Establishment Hits Pension Reform
Crossposted CalWatchDog To outsiders, liberal San Francisco may seem preoccupied with leftist protesters occupying prime real estate in the Financial District or with debating proper restaurant etiquette for the city’s small but flagrant nudist population, or until recently, with arguing whether male circumcision should be outlawed. But the prospect of bankruptcy focuses the mind, even in a city so […]