Why Didn’t LA Government Agencies Uncover City Council Corruption?
The fact that federal authorities, rather than local investigators, arrested Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar in a huge racketeering-bribery scheme speaks poorly for the county and city watchdogs who are supposed to keep politics and government clean. Where was the district attorney’s Public Integrity Division, created almost 20 years ago to root out corruption […]
Small Businesses Offer Key Fiscal Support for Government
The recent flurry of stories about small business woes often miss an important part of the picture: Small businesses’ role in helping fund government’s important responsibilities. Consider the City of Placerville. Located in El Dorado County with the original colorful Gold Rush era monikers, the sometimes controversial Hangtown and the more staid Dry Diggings, the […]
California Is the State with the Most Coronavirus Restrictions; Third Worst in Taxpayers Getting What They Pay For – WalletHub Studies
(Editor’s Note: The following releases from WalletHub offers a look at state rankings with the fewest coronavirus restrictions to the most. The study found California has the most. A second study revealed Return on Investment on taxes. California was ranked third worse in this category.) With some states pausing their reopening processes due to spikes […]
How the Virus Is Pushing America Toward a Better Future
Pessimism is the mood of the day, with 80 percent of Americans saying the country is generally out of control. Even before civil unrest and pestilence, most Americans believed our country was in decline, Pew reported, with a shrinking middle class, increased indebtedness and growing polarization. It’s a dark hour, but the United States has […]