Republican Party boss Scott Baugh recently penned a Reader Rebuttal to the OC Register regarding Political Vitriol and a hat tip to Tony Bedolla of the OC Professional Firefighters Association to call out Baugh for selective outrage. Fascinating to see…
Tag Archive for Unions
Lobbying Money in Sacramento: Business Groups and Governments Outspend Unions
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
In their never ending quest to expose the “evils” of unions, the Register’s Brian Calle has this post about the amount of money unions spend lobby state legislators in Sacramento. It’s a telling piece about how much is spent by…
Unions do not represent the bulk of CA lobbying spenders
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
The headline of Brian Calle’s Uncommon Ground column in the Orange County Register yesterday reads Unions continue spending spree in California. Unsurprisingly, his headline and story misrepresents the truth. Of the top 10 lobbying spenders listed in the LATimes analysis he cites, only two are unions.
TARP, Auto Industry Bailouts, Economic Stimulus Put Nation Back on Path to Recovery
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Last week, Rep. John Campbell was denied the OC GOP Central Committee endorsement on the grounds that slight more than a third of the group’s members sought to punish the Congressman for his vote on TARP and the auto…
Costa Mesa Citizens Show of Force on Charter City Question
by Kathy Findley • • 9 Comments
Costa Mesa resident Tom Egan told the Council, “Giving you the power in this charter would be like giving a teenager the keys to the liquor cabinet and the keys to the car at the same time. You people without any grown up supervisor scares me.”
OC Register’s Misguided Swipe at “Special Pay” for City Employees
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
In their obsession to distort facts about all things connected to unionized workers, particularly public employees, the Orange County Register has launched yet another uninformed and misguided attack on public employees.
Democrats and Unions Win Big in Ohio, Mississippi, Maine, and Kentucky
by Chris Prevatt • • 3 Comments
Tuesday was election day in several elections across the nation. In Ohio, voters pushed back against Republican Governor John Kasich’s anti-union legislation that banned collective bargaining for public employees. In Mississippi, Voters rejected a Constitutional Amendment that would have declared…
