by News Staff | Mar 16, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
Why do we take all the hits LADWP hands out and none of the good stuff? The latest – Mayor Villaraigosa wants to raise the fuel charge rate on DWP power bills by 2.7 cents per kilowatthour. The LA Times said this rate hike would help cover the cost of new...
by News Staff | Mar 12, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
Let’s start today with Hollywood and then dive into the dark, snarly depths of bureaucracy. Ruminations on the Oscars – “Avatar” filmmakers learned once again that you have to be human to win an award. We think you will find the 3D version of...
by News Staff | Mar 9, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
A local person came up with what we think has fabulous potential. This person suggested that all officialdom have no better health insurance than their constituents. Obvious incentive for them to make it much better for the common masses when it’s directly...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
All right. To those of you out there who do not believe we need health care reform, would you believe Warren Buffett, billionaire extraordinaire? He told CNBC that he would support the current Senate health care bill, but would prefer another plan that would focus...
by News Staff | Mar 2, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
We just have to say it. With an eye on Chile and Haiti and other places, we feel glad to have a bureaucracy that demands building codes, sanitation and other safety measures for our lives. We must hasten to say that some bureaucracies take it too far and have morphed...
by News Staff | Feb 19, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
Jaws dropped and eyebrows shot up during the recent Mammoth Wildlife Committee meeting when officials began to talk about working with local media on wildlife information and education. Bruce Kinney of Fish and Game said something to the effect that local media...
