[NormsRevenge]

Kevin Dayton is a Senior Fellow in Labor Union Studies at the California-based Pacific Research Institute and government affairs director for Associated Builders and Contractors of California.

[newzjunkey]

What we really needed was to recall the governor (Davis) *and* the legislature.

I wish I could say this will make a suit dent in the later but at least it'll shed some light on the situation.

[hosepipe]

[ CA: Rigged Bids - Legislature should bid farewell to bidding secrecy ]

Duuuugh!....

[scuba - doo]

No suprise. I worked in support of the Ca Legislature for almost 20 years - until I couldn't take it anymore. The Dems who control both houses are deep in the pockets of the powerful unions in this state. It is easy for them to side-step the process and maintain strong union ties, after all, the staff at DGS are union too. One big happy, corrupt family. The only losers are the Ca taxpayers.
Last year the Dems(who are supposed to be so environmentally friendly) killed a bill that would give tax breaks to those who install solar on their houses. Seems the unions wanted a provision in the bill that would guarantee 50% of the installs to go to union only shops. Repubs wanted the free market to determine the distribution. The unions won. This state is union controlled period.