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The unmaking and making of Roger Hedgecock
Don Bauder This is a very interesting story. It seems like it was only 2 or 3 weeks ago, actually it was only 2 or 3 weeks ago, that you seemed at the very least to question his success as an AM radio host. Your exact words I believe were " Is Roger really that successful now?" You also seemed to be in disbelief that he could be making $300k from Radio America. In fact, when I wrote that he had gone in to syndication with Radio America in 2009 and signed a contract worth $300k per year, you appeared to be at the very least skeptical as evidenced in your statement "tomjohnston: 2009 was a long time ago, especially for radio." Apparently, you even questioned my claim that he was still on Radio America when you said you would be "checking all this out". Well, I it seems that you have indeed "checked it all out". And ya know, it appears that sometimes when some of us comment, we do actually know what we are talking about. BTW, I don't have any info on Hedgecock's current contract either. However, as much as I hate the word assume, I think it would be safe to assume that since Hedgecock was on today, 3-6-13, that he has indeed made some kind of arrangement for remuneration with Radio America.— March 6, 2013 10:34 a.m.
San Diegans in their 20s don't make enough for rent
Amin is one of 2 that immediately came to mind, the other being Mobutu, from Zaire. The Shah of Iran certainly fits the definition of a despot, though I would be somewhat reluctant to liken his actions while in power with those of Amin or Mobutu or even Ferdinand Marcos.— March 6, 2013 9:59 a.m.
San Diegans in their 20s don't make enough for rent
Unless they flee into exile, with their billions, first— March 5, 2013 1:11 p.m.
Military contractors found guilty of fraud
Don Bauder Thanks. I couldn't recall if any of the others had been and none of the media report that I have read today made any reference to them.— March 5, 2013 1:05 p.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
Susan, as we have said here, and in previous threads , the President of the CPUC may be removed from that position by the Governor, but he can only be replaced by someone currently on the commission and the Governor can't remove Peevey or anyone else from the commission. Don't get me wrong. Peevey needed to go a long long time ago. But of those on the commission, the only one with anything close to an consumer advocacy experience is Florio but while he was at TURN, he was their senior counsel. Not the pedigree needed to be considered a strong advocate for rate payers. The fact is, there is no strong advocate on the CPUC as none of Brown's first 3 appointees have stepped up to the plate. Will Brown remove Peevey as President? Who knows. But after the San Bruno fiasco, I doubt it. And as I have said before, I don't believe that Brown even bother will take the fight to remove Peevey from the commission to the legislature because he doesn't have the votes in the Senate. Unfortunately, IMO, our best chance is to have Brown NOT reappoint Peevey when his current term is up.— March 5, 2013 9:09 a.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
Read the story carefully, Burwell. It says nothing about Peevey distributing money donated by the utilities. It refers specifically to ratepayer dollars. "He said he wants a new law that would prohibit the CPUC from doling out hundreds of millions of utility ratepayer dollars to foundations, third-party nonprofits and for-profit organizations, unless first reviewed through the California Energy Commission." Ratepayer money and donations from utilities are not the same thing.— March 5, 2013 8:35 a.m.
Military contractors found guilty of fraud
What about charges against those on the Navy side if the equation???— March 5, 2013 8:23 a.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
Don Bauder, Yeah, but when it pertains to the CPUC, the citizenry has not only absolutely no control over what happens, but in reality, no influence on those that have control. Let me put it this way. Name the last time the voters in this state "cleaned house" in the state legislature over any issue that wasn't handled according to their desires. Most people are clueless when it comes to the machinations of state, or even local politics. Here's an example. Sometime last year, a poster on this site, in his complaints about the way the CPUC conducted it's business, repeatedly kept insisting that the Governor fire all of the commissioners and hold elections of some sort to replace them with citizens,people with no agendas, rather than politicos. This was voiced in various threads in various terms over a couple of months. That's how long it took the poster to "get it" in terms of how CPUC board membership worked. And even, that poster still called for the Governor to change the law, in apparent ignorance of the fact that an individual, even the Governor, just can't "change" the state constitution. And I still am not sure if this particular poster really understands. IMO, that is fairly typical of most of the voters in this state. For them to "rise up" and "clean house" just seems why beyond their capabilities. Even more so when you consider how difficult it is for people to agree on much of anything, let alone act on it. Just my opinion, Opinions vary— March 3, 2013 2:08 p.m.
Who put the "ash" in Ash Wednesday?
Begs the question why do we even "need" a pope?— March 3, 2013 11:36 a.m.
San Diegans in their 20s don't make enough for rent
Don Bauder, RHIP isn't exclusive to the military. It is absolutely pervasive all through out society at every level.— March 3, 2013 11:34 a.m.