May
20
Do you remember July 8, 2008? Here’s a little reminder for you: Corruption in Oakland. Does the name Deborah Edgerly ring a bell for anybody?
Guess what she’s doing now???
Sarah Palin being all the hype that she is has drawn a considerable amount of interest regarding her March speaking engagement at CSU Stanislaus. Questions remain whether the CSU Stanislaus Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization is subject to the California Public Records Act like CSU Stanislaus is. The Foundation contends they are not and that they are a distinct separate entity from the school, despite the Chairman being the CSU Stanislaus Chairman, despite their address being the same as the schools, despite their organization being listed on the schools official website. Here is what the California Attorney General’s office has on the CSU Stanislaus Foundation’s charity registration. Here is a copy of their 2007 IRS Form 990.
California State Senator Leland Yee has been investigating whether CSU Stanislaus and CSU Stanislaus Foundation are evading the CPRA by their refusal to produce the public records regarding the decision to invite and pay for Sarah Palin’s speaking engagement.
There is no good way to start off this post. The thought of Phillip Garrido makes many people revolt. The fact that he was able to do what he did and then snatch up Jaycee Lee Dugard and keep her locked up and brainwashed all under the very nose of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is absolutely ASTONISHING.
Reporter Sam Stanton of The Sacramento Bee sought to obtain the records of CDCR and their Inspector General’s office under the California Public Records Act.
When you die, more and more records on you become available to the public. Under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released numerous documents it maintained on Michael Jackson and the myriad of investigations he was the subject or target of. Please cruise on over to the FBI’s Electronic Reading Room to learn more.
Friend, un-friend, Follow, un-follow. Is the U.S. Government using social-networking to conduct surveillance of you? According to an article on Cnet entitled “EFF sues feds for info on social-network surveillance” the government is spying on its own citizens.
The EFF’s Press Release states:
Until very recently, and in fact until the signed legislation becomes effective January 1, 2010, government agencies could use a provision in anti-SLAPP to hit you with attorneys fees and costs. This is precisely what happened in Californians Aware et al. v. Orange Unified School District and prompted SB 786.
