Category: Economy
140 Census Bosses Take Vegas Trip on Taxpayers Dime
As door-to-door census takers recently finished their data collection, a CBS4 investigation has learned the U.S. Census Bureau sent 140 administrators from Colorado and nine other Rocky Mountain and southwestern states to Las Vegas for several days to discuss “lessons learned” from the 2010 census that could be applied in the next census in 2020. [...]
Category: Economy, Featured, National News, Politics
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is Sportin’ a New SUV…
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is cruising around town in a brand new $51K 2010 Chevy Tahoe. I can’t believe I missed this one! Our friends over at JoeSacramento have a good post on it. I’m not opposed to the mayor having a city owned vehicle. But dies it need to be a jet-black sport utility [...]
Category: Economy, Local News
Schwarzenegger Orders Minimum Wage for State Workers
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered about 200,000 state workers to be paid the federal minimum wage because the state Legislature has not passed a budget. Department of Personnel Administration Director Debbie Endsley sent the order Thursday in a letter to the state controller. Most state employees will be paid the federal minimum of $7.25 per [...]
Category: California Politics, Economy, Featured
