[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

The hypocritical editors of the San Diego Union-Tribune now want to blame what they see as unethical behavior on districts where one party’s registration dominates. The absence of two-party competition leaves invulnerable politicians able to loot at will, according to the Union-Tribune.

This is nonsense, as the editors must know.

An incumbent who outrages public decency would be subject to competition in his or her own party primary, no? The classic case is Rep. John Doolittle. Bad publicity has led to the drying up of his contributor base and the presence of a young shark of his own party taking him on.

When the outrage expressed by editors isn’t shared by voters in an official’s district, then nothing happens. That’s often appropriate as well.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Deborah Snow

The Sacramento Bee as well as other California newspapers have run many articles lately concerning the California Chiropractic Board. Staff and Board member behavior reported includes illegal firing procedures, violating open meeting laws and a possible attempt to influence the judicial progress with an ongoing case against a chiropractor. I’m relieved that this board’s unethical behavior is finally in the public eye.

My own experience with this board came several years ago when I contacted them to file a complaint of misconduct against a practicing chiropractor. I had one phone interview with Catherine Hayes (then an enforcement employee) at my own initiative, and she told me that they didn’t like to refer cases of misconduct to their investigators without hard proof or third party witnesses in part due to the expense of paying their investigators.