Alameda County budget critique sparks tax worry
Alameda County supervisors adopt a 329 million dollar budget for the coming year drawing sharp public concern. Critics note rising property taxes and a 13 percent increase in county rates while inflation bites. David Cutter of Cutter Laboratories urges reductions in expenditures, urging the county to face real-world levels.
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Cronyism Concerns Grow Over State Civil Service Shift
In Sacramento the move from competitive exams to supervisor evaluated reports threatens civil service fairness. The California Personnel Board studies the Hale 200 system and the CSEA campaigns to abolish it, with fears it could establish a bureaucrat driven patronage system. A Department of Transportation case of forged appraisal reports sparked a promotion list freeze amid a wider trend toward subjective assessments.
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Senate panel says Vietnamese refugee resettlement a nightmare
The staff warns the goal of an orderly expeditious resettlement has become a nightmare due to a sudden influx of 131,000 refugees in weeks. Delays arose from multiple agencies and Guam camps, but processing has improved. Now cities must mobilize churches and charities to provide settlement opportunities, a time-consuming but essential task.
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Will Rogers Recalls Daughters Graduating With Drama
Will Rogers jokes about his daughter earning a diploma in English at a girls preparatory school. He quips that education played little part in his family and recalls famous names like Doug Fairbanks and Frank Lloyd as he reflects on careers in entertainment. The remarks were made June 12.
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Citizens’ Bicentennial apathy questioned in DC event
Jim Fiehig laments 2300 citizens in Washington signing a Declaration key paragraph with many failing to recognize its origin or meaning. He argues patriotism has waned as 200 years pass and calls the nation’s “revolutionary” spirit into question amid rising apathy before the 20th century birthday.
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Hayek’s Free Market Theory Draws Stanford Audience
At Stanford a two day program highlighted Friedrich Hayek’s view that freedom rests on private property, limited central government, and a constitution bound society. Hayek warned of centralized power eroding civil liberties and warned today’s government risk running amok, threatening the free market and wages.
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Rusher Offers New Major Party Cure for Conservatism
M Stanton Evans presents William Rusher's analysis arguing conservatives fail to influence government. Rusher proposes a new broad political vehicle to replace the GOP, uniting producers against an elite, welfare-backed nonproducers. If feasible, this party could win in 1976. if not, delay is likely.
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Post-Watergate Morals Reach U.S. Corporate Life
Washington report details how post-Watergate ethics extend into corporate America with SEC and Defense Dept probes into secret illegal campaign funds. Seventeen firms pleaded guilty to illegal contributions, fines imposed, no officers jailed, while two dairy officials received four months. Questions arise on disclosure scope and effects on global competitiveness.
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