Bay Salvation (4/22/10, Front Page)
Mike Taugher, CCTimes
Congress once again grants a boatload of money to fix the environment, and the liberal Contra Costa Times once again fails to tell us where all the taxpayer dollars granted in the past went. After all the billions spent cleaning the Bay, why isn’t it clean yet? How much of that money from [...]
Dan Borenstein should be on the front page (4/4/10, page A8)
Dan Borenstein is the best opinion writer the CCTimes has. He is also the best local reporter they have. So where does the brilliant Kevin Keane hide him? On page 8.
Our prediction: Put Borenstein on the front page and watch him hit television news programs (especially Fox News) to explain how California has come to [...]
Hundreds rally against refinery (8/16/09, page AA7)
Doug Jastrow, CCTimes
When does 200Â equal “hundreds?” When it’s reported by the liberal Contra Costa Times.
So a small group of people tie up traffic in protest of the biggest employer and taxpayer of the City of Richmond actually trying to produce more cleaner burning gasoline so that these protestors can get to work and buy cheaper [...]
Agency tries to make up funding shortfall (4/23/09, page A3)
Paul Burgarino, CCTimes
Paul, how about asking about pay cuts for the employees?
How much are the administrators being paid?
What kind of benefits do they get (compared to yours at the CCTimes)?
What we have here is another liberal journalist unable to understand the point of view of the customer or the taxpayer. How about stretching a little [...]
Democrats fear departure (3/29/09, page A17)
Lisa Vorderbrueggen, CCTimes Political Editor
Lisa has a section today titled, “A Charmed Life,” covering State Senator Mark DeSaulnier’s rapid move up the political ladder. Lisa points out that most politicians have to wait years to make these moves. What Lisa fails to point out is how the incompetent DeSaulnier managed to move up the ladder [...]
A police officer’s view of the Oakland police officers memorial (3/27/09, not in CCTimes)
“Just a couple little observations from today’s OPD funeral you probably won’t see on TV. Thirty-three thousand police officers and civilians from all over the USA and Canada heard a number of politicians, family members and OPD officers speak. None of the tepid politicians (Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein) received so much as a single applause. [...]
Law isn’t child’s play (1/26/09, Front Page)
Suzanne Bohan, CCTimes
Fantastic article by Suzanne. She did a great job interviewing small business owners directly affected by this short-sighted legislation and more importantly, telling their story in simple to understand terms.
Just when you think all journalists are poorly educated, something like this comes along.
Our compliments to Suzanne on explaining how cause and effect in [...]