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Tuesday, November 2. 2010California state agenciesANY WONDER WHY CALIF. IS GOING BROKE? California Academic Performance Index (API) California Access for Infants and Mothers California Acupuncture Board California Administrative Office of the Courts California Adoptions Branch California African American Museum California Agricultural Export Program California Agricultural Labor Relations Board California Agricultural Statistics Service California Air Resources Board (CARB) California Allocation Board California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority California Animal Health and Food Safety Services California Anti-Terrorism Information Center California Apprenticeship Council California Arbitration Certification Program California Architects Board California Area VI Developmental Disabilities Board California Arts Council California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus California Assembly Democratic Caucus California Assembly Republican Caucus California Athletic Commission * California Attorney General Those are just the As. The rest are below the fold. California Bay Conservation and Development Commission California Bay-Delta Authority California Bay-Delta Office California Biodiversity Council California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors California Board of Accountancy California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology California Board of Behavioral Sciences California Board of Chiropractic Examiners California Board of Equalization (BOE) California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection California Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind California Board of Occupational Therapy California Board of Optometry California Board of Pharmacy California Board of Podiatric Medicine California Board of Prison Terms California Board of Psychology California Board of Registered Nursing California Board of Trustees California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians California Braille and Talking Book Library California Building Standards Commission California Bureau for 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Hoover Commission (on California State Government Organization and Economy) Medical Board of California Medi-Cal Osteopathic Medical Board of California Physical Therapy Board of California Regents of the University of California San Diego State University San Francisco State University San Jose State University Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy State Bar of California Supreme Court of California Teach California University of California University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Hastings College of the Law University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz * Veterans Home of California THERE'S NOT AN OUNCE OF PORK HERE... 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Way more than an ounce. But I'm curious, which ones would you cut based on the title alone? It's an interesting time-waster.
Let's see. A quick look at the As:
California Acupuncture Board California Air Resources Board California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority California Animal Health and Food Safety Services California Arts Council California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus California Assembly Democratic Caucus California Assembly Republican Caucus There are probably others that I would get rid of if I knew more about what they did. Is California Air Resources Board your ringer? The others you list don't appear to be that vital, but that is. Cutting them would definitely help polluters at the expense of everyone else, which is certainly in line with the whole "fiscal conservative" habit of "privatizing the profits and socializing the costs".
Another "fiscal conservative" habit is cheap demagoguery: list things that sound funny but which have a valid purpose and which might actually bring in more money than they cost. And, another "fiscal conservative" habit is to completely ignore the role their ideology - specifically the support many have for massive immig. - has played in bringing CA to its current situation. What many of those "fiscal conservatives" support has driven citizens out of the state at the same time as increasing spending and giving more power to the free-spending far-left. CARB is worthless in that they are an idealogically driven group who ignore reality in pursuit of their agenda. For example they have imposed extremely burdensome regulations on diesel engines which have driven many smaller heavy equipment and trucking companies out of business. This was based on a deeply flawed study by an individual who faked his credentials as well as the data. Other researchers indicate he overstated diesel particulate levels by well over 300%, as well as making an unsupported claim they are linked to 100s of deaths per year. As an aside, CARB stuck with imposing these regulations even after acknowledging the faked credentials and study. He is still working for them.
CARB mandated extremely strict formaldehyde requirements for engineered wood (MDF, particle board, etc.) Of course, only a few select companies could certify you, and they charged a fortune. Costs for complying made the cost of boards soar. You have to provide a special seal on every board and you have to provide documentation and tracking for every order.
Supposedly, in Phase II, now your breath exhales more formaldehyde than that Ikea TV stand you bought. I have no idea how many lives this has saved. I'd like to know that. But it sure costs money. I'm surprised at how many begin w/ 'C'!
Seriously, how do other states compare? Texas, Alaska, New York, Massachusettes? "Seriously, how do other states compare?"
Well, in the environmental area, I'm pretty sure Tennessee has just two major players - Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. I see quite a few boards that appear to be duplicative - especially in the environmental/wildlife areas:
California Wetlands Information System, California Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Wildlife Conservation Board, California Wildlife Programs Branch, California Environment and Natural Resources Agency, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES), California Pollution Control Financing Authority That's just a quick cut and paste. I'm sure there are dozens more that are duplicative in other areas. I'd say you could cut all those by half and do a better job for California - not to mention cheaper. Why do you hate the pandas? Mother Earth is worth the money. Also, train rides should be free.
Your deaire for "FREE" stuff is the reason that this house of cards we call California is soon going to collapse...
One of my favorite candidates for elimination is the California Energy Commission.
We California taxpayers spent $500 million a year on this bunch of Nanny Staters yet they have NEVER created any energy. All they do is get in the way of people making and using energy. Guess who created this sinkhole? Governor Jerry Brown. Hey Joe,
We have the US Dept. of Energy that was created to break our dependence on foreign oil. See, those Energy Depts work great wherever they are tried! It's a lot like the Dept. of Education that was supposed to raise the education level of our students. Are you seeing a trend? Oh, do I have stories about this agency - it's my textbook go to in describing government bureaucracy and waste of taxpayer money. Let's just say I was hired to preform a service/deliverable's for them. They were so afraid to sign off on theses simple little things they required about 10 or more eyes on it which in turn created unnecessary conflict but mostly took these jobs forever to complete, so much so that for about 3 years i was contacted to update the dates on the project so that they could circulate once again to finalize them. 3 YEARS!!! And the kicker? Never did finalize them even though I was paid for all the work. They just forgot about them. No private sector business would allow this joke or waste of money. No private company would stand for staff to sit on a job for years or pay for deliverables and then just blow it off. It's a joke how these agencies run.
It took 10 years and two Republican governors to dig California out of the pit Jerry Brown threw it into. And here they go right back to possibly electing him again.
I keep on thinking of the verse in Proverbs about a dog returning to its own vomit. "Like a dog that returns to his vomit
is a fool who repeats his folly." (Proverbs 26:11) Time to move. Let them mooch off each other for as long as they can. Go take up residence someplace where there's a chance of turning a lavender state into a red state if enough disgusted Californians move there, so that an anti-moochacrat Congress can slam the door on the idea of the rest of us propping up moonbat fantasies with federal funding. And whenever the subject comes up, just shake you head and say, "Shame about California. Too bad it had to fail the way it did."
539 in Massachussetts:
Abandoned Property Administration and Finance, Executive Office for Administrative Law Appeals, Division of Aeronautics Commission, Massachusetts Aeronautics Division Affirmative Market Program Agricultural Resources, Department of Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission Appeals Court Appellate Tax Board Apprentice Training, Division of Architectural Access Board Archives, Massachusetts Asian American Commission Attorney General Audit Operations, Division of Auditor, State Banks, Division of Bar Counsel, Office of the Bar Examiners, Board of Bar Overseers, Board of Barnstable County Sheriff's Office Bays Program, Massachusetts Berkshire County Sheriff's Office Berkshire District Attorney Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Blind, Massachusetts Commission for the Board of Bar Examiners Board of Bar Overseers Board of Building Regulations and Standards Board of Higher Education Board of Library Commissioners Board of Registration in Medicine Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals Board of Review Boston Municipal Court Department Boxing Commission Bristol County Sheriff's Office Bristol District Attorney Building Regulations and Standards, Board of Bureau of Special Investigations Bureau of State Office Buildings Business Development Corporation, Massachusetts Business Development, Massachusetts Office of Business and Labor Bureau Business and Technology, Department of CEDAC Cable, Department of Telecommunications and Campaign and Political Finance, Office of Cape & Islands District Attorney Cape Cod Commission, Barnstable County Capital Asset Management, Division of Care, Department of Early Education and Career Services, Division of Central Artery Tunnel Project Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission Chelsea Soldiers Home Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Child Advocate, Office of Child Support Enforcement Unit Children and Families, Department of Citizen Information Service Civil Service Commission Clients Security Board Coastal Zone Management Commission Against Discrimination, Massachusetts Commission for Homeless Services Coordination, Executive Commission for the Blind, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Commission on Judicial Conduct Commission on Mental Retardation, Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, Massachusetts Commission, Asian American Commissioner of Probation, Office of the Committee for Public Counsel Services Commonwealth Corporation Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority Commonwealth Museum Commonwealth, Secretary of the Community Development Finance Corporation, Massachusetts Community Development, Department of Housing and Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation Community Services Community Services, Division of Comptroller, Office of the State Conciliation and Arbitration, Board of Connector Authority, Commonwealth Health Insurance Conservation Services, Division of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, Department of Convention Center Authority, Massachusetts Corporations Division Correction, Department of Council on Housing and Homelessness, Interagency Court System, Massachusetts Court, Trial Criminal Bureau Criminal History Systems Board Cultural Council, Massachusetts DMV Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Massachusetts Commission for the Deeds, Registries of Deferred Compensation Plan Department of Agricultural Resources Department of Business Development Department of Children and Families Department of Conservation and Recreation Department of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation Department of Correction Department of Developmental Services Department of Early Education and Care Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Department of Environmental Protection Department of Fire Services Department of Fish and Game Department of Higher Education Department of Housing and Community Development Department of Industrial Accidents Department of Labor Department of Mental Health Department of Public Health Department of Public Safety Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Department of Revenue Department of State Police Department of Telecommunications and Cable Department of Transitional Assistance Department of Transportation, Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development Department of Youth Services Development Corporation, Massachusetts Business Development Finance Agency, Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, Massachusetts Disabilities and Community Services, Office for Disability, Massachusetts Office on Disabled Persons Protection Commission Discrimination, Massachusetts Commission Against District Attorneys Association, Massachusetts District Court Department Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Office of Division of Administrative Law Appeals Division of Apprentice Training Division of Audit Operations Division of Banks Division of Capital Asset Management Division of Career Services Division of Conservation Services Division of Ecological Restoration Division of Employment and Training (see Division of Unemployment Assistance and Division of Career Services) Division of Health Care Finance and Policy Division of Information Technology Audit Division of Insurance Division of Labor Relations Division of Local Mandates Division of Local Services Division of Occupational Safety Division of Professional Licensure Division of Standards Division of State Parks and Recreation Division of Unemployment Assistance Division of Urban Parks and Recreation Division of Water Supply Protection Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Governor's Council to Address Dukes County Sheriff's Office Early Education and Care, Department of Ecological Restoration, Division of Economic Development Assistance Corporation, Community Economic Development, Executive Office of Housing and Education, Executive Office of Educational Financing Authority, Massachusetts Educational Quality and Accountability, Office of Elder Affairs, Executive Office of Elections Division Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Emergency Finance Board Emergency Management Agency, Massachusetts Emergency Telecommunications Board, Statewide Employee Relations, Office of Employment Services, Statewide Energy Facilities Siting Board Energy Resources (DOER), Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Law Enforcement, Office of Environmental Police, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), Massachusetts Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Trust, Massachusetts Essex County Sheriff's Department Essex District Attorney Ethics Commission, State Executive Bureau Executive Commission for Homeless Services Coordination Executive Office for Administration and Finance Executive Office of Education Executive Office of Elder Affairs Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Executive Office of Health and Human Services Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Executive Office of Veterans' Services Export Center, Massachusetts Fire Marshal, Office of the State Fire Services, Department of Firefighting Academy Fish and Game, Department of Franklin County Sheriff's Office Franklin Regional Planning Commission Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Youth, Commission on General Court (Legislature) Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Office of Government Bureau Governor's Commission on Intellectual Disability Governor's Council Governor's Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee Governor, Office of the Grants and Technical Assistance, Office of Group Insurance Commission Hampden County Sheriff's Department Hampden District Attorney Hampshire County Sheriff's Office Hard of Hearing, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hazardous Materials Response Program Head Injury Program, Statewide Health Care Finance and Policy, Division of Health Insurance Connector Authority, Commonwealth Health Services, Office of Health and Educational Facilities Authority (HEFA), Massachusetts Health and Human Services, Executive Office of Higher Education, Board of Higher Education, Department of Highway Division Highway Safety Bureau, Governor's Highway Safety Division Historical Commission, Massachusetts Holyoke, The Soldiers' Home in Home Care Assistance Program Homeless Services Coordination, Executive Commission for Homelessness Commission Homelessness, Interagency Council on Housing and House of Representatives Housing Appeals Committee Housing Court Department Housing Development Housing Development, Division of Housing Finance Agency, Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund, Massachusetts Housing and Community Development, Department of Housing and Economic Development, Executive Office of Housing and Homelessness, Interagency Council on Human Resources Division Human Service Transportation Office Independent Living Program Indian Affairs Indian Affairs, Commission on Industrial Accidents, Department of Information Technology Audit, Division of Information Technology Division Inspector General Insurance, Division of Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness International Trade and Investment, Massachusetts Office of Joint Labor Management Committee Judicial Conduct, Commission on Judicial Nominating Commission Jury Commissioner, Office of Juvenile Court Department Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, Governor's Labor Relations Commission Labor Relations, Division of Labor and Workforce Development, Executive Office of Labor, Department of Land Court Department Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor's Legislature (General Court) Library Commissioners, Board of Library of Massachusetts, State Local Mandates, Division of Local Services, Division of Lottery, State MBTA Marshal, Office of the State Fire Martha's Vineyard Commission Mass.Gov MassDOT MassHealth (Office of Medicaid) Massachusetts Archives Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Massachusetts Bays Program Massachusetts Business Development Corporation Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Massachusetts Court System Massachusetts Cultural Council Massachusetts Department of Transportation Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council Massachusetts District Attorneys Association Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Massachusetts Environmental Police Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Massachusetts Environmental Trust Massachusetts Export Center Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority (HEFA) Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund Massachusetts National Guard Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance Massachusetts Office of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Massachusetts Office on Disability Massachusetts Port Authority (MassPort) Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Massachusetts School Building Authority Massachusetts Service Alliance Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation Massachusetts Trade Office Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MassPike) Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board Medicaid, Office of (MassHealth) Medicine, Board of Registration in Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee Mental Health, Department of Mental Retardation, Department of Mental Retardation, Governor's Commission on Merit Rating Board Merrimack Valley Planning Commission Metropolitan Area Planning Council Middlesex District Attorney Middlesex Sheriff's Office Military Division - Massachusetts National Guard Minority and Women Business Assistance, State Office of Montachusett Regional Planning Commission Motor Vehicles Division, Registry of Municipal Development, Division of Municipal Police Training Committee Museum, Commonwealth Nantucket County Sheriff's Office Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission National Guard, Massachusetts Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration (NRD) Norfolk County Sheriff's Office Norfolk District Attorney Northern Middlesex Council of Governments Northwestern (Franklin & Hampshire) District Attorney Occupational Safety, Division of Office for Disabilities and Community Services Office for Refugees and Immigrants Office of Campaign and Political Finance Office of Children, Youth and Families Services Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office of Educational Quality and Accountability Office of Employee Relations Office of Environmental Law Enforcement Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS) Office of Grants and Research Office of Grants and Technical Assistance Office of Health Services Office of Jury Commissioner Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA) Office of the Bar Counsel Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Office of the Child Advocate Office of the Commissioner of Probation Office of the Governor Office of the Governor's Legal Counsel Office of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Office of the Secretary of Public Safety Office of the Secretary of Transportation Office of the State Comptroller Office of the State Fire Marshal Old Colony Planning Council Operational Services Division Parks and Recreation, Division of State Parks and Recreation, Division of Urban Parole Board Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM Board) Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Plymouth County Sheriff's Department Plymouth District Attorney Police Training Committee, Municipal Police, Department of State Port Authority (MassPort), Massachusetts Ports of Massachusetts & Seaport Advisory Council Probate and Family Court Department Probation, Office of the Commissioner of Professional Licensure, Division of Property, Abandoned Public Counsel Services, Committee for Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission Public Health, Department of Public Housing and Rental Assistance Public Housing and Rental Assistance, Division of Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau Public Records Division Public Safety, Department of Public Safety, Executive Office of Public Safety, Office of the Secretary of Public Utilities (DPU), Department of Publications and Regulations, State RMV Racing Commission, State Receiver General, Treasurer Records Center, State Refugees and Immigrants, Office of Regional Planning Agencies Regional Transit Authorities Registration in Medicine, Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals, Board of Registries of Deeds Registry of Motor Vehicles Division Rehabilitation Commission, Massachusetts Rental Assistance, Division of Public Housing and Retardation, Governor's Commission on Mental Retirement Board, Massachusetts Teachers Retirement, State Board of Revenue, Department of School Building Authority, Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council Secondary Education, Department of Elementary and Secretary of Elder Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Public Safety, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Veterans’ Services, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division Senate Service Alliance, Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board Sheriff's Association, Massachusetts Sheriff's Department, Essex County Sheriff's Department, Hampden County Sheriff's Department, Plymouth County Sheriff's Department, Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, Barnstable County Sheriff's Office, Berkshire County Sheriff's Office, Bristol County Sheriff's Office, Dukes County Sheriff's Office, Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Hampshire County Sheriff's Office, Middlesex Sheriff's Office, Nantucket County Sheriff's Office, Norfolk County Sheriff's Office, Worcester County Sheriffs' Association, Massachusetts Small Business Development Center, Massachusetts Soldiers Home in Holyoke Soldiers Home, Chelsea Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District Standards, Division of State 911 Department State Auditor State Board of Retirement State Comptroller, Office of the State Ethics Commission State Fire Marshal, Office of the State House Tours State Library of Massachusetts State Lottery State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance State Parks and Recreation, Division of State Police, Department of State Publications and Regulations State Racing Commission State Reclamation Board State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board State Records Center State Transportation Library State Universities and Colleges Statewide Employment Services Statewide Head Injury Program Suffolk County Sheriff's Department Suffolk District Attorney Superior Court Department Supreme Judicial Court Teachers Retirement Board, Massachusetts Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA), Office of Technology Collaborative, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation, Massachusetts Telecommunications and Cable, Department of The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke Training Committee, Municipal Police Transit Authorities, Regional Transit Division Transitional Assistance, Department of Transportation Authority, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Library, State Transportation Office, Human Service Transportation, Department of Travel and Tourism, Massachusetts Office of Treasurer and Receiver General Trial Court Turnpike Authority (MassPike), Massachusetts Underground Storage Tank Program Unemployment Assistance, Division of Universities and Colleges, State Urban Parks and Recreation, Division of Veterans' Services, Department of Veterans' Services, Executive Office of Victim Assistance, Massachusetts Office for Water Pollution Abatement Trust Water Resources Authority (MWRA), Massachusetts Water Resources Commission Water Supply Protection, Division of WebMASSters Western and Southeastern Offices Wetlands Restoration Program Women Business Assistance, State Office of Minority and Women, Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Worcester County Sheriff's Office Worcester District Attorney Workers Compensation Advisory Council Workers Compensation Litigation Unit Workforce Development, Department of Workforce Development, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Investment Board, State Youth Services, Department of Youth, Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender I think you may to be able to cut that total by one to 538, unless Gov. Patrick has two Commissions on Mental Retardation.
Double entered as: Mental Retardation, Governor's Commission on, and as: Retardation, Governor's Commission on Mental. California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
You know, I'd rather see the Guard cut before the all important Bureau of Home furnishings! Twenty years ago, I was on the board of the federal contractor that oversaw Medicare quality of care in California. It was then called CMRI. As a company, we had the unenviable situation of having one customer, the federal government, so we decided to try to look for other customers. We submitted a proposal to the California Department of Health which ran Medicaid for the state. They had at that time 5,000 employees, the same number that HCFA employed to run Medicare for the entire country. We thought privatizing that agency would save a lot of money for the state.
They were not interested in our proposal. This lists the agencies.
But there is more, much more. The one I've read about repeatedly is the Blueberry Commission. They need places like that to stash (Dem) politicians so they can continue to make a living in between elected offices. Here's a concrete proposal from 2 years back. Dollars are in thousands. http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/01/mishs-california-budget-proposal.html These are also resting places for termed out democrat CA legislators who then earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and benefits that will give them added retirement benefits. This for a few meetings a year. These are even a bigger ripoff than the state employees union members.
Fraudsters: In California the first agency I'd get rid of would bee the one that has caused the most damage and been complicit in supporting a fraudulent scientist who falsely claimed that he had a doctorate degree in statistics from The University of California at Davis when it was a fake-degree from a UPS mail-box drop.
An agency that published this fake-scientists' bogus study used to justify sweeping, costly new diesel emission rules that would affect the rest of the nation, under the guise of "Global Warming." An agency that has from January to Octonber 2009 collected $9.7 million in total fines based on fraudulent "research" that has “grossly miscalculated pollution levels” of 340% over reality, used to create onerous regulations. Kill CARB now. If you kill all of these agencies, with their attendant Boards, where will the old pols go for their sinicures when they're termed out, or turned out?
That list above is nothing more than the Politician Full Employment Process for CA. "Get a whip, hangin's too good for 'em!" West Virginia (from Wikipedia)
West Virginia Department of Administration West Virginia Department of Agriculture West Virginia Department of Commerce o West Virginia Development Office o West Virginia Division of Forestry o West Virginia Division of Labor o West Virginia Division of Natural Resources o West Virginia Division of Tourism o West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey o West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training o West Virginia Water Development Authority o WORKFORCE West Virginia West Virginia Department of Education o West Virginia Board of Education West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts o West Virginia Division of Culture and History o West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection o West Virginia Division of Air Quality o West Virginia Division of Land Restoration o West Virginia Division of Mining and Reclamation o West Virginia Division of Water and Waste Management o West Virginia Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation o West Virginia Office of Environmental Advocate o West Virginia Office of Environmental Enforcement o West Virginia Office of Environmental Remediation o West Virginia Office of Explosives and Blasting o West Virginia Office of Oil and Gas West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources o West Virginia Board of Medicine o West Virginia Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities o West Virginia Bureau for Child Support Enforcement o West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families o West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services o West Virginia Bureau for Public Health + West Virginia Office of Community and Rural Health Services + West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services + West Virginia Office of Environmental Health Services o West Virginia Office of Nutrition Services West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety o West Virginia Division of Corrections o West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management o West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services o West Virginia Division of Veteran's Affairs o West Virginia State Police West Virginia Department of Revenue o West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration o West Virginia Athletic Commission o West Virginia Division of Banking o West Virginia Insurance Commission o West Virginia Lottery Commission o West Virginia Municipal Bond Commission o West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals o West Virginia Racing Commission o West Virginia State Budget Office o West Virginia State Tax Department West Virginia Department of Transportation o West Virginia Division of Highways o West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles o West Virginia Division of Public Transit o West Virginia State Rail Authority o West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority o West Virginia Public Port Authority * West Virginia State Treasurer Not to justify the number of agencies listed for Massachusetts at Gene's posting #7 but, he has duplicated many of the listings by showing them as, for example, "Lottery, State" and "State Lottery"' "Dept. of Fish and Game" and "Fish and Game, Dept. of", etc, etc.
Insty linked to you and added this quote: “He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”
(from the Declaration of Independence, if anybody's wondering.) Being the Excel junky that I am I had to output the CA and MA lists to Excel... Here: www.therazor.org/images/state_offices.xls
209 west australian government agencies and depts!!!
(not sure how many federal ones) I may have missed a post or two but is there a way to find out how much each member is paid? I have heard jaw dropping figures such as 125k for six meetings a year.
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You're pretty and all...Instead, we're making bets on how long it will be before your next meltdown. Oh, wait--you're already melting down. You've racked up nearly $70 billion in general obligation debt, and that doesn't include your $500 billion unfunded...
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When they set up the first state agency was this the end they had in mind?...
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