Solyndra, Solyndra
The Solyndra scandal keeps getting bigger and more disturbing. The now-defunct solar panel manufacturer received $535 million in taxpayer dollars from the federal government before going belly up in August.
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Carbonfund.org: Carbon Scheming Gone Wild
The Carbonfund.org Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to reduce global warming by having government require people and industries to cut their production and use of fossil fuels (i.e.
Police Officer Union Organizes a Mob
In New York City, 16 police officers have been arraigned on charges ranging from fixing parking tickets to drugs and grand larceny. One officer, Jose R. Ramos of the 40th…
Unions Heart Occupy Wall Street
Unions have provided Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors with resources including office space, photocopying services and food, in exchange for the activists “…pitching in to help unions ratchet up action…
Tobacco Workers Reject Unionization
A majority of plant workers at the second largest American cigarette company have voted against union representation, reports the Associated Press. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s preliminary count was 686 out…
Labor Department vs. Employers: Rewriting Advice Exemption to Benefit Unions
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”) says labor relations consultants and lawyers must report to the government on their activities if they attempt to persuade employees in a…
Battleground Ohio: John Kasich’s Collective Bargaining Reform Goes Down
Upon taking office in 2005, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels identified the power of state employees’ unions as a root cause of his state’s fiscal woes. Daniels issued an executive order…
Briefly Noted: December 2011
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is demanding that the Obama administration investigate allegedly fraudulent fundraising practices that ACORN’s New York front group may have used…
Philanthropy Notes: December 2011
Although giving increased slightly in 2010, donations to social services dropped by 6.6 percent, the New York Times reports. Many high-dollar donors are focusing their giving on public policy, political…
Obama’s HUD Funded ACORN Housing Despite Big Accounting Problems
The Obama administration has showered its allies at ACORN Housing with $729,849 so far this year despite powerful, newly unveiled evidence of corruption and massive accounting irregularities at the longtime…