Zombie Strippers

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Supervisor’s Nelson and Moorlach Fail Their Own Pension Reform Integrity Test

August 13, 2010 4

Shawn Nelson had the opportunity, as did Pat Bates and John Moorlach at the time they were elected as County Supervisors, to choose whether to opt in to the County Retirement system. Both Shawn Nelson and John Moorlach made the choice, despite their very vocal opposition to public employee pension plans, to take the very benefit they so strongly oppose.

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Hypocrite! Shawn Nelson Opts To Take Government Pension

August 11, 2010 10

I learned today that Supervisor Shawn Nelson decided to opt in to the County Pension Plan. I am still waiting to find out if he chose the Hybrid Plan, which he claimed on his first day was flawed, or if he took the plan that lets him retire at 55 years old.

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State Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) Comes Out

March 8, 2010 1

In the meantime, humorists already have their tongues in Ashburn’s cheeks. I can’t wait to see how Hollywood portrays his life story of dissociative identity disorder that I suspect will be titled “The Two FACES of Roy.”

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Corporate personhood, fascism, and Libertarian-Republican double speak

January 22, 2010 1

With the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday, CitiGroup, whose largest individual stockholder is a Saudi Arabian billionaire, can spend unlimited funds against any elected official who tries to regulate their activities. When they get in trouble again, legislators will simply give them another no-strings-attached taxpayer funded bailout, or else.