Attorney General's Office in Need of Greater Transparency
FLASHREPORT
April 17, 2008
By Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
This year’s budget fiasco demonstrates once again that the interests of California taxpayers are rarely reflected in our government’s spending decisions. While some lawmakers are touring the state reminding citizens that their children’s education is at stake, Attorney General Jerry Brown is filing lawsuits against anyone he can accuse of emitting too much greenhouse gas – including federal, county and city governments. When Brown sued the County of San Bernardino earlier this year, just one of a number of such lawsuits, taxpayers there were forced to fund both sides of the case. It is difficult to see how the people of California come out ahead when they are forced to sue themselves.
