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Reaction: Gutting Public Records Act
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Contra Costa Times editorial: State lawmakers must restore California Public Records Act
Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown made unconscionable changes to the disclosure law last week by slipping language into one of 15 state budget bills.  
 
Silicon Valley companies vs. NSA opens a credibility gap
Tech companies want the National Security Agency to disclose how it's using online information, but they won't do the same with the consumer information they cull and sell for profit.  
 
Time to change the rules of engagement for BART labor negotiations
Three small employee groups have agreed to try something different: Interest-based bargaining. The goal is to jointly find solutions that address both sides' concerns and the greater good of the organization. It's refreshing.  
 
Supreme Court's decision on DNA patent right on target
When the U.S. Supreme Court is of unanimous mind on a particular matter, the issues at hand must be pretty obvious. Such was the case in a decision issued by the high court on Thursday ruling that companies cannot patent parts of naturally occurring human genes.  
 
California's budget is better, but hardly balanced
At the risk of being the skunk at the picnic, we feel compelled to add a dash of perspective to the self-congratulatory budget euphoria currently running amok around the state Capitol.  
 
BART must end abusive leave program for managers
When their jobs end, managers can use unlimited unused vacation and holiday time to stay on the payroll -- to continue to receive full salary, incentive pay and health benefits, and to accrue work credit that boosts their subsequent pension calculations.  
 
Reaction: Crime rate in the Bay Area
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Crime stats are disturbing, but not reason to panic
It's official: Violent crime is on the rise in much of the Bay Area. FBI crime statistics released last week confirm what has been clear from news reports for a while now.  
 
Oakland leaders cannot continue ignoring financial land mines ahead
Mayor Jean Quan ran for office touting her supposed budget expertise from years on the City Council. She promised to develop a road map for fiscal sustainability. Yet, after 2 years in office, she has yet to deliver.  
 
Nation needs discussion on spying rules
As a candidate for president in 2008, Barack Obama set a high bar for his administration, declaring that it would be the most open and transparent in history.  
 
Richmond personnel manager should have been fired
While Leslie Knight has announced her retirement, city manager should have dismissed her earlier. And city attorney's stonewalling demonstrates troubling disregard for public right to document access.  
 
D-Day sacrifices should always be remembered
It is not often that we use these pages to mark the 69th anniversary of anything, but today is an exception. It was that number of years ago -- on June 6, 1944 -- that 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops participated in Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day.  
 
Rules, spending at IRS clearly need reforms
Throughout world history tax collectors have been almost universally reviled, despised and demeaned. Never mind that, for the most part, they are just doing their jobs: making sure taxes that are due to the treasury are paid to the treasury.  
 
Safety the latest worry about California's bullet train project
Take "The Little Engine That Could," remove the hero's underdog charm and the inevitability of a happy ending, and you've got the saga of the California bullet train as the project nears the scheduled start of construction next month.  
 
 
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