Category: California

Complaint Against Church

A group has allegedly filed a complaint against the Church of Latter Day Saints regarding Proposition 8. A California gay rights activist filed a complaint Thursday accusing the Mormon church of failing to report the value of the work it did to support the state’s new same-sex marriage ban. Fred Karger, the founder of Californians […]

What’s Good for California is Good for Iowa?

Proposition 2 passed in California and Iowa producers are concerned, according to this report.  Expect a continued lobbying battle. Brent Gattis, an agribusiness lobbyist in Washington, predicts animal-rights activists will push the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass similar standards nationwide. Pending legislation backed by animal welfare interests would set standards for meat, milk and eggs purchased […]

Transitions

Sen. Feinstein’s Chief of Staff has left her office to join Intel, according to this report. For [Peter] Cleveland, signing on with Intel is a terrific opportunity to work for a company he has long admired. But, he says, the job won’t be so very different from the 18 years he spent on the other […]