Governator cries he wants to trim waste, but what's up with his appointment of Carole Migden to Integrated Waste Management Board @ $132,000/yr?

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) is a place for unemployable politicians. This Board is redundant, as most functions are duplicated by the California Environmental Protection Agency. It's important for the Governator to keep the IWMB so he can keep his favorites on the state payroll.

The Governator's former Director of Scheduling, Margo Reid Brown, got this free paycheck when the Governator appointed her to the IWMB three years ago. Presently, Margo Brown heads the IWMB!

The steroids, the groping-while-still-married: it's a pattern of breaking the rules. "Do as I say and not as I do."

GAS, always looking for a way to help his corporate contributors, still wants meal & rest periods to go away

You gotta give GAS credit; he'll use any reason he can find to justify DLSE from not enforcing its own laws. By not enforcing meal & rest period laws, this only helps one class of people, the corporate ruling class. Click pic to enlarge, go to the Sacramento Bee for full coverage.

GAS also wants to take away holidays, put workers on furlough, and tax stuff.

We should privatize social security, so we can have the government invest in Bear Sterns, Lehman Bros., Washington Mutual, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac,

Wachovia, AIG, and whatever else comes down the pipe. McCain voted to privatize Social Security three times, and you know who endorsed John McCain? Governor Steroid!

You know who appointed Vicky Bradshaw and Angela Bradstreet? Governor Steriod!

Who was in charge during the $10,000,000+ taxpayer-paid CMS abortion? Governor Steriod!

Let's take all that money in Social Security and invest it in companies where our rich, white friends can make billions, let them run the companies into the ground, give them diamond parachutes (golden parachutes are for losers), and add this mistake to the Iraq war bill and the $1 trillion dollar bailout. Hell's bells, they've done such a great job with their fiduciary duties so far, let's give them more money (that's not theirs) to vaporize.

On the California economy, there is good news for DLSE: caseloads will be reduced in the future since no one's employed to file a wage claim! Caseloads will be reduced, but not because of any DLSE executive thinking, it's because there are no employees working in California.

Dow Jones drops more than 500 points, but John McCain says that the economy is strong...

Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch, AIG, Washington Mutual are all big companies; these are not furniture.com, pinkdog, and eHarmony. Why is our economy going down the toilet? Because the Republican administration has allowed the rich to rape the taxpayers.

This Bush Adminstration had had 8 years, 8 YEARS, to un-f*ck this nightmare, and McSame & Palin are touting that they're different? It's the Maverick and the MILF! Palin could not answer a single serious question from Charlie Gibson's interview. McSame doensn't know how many homes he has: is he already in dementia, or is he just a f*ckin liar? Palin's a sneeze away from becoming the Leader of the Free World First, it's sad that McSame thinks he can play the gender card, like all women will automatically vote for him because a woman is on the ticket. Second, McShame so much as acquires a cough, and she's large and in-charge!

Governor Steroid is the same ticket: screw everyone but the rich, and only help those rich enough to send The Steroid checks. Based upon the assholes & douchebags that have been politically appointed in DIRt/DLSE during The Steroid's reign, there is no qualitative difference between Steroid, Bush, and McSame. Steroid, Angela Bradstreet, Vicky Bradshaw, John Rea, John Duncan, Vanessa Holton, Abby Calva, & Robert Jones won't truly be happy until meal & rest periods are obiliterated, secret CMS payoffs will stay secret, and anyone with the balls to say otherwise will be harassed & fired.

Are YOU better off than you were 8 years ago? I didn't think so.

DLSE Santa Ana supervisor Jorge Gomez reportedly cannot keep his stories straight, just like his monthly stats reporting

So Jorge Gomez doesn't have a clue as to what's going on at DLSE.  Someone asks about a 4/10/40 work schedule, and he tells them that the Labor  Commissioner is going to do away with all alternative work schedules--state wide.

Naturally, his credibility is in the toilet as nothing he says can be believed, so the employee says that they'll believe it when Angela Bradstreet issues the statewide memo via email and removes everyone from the 4/10/40 and 9/8/80 work schedules.  I'm sure this attitude of Gomez's does wonders for morale and it's a direct contradiction to what Governor Schwarzenegger wants, but f*ck the Governator, right?

DLSE does things their way, and they don't need no stinking Governor telling DLSE how to run their ship, eh?  DLSE is fighting the telework grievances like there's no tomorrow.  That's the DLSE: fight & lose, convert millions of taxpayer dollars into CMS fertilizer and not one bureaucrat receives so much as a counseling memo.  I want to pee on the d-l-s-e!

GOV Schwarzenegger's support of McCain is like having sex with Kobe Bryant: you can yell and scream all you want, but it's gonna happen...

John McCain is the old, fuddy duddy, drumbeating 9/11 scare the public into giving up their rights, combined with the arrogance of telling women what to do with their bodies and telling gays who they cannot marry. Y A W N.

John McCain is as original as George Bush and as outdated as the Black & White television & 8-track tape. McCain will not win, and GAS will look like a horse's ass if he doesn't step up and support Obama.

McCain, much like Vicki Bradshaw, Jose Millan, John Rea, and Robert Jones represents what's wrong with public servants...they don't serve the public, only their self-serving special interests...just like those involved with that taxpayer-paid $10,000,000+ abortion called CMS...who did that serve except special interests and that lazy, fat ass Bradshaw endorsed such taxpayer waste. Where's the OD-Legal investigation into that fraud, waste, and abuse?

DLSE lost Murphy 0 to 7, now they lost Jones 0 to 5, and they will lose to Miles Locker...arrogant a-holes are on a losing streak!

Wow, there is a God.

I was starting to lose faith that every DLSE/DIR/LWDA jerk appointed to public service will continue to butt-rape the California taxpayer.  Deputy butt-lick Secretary Robert Jones is gone, click pics to enlarge and read.  You know the DLSE management 'tards will click these pics, because that's what 'tards do, they read the news while true leaders make the news.

Perata made news today, and Miles Locker will make news soon enough.  What realy sux is that the DLSE/DIR/LWDA management FECES will probably find a nice cushy job for Robert Jones-*sshole, only this time it might be a non-political appointment for $125,000+ per year. If they're dumb enough to hurt the taxpayer to do this (keep having him collect a state paycheck), then I will have no mercy on them and they will see a postcard & letter writing campaign that they have never seen.

Victoria Bradshaw is an evil idiot for rubbing stamping this moron for appointment, and Governor Schwarzenegger is a bigger idiot for listening to Vicky Bradshaw...isn't it time for her fat ass to go live in her Italian villa where she can try and squeeze her Size 12 boats into some Size 7 Gucci pumps?  Victoria Bradshaw is a big, fat loser.  John Rea is a big, fat loser.  Robert Jones is a big, fat loser moron.

Robert Jones: don't go away mad, just go away...you have no choice, bye-bye, a-hole!  Make sure you regale your grandkids with how proud you were to screw over the working Californian.  Great life you've made for yourself, jerk.

LWDA Secretary Victoria Bradshaw's loser career highlights:

1) Bradshaw's the same loser that lost the US Supreme Court case Livadas v. Bradshaw, right?

2) Bradshaw hired Jose Millan, the same guy that lost Cuadra v. Millan, right?

3) Bradshaw ended up making Millan leave his LWDA Deputy Secretary position because of his meal & rest period games, right?

4) Bradshaw then picked Robert Jones to replace that loser Jose Millan, right?

5) Robert Jones, after he thoroughly f*cks the DLSE, is selected by Bradshaw as Deputy Secretary to continue the work of Jose Millan, right?

6) Robert Jones fails to receive one pinche vote for his senate confirmation, right?

7) Bradshaw used her position & personnel to terminate Miles Locker, via Robert Jones, John Rea, and Anthony Mischel, right?

8) Victoria Bradshaw, appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, is so stupid that she doesn't know what a meal and a rest period is; furthermore, the jackass morons she hires are also so stupid that they can't figure it out for her, right?

Watch Bradstreet's and Robert Jones' confirmation hearing...Roger Miller was there (did Nakagama fly up to give him his special "hello?")

1) Go to http://www.calchannel.com/

2) Pull down WEBCAST menu or click here

3) Click "Search archive" or click here

4) Type "051508" (no quotes), click submit and wait for it to load

5) Go to: SENATE   COMMITTEE   RULES   and click watch

6) Load it up and watch!

Bradstreet's gonna get confirmed, but Robert Jones won't sit down for a month! Ouch!  They ruined him!  I don't think that butthole will get confirmed, so that LWDA dumbass Victoria Bradshaw (or that other idiot Gov. Schwarzenegger) will need to give that butthole another state paycheck that doesn't require confirmation.

What sux is that the butthole Robert Jones collected a state paycheck for almost 3 years (2 years as Acting Labor Commissioner, and 1 year as Deputy Secretary) and almost single handedly ruined labor relations, both internally and externally...all on the taxpayers back.  He grossed almost $400,000 in 3 years and systematically screwing over the working Californian while simultaneously bending over for employer special interests.

Label this one as "Don't let the doorknob hit you in the ass (no offense, Dean Fryer).

Bradstreet and Duncan 2 B confirmed within the week, Jones is delayed until May (click pic to enlarge Senate Rules Committee members)

I've been told that Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet and DIRt Director John Duncan are going up for senate confirmation. If you have anything to tell the Senate Rules Committee, then you had better do it soon. Here's their contact website:

http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=22

I have complete lack of faith in the judiciary process that the Senate Rules Committee members will not ask about CMS, her letter regarding Brinker, the judge slamming her in Corrales, and the total failure of her leadership in giving us a simple Policies & Procedures Manual for our Wage Claim Adjuducation bureau. She will be confirmed, and then the screwing really starts. She's a republican in democratic clothing, as that's what GAS wanted when he appointed her.

03/22/08 Sunday-Los Angeles Times story on car wash workers: their plight, who investigates the car washes, and what-if any-aftermath?

The LA Times has the front-page story (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carwash23mar23,0,3592975.story) on car wash workers and their lower-than minimum wage plight; the lack of success concerning the "inspectors" among DLSE, and the overall grim picture of how the rich stay richer and the poor stay poorer. Los Angeles Times reporters Sonia Nazario (sonia.nazario@latimes.com) and Doug Smith (doug.smith@latimes.com) need to dig a little deeper. Some items that Ms. Nazario and Mr. Smith should request in their Public Records Act request to DIRt:
1) How many times California peace officer/EEEC Dir. David Dorame DDorame@dir.ca.gov has been arrested/convicted for driving under their influence, how many of those occasions involved state vehicles, and how he was able to pass his peace officer background investigation (hint: talk to Los Angeles DLSE Asst. Chief Greg Rupp GRupp@dir.ca.gov).
2) Out of all the citations issued against car wash businesses, how many citations have been paid, how many have been appealed, how many have upheld/lost their appeal, and how much money has been collected....versus what citation amounts were issued. How many car wash licenses have been revoked? How many bad car washes have been put out of business because they broke state law(s)?
3) How many "inspectors" assigned to car wash inspections receive bi-lingual (Spanish) pay by the state for speaking Spanish? How many have been trained by the state to study Spanish? It's pretty hard to ascertain violations if there's no one able to elicit/solicit labor law violations by those whose main/only language is Spanish.
4) After DLSE Deputy Chief Lupe Almaraz was found guilty (and liable) to have violated an employee's First Amendment rights, why was he immediately promoted to chair the Agricultural Labor Relations Board?
5) Why won't three DIR attorneys (John Duncan JDuncan@dir.ca.gov, Robert Roginson RRoginson@dir.ca.gov, Angela Bradstreet ABradstreet@dir.ca.gov), and one LWDA Secretary Victoria Bradshaw Victoria.Bradshaw@labor.ca.gov ) provide details on the taxpayer-paid, multi-million dollar computer software disaster known as CMS, contracted out to Hansen/Unisys? If they don't care about the millions of taxpayer dollars (supposedly held in their fiduciary trust), then what makes anyone think that these Schwarzenegger political appointees care about a bunch of workers who cannot contribute to those in political power?

Here's the rumor heard around the water cooler: historically, there's always big investigations in DLSE Public Works/Prevailing Wage in a Democratic administration and the exact opposite in a Republican adminsitration. This current Republican government (Gov. Schwarzenegger, LWDA Secretary Victoria Bradshaw (Victoria.Bradshaw@labor.ca.gov), Deputy Secretary Robert Jones (Robert.Jones@labor.ca.gov), former Jose Millan, DIR Director John Duncan (JDuncan@dir.ca.gov), et al) has "inspectors," who aren't fluent in Spanish, attempting to interview to Spanish workers. Sometimes such cases are closed due to no violations found.

Until Mr. Smith and Ms. Nazario have a complete understanding of the dysfunction of the DIR and DLSE, then the total picture is incomplete.

DLSE Chief Counsel Robert Roginson and his whacky employer defense theories! [click this link to print and read]

An anonymous source commented:

"Before taking his latest gig as DLSE's chief counsel, Robby Roginson cut his chops as a wage and hour class action litigator - on behalf of corporate employers. And you gotta give credit where credit is due, Robby was (is?) one hell of a creative hard fighting litigator for his employer clients. He was always coming up with creative, if not bizarre. legal theories to defeat (screw over) employees seeking to recover their unpaid wages. Like this one - the defense that if the employees bringing a lawsuit don't state the exact amount of money they claim they are owed in the complaint, the court must dismiss the complaint for "uncertainty" before the workers even get a chance to do any discovery to determine how much is owed. Never mind that the employer is supposed to have all of the records the workers need to get this information through discovery -- the whole idea, for these cheating employers, is to prevent the workers from getting through the courthouse door.

In a closely watched case in which Robby defended a public works contractor (cheater) by trying to throw out the employees' class action complaint on the ground of "uncertainty," the Second District Court of Appeal issued a decision last week in Gonzalez v. Western Pacific Roofing Corp, holding that Robby's defense is a bunch of crapola. The court reinstated that lawsuit that had been thrown out by the lower court. The appellate court explained, "Plaintiffs are only required to set forth the essential facts of their case with reasonable precision and with particularity sufficient to acquaint a defendant with the nature, source and extent of his cause of action. Plainitiffs are not required to plead the specific amount of damages."

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/B196373.PDF [Blogger: I don't know how long this link will breathe, so click/print/read ASAP]

Within the employer community, Robby's defense was seen as the silver bullet that would kill off the vast majority of wage and hour class action complaints - cases in which it is impossible to determine the specific amount owed until plaintiffs complete their discovery.
So much for that employer (wet) dream.

Let's hope Robby learns some lessons from this appellate court smack down."

BLOGGER'S NOTE: This kinda crap is exatly why America hates lawyers; it's butt-licks like Roginson that give attorneys a bad name. It's bad enough that the employer screws over the employee, but the asshole lawyers hired by the employer don't do right by the law; they just try to slime their way through court with their never-ending bullshit. The only thing Roginson needs to put on his resume is, "all I ever wanted to be was a whore for a corporate law firm...momma woulda been proud." AND THEN, THOU SHALT BE POLITICALLY APPOINTED AT DIRt BY CAWLIFAWNIA GOVUHNAH TUHMINATAH. The Great State of California does not need douchebags as DLSE Chief Counsel; we have enough douchebags already. To make California stronger, we don't need assholes who have a vested interest in the outcome of private trials, given the likes of Angela Bradstreet and Robert Roginson; we need people who understand and can (correctly) apply their ethics training to the public they serve. For the record, I think that DLSE Chief Counsel Robert Roginson is a douchebag attorney who does not serve Californians, but serves his master, GAS (Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger). Just goes to show, having a big IQ and being a douchebag are not mutually exclusive.

Violate the United States Constitution, and Governor Schwarzenegger promotes you in his administration: now it's Lupe Almaraz

(click pic to enlarge) I don't think that Governor Schwarzenegger would make a very good President; he promotes and appoints people who cannot follow the United States Constitution. Whenever a court says that they violated the US Constitution, they get promoted in a Schwarzenegger government. Schwarzenegger doesn't give two sh*ts about the People of California; otherwise, his little acting brain and his little idiot advisors would do much better than Pete Wilson flunkies.

Recently, Lupe Almaraz, the guy who tried to violate the blogger's constitutional rights, recently moved up the food chain (and I quote), "Guadalupe Almaraz, 55, of Bakersfield, has been appointed chair of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. He has worked for California state government for more than 30 years. Since 2005, Almaraz has served as deputy chief labor commissioner for the division of labor standards enforcement for the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). He previously worked in various capacities for the division of labor standards enforcement for DIR from 1981 to 2005 and 1977 to 1980 including senior deputy labor commissioner, hearing officer and deputy labor commissioner I. Prior to that, Almaraz served as a consultant for the Department of Fair Employment and Housing from 1980 to 1981. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $132,179. Almaraz is a Democrat."

This constitution-violating turd (just like Vicky Bradshaw's Livadas constitutional violation) just received a political appointment as a promotion for being Vicki Bradshaw's cabana boy, or was maybe he only did Robert Jones' bidding. Well, the turd never fulfilled his promise: he said that I would be fired if I didn't accept his & Jones' bullsh*t settlement back in February, 2007. I'm still here, turds. Kilo-Mike-Alpha Michael-Foxtrot

Leave it to the IRS to do the Labor Commissioner's job: independent contractors are really employees

In the Wall Street Journal (12/22/07), there's an article that the IRS is declaring FedEx workers as employees (much to the chagrin of FedEx), which blows a setback to FedEx. FedEx is a really big corporation; one corporation that Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreeet wouldn't bother investigating. Hell's bells, Angela Bradstreet's turning a blind eye to Brinker Restaurant's labor law violations, which is why those defendants are being sued privately (certainly not by those who enforce labor laws).

Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet is a shill for Labor Workforce Development Agency Secretary Vicky Bradshaw, and Vicky Bradshaw is a shill for the Governor. Angela's policies are Vicky's policies, which are really the Governator's policies, and they are certainly not the People's policies...the People's Governor-my ass.

Don't expect Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet to pull her head out of her ass and initiate some investigation into FedEx; she's too busy trying to save Brinker Restaurant...thank goodness that the judge told her (more or less) to go pound sand. Here's one of her begging letters (click pic to enlarge).

Victoria Bradshaw, Robert Jones, Angela Bradstreet have fallen in love with Brinker Restaurant Corp; Brinker hates its workers, too?

Back in 2002, two DLSE attorneys nailed Brinkers (Chili's Grill & Bar, Romano's Macaroni Grill, On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina,and Maggiano's Little Italy) for labor law violations to the tune of about $10,000,00.00 (ten million dollars).

November 18, 2003: day 2 of Victoria Bradshaw's political apppointment under the Governator. She hauls in Miles Locker and Anne Stevason and demanded to know who in the hell interpreted meal & rest periods as a three-year statute. Vicky's husband works as a big-shot lawyer for Jackson Lewis, who has the client of....wait for it....the California Retailer's Association, who really don't promote worker's rights & equality in the workplace.

August, 2004: another class action lawsuit filed against Brinker Restaurant Corp. for what? You guessed it, the same bullsh*t that they violated previously. Mind you, this was a private lawsuit not involving the DLSE...but guess who was there, listening in? Robert Jones, Vicky Bradshaw's favorite douchebag lap dog! He was there to make his little book report for Vicky Bradshaw! This is big-bucks, and well into the hundreds of millions of dollars, this meal & rest period thing.

September, 2007: the California Court of Appeal issues a "non-published" opinion concerning the Brinker lawsuit, meaning that (more or less), no one else needs to adhere to it. Over fifteen EMPLOYER organizations wrote letters to the court, begging the court to make the opinion "published," so that they could immediately start screwing over their employees. Do you know who else wrote a letter to the court, also begging them to make the opinion "published?" That's right, our very own Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet! She hates employees, too!

What business is it of hers, regarding a private lawsuit? Why is Vicky Bradshaw, Governor Schwarzenegger's ho puppet for the restaurant/retailer lobbies, sending a flunkie like Robert Jones down to San Diego to eavesdrop on private, class action litigation? Why is Angela Bradstreet writing such a biased letter to the court? Why does she hate employees? Doesn't she understand that not everyone can be a plantation owner? Wisely, the court denied her request.

Why is our Labor Commissioner so biased towards employees and so loving to employers; isn't her job is to be impartial and just to enforce the law?

I hear that Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet is a real piece of work...

From what I've been told, Angela Bradstreet is one of these snobs that only converses with other lawyers. Apparently, no one else is good enough to hold a conversation, as she doesn't talk to "little" people (meaning non-lawyers, not dwarves). If this is true, and I've seen nothing in her personality to demonstrate otherwise, then she's surrounded herself with clueless morons, GAS slaves, and corporate pimps.

It's also been my experience that lawyers are a lot like car mechanics: there are a few excellent ones, and the rest can be thrown into a pile (sub-piles being ethical and competent). This is who GAS appointed to represent employers, and to make sure that employers gain every advantage to bend over their employees. Not only is she enabling other corporations doing business in California, but she's doing this in our house, too. It's not accidental, as she's too smart & surrounds herself with other big-brains...not low-life janitors.

She wouldn't be caught dead holding a conversation with a maid, a clerk, a secretary....unless it was to tell them where they messed up. The problem is, and hopefully this will be addressed at her impending senate confirmation hearing, is that she's tasked with representing everyone and she's failing in her duties. She's not accidentally failing; she's intentionally failing. Nobody this smart can be labeled as this stupid.

This was the decision that the Schwarzenegger administration wanted to screw over the California worker-Denise Padres went from a DLC II to DLC VI

CLICK PIC TO ENLARGE

Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet is full of sh*t; anything that comes out of her mouth is pure bullsh*t, as that's the job of shills working on behalf of bigger handlers, like GAS. Bradstreet doesn't want Corrales fixed; she wants to give lip service to it. She promotes the very same imbecile that started Corrales!

Denise Padres was too dumb to figure out that meal & rest periods were wages (she called them 'penalties'); meanwhile, Miles Locker, a real attorney and the only guy to get it right, still sits on the beach.

Why does Angela Bradstreet promote a documented incompetent? Because her pimp, GAS, wants it that way. Loyal morons go a long way in this agency...just ask Greg Rupp, he's an Assistant Chief and can barely tie his shoes.

There aren't any bad DLSE offices, there are only bad DLSE managers

These managers have systematically f*cked the California working taxpayer. What they couldn't push through the back door (with the Jose Millan - Greg Rupp chickenhawks), they couldn't get through the front door (with the judge's ruling on the Corrales decision). It seems that ever since Schwarzenegger took office (and filled his post with Pete Wilson rejects), our policies have been a direct butt-raping of the California worker. Look at what DLSE has done with Wal Mart, Kenneth Cole, bullsh*t emergency regulation implementation attempts, and most importantly...our DLSE promotions!

Denise Padres goes from a DLC II to a DLC IV, and then to a DLC VI! She's the one that started the whole butt-rape of the taxpayer with her bullsh*t hearing officer decision/interpretation of, 'meal and rest periods are a penalty' crapola. Meanwhile, the very attorney who has called it correct from the very beginning, is still waiting for the State Personnel Board to decide whether or not the DLSE butt-raped his career. Denise Padres is either too stoopid to correctly interpret the Industrial Welfare Commission orders, or she is neck-deep in the conspiracy to screw the California worker to the direct benefit of The Corporation.

In any event, she will be our new Idiot Deputy Chief. Being an ass-kissing moron goes a long way in the DLSE....but like I said, there are no bad DLSE offices, only bad DLSE managers. You know who promoted this moron? That's right, Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet, the one named as the idiot-in-charge in the Corrales decision. The same person that started this avalanche has now been promoted! There are no accidents, no coincidences. Come up with a bullshit precedent decision that GAS wants, run with it as long as the courts allow, and then get promoted once the courts slap your wrist.

Padres was promoted because she towed the GAS political line, and the beauty of all this was that Greg Rupp got screwed in the process! That's twice he's been passed over for Deputy Chief, and he tried (so hard) to bend himself over for GAS when he attempted to get that "emergency regulation" passed, but was defeated with "lawsuits." Greg Rupp's a loser, and Denise Padres is an idiot, possibly a co-conspirator. The California Taxpayer got shafted, and our state was made just a little bit weaker with these corporate whores at the helm of DLSE.

Thanks, Angela Bradstreet, you're a real credit to the oldest profession in the world.

"She [Bradstreet] called the state's current regulations "confusing and conflicting" and has scheduled a second forum Thursday in Northridge"

Sacramento Article dated 08/03/07, Work rule for meals on front burner, by Dale Kasler.

It seems that our new political appointee Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet calls our current regulations "confusing and conflicting." Being penalized for violating state law isn't "confusing and conflicting;" it's breaking the law. Look at who's been doing the crying: big-business lobbyists. Yeah, let's make it easier for employers to jam up their employees.

Employers cannot regulate themselves on their own, which is why the Labor Commissioner's office is charged with enforcing such laws. When you have a Labor Commissioner who's a Republican appointee, it seems that she's already serving those who got her the appointment. GAS has/wants/needs the California Restaruant Lobby in his back pocket; they have mucho dinero for his future campaigns. It seems perfectly logical that Labor Commissioner Bradstreet will serve big money; she's right, our current regulations are a joke. That's why the California Supreme Court told her how to interpret her own regulations.

It's surprising that she's quoted in the Sac Bee article as calling these regulations "confusing and conflicting" It's sad that she wasn't quoted saying this: "the courts have spoken, and my agency will vigorously enforce against anyone who violates these laws. Those who obey the law have nothing to worry about; those who do-we're coming."

She wants a second forum in Northridge; you gotta be kidding me. I hope she's not some typical lawyer that just dances around the topic and does nothing...Miles wouldn't do that.