inewsource http://inewsource.org Journalism for the common good Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:54:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Feds make $113 million claim against San Diego Hospice: “false claims” http://inewsource.org/feds-make-113-million-claim-against-san-diego-hospice-false-claims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-make-113-million-claim-against-san-diego-hospice-false-claims http://inewsource.org/feds-make-113-million-claim-against-san-diego-hospice-false-claims/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:54:47 +0000 Joanne Faryon http://inewsource.org/?p=5539 by Joanne Faryon/inewsource   In documents filed in ban [...]

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]]> http://inewsource.org/feds-make-113-million-claim-against-san-diego-hospice-false-claims/feed/ 0 Mello-Roos Law Allows Vote Of One To Decide On New Taxes http://inewsource.org/mello-roos-law-allows-vote-of-one-to-decide-on-new-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mello-roos-law-allows-vote-of-one-to-decide-on-new-taxes http://inewsource.org/mello-roos-law-allows-vote-of-one-to-decide-on-new-taxes/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:32 +0000 Joanne Faryon http://inewsource.org/?p=4961 There are currently 232 CFDs collecting taxes in San Diego County. inewsource was able to trace voting records to at least 120 of them. Of those, 113 had no registered voters when the request for voting information was made.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/mello-roos-law-allows-vote-of-one-to-decide-on-new-taxes/feed/ 0 VIDEO: Mello-Roos law allows sole voter to decide on new taxes http://inewsource.org/video-mello-roos-law-allows-sole-voter-to-decide-on-new-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-mello-roos-law-allows-sole-voter-to-decide-on-new-taxes http://inewsource.org/video-mello-roos-law-allows-sole-voter-to-decide-on-new-taxes/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:14:19 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=5488 Sometimes it’s a single landowner, or the landowner's agent, who casts the only vote. When residents eventually move into the neighborhood, the Mello-Roos tax is disclosed.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/video-mello-roos-law-allows-sole-voter-to-decide-on-new-taxes/feed/ 0 FTA looking into North County Transit District http://inewsource.org/fta-looking-into-north-county-transit-district/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fta-looking-into-north-county-transit-district http://inewsource.org/fta-looking-into-north-county-transit-district/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:30:27 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4479 The federal agency that grants transportation agencies money and oversees how that money is spent -- confirmed today it is now actively looking into NCTD.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/fta-looking-into-north-county-transit-district/feed/ 3 NCTD contract monitoring “inefficient and ineffective” http://inewsource.org/nctd-contract-monitoring-inefficient-and-ineffective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nctd-contract-monitoring-inefficient-and-ineffective http://inewsource.org/nctd-contract-monitoring-inefficient-and-ineffective/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:15 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4445 A look at NCTD's contract monitoring in light of a recent audit.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/nctd-contract-monitoring-inefficient-and-ineffective/feed/ 0 Who has responded? – NCTD’s Board of Directors http://inewsource.org/who-has-responded-nctds-board-of-directors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-has-responded-nctds-board-of-directors http://inewsource.org/who-has-responded-nctds-board-of-directors/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:04:39 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4432 A member-by-member list of which NCTD board members have responded to inewsource's requests for comments and interviews about the agency and its operations.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/who-has-responded-nctds-board-of-directors/feed/ 2 NCTD’s lack of federal and state compliance http://inewsource.org/nctds-lack-of-federal-and-state-compliance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nctds-lack-of-federal-and-state-compliance http://inewsource.org/nctds-lack-of-federal-and-state-compliance/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:30:18 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4382 A look at NCTD's history of federal and state compliance in light of a recent audit of the agency's contracts department.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/nctds-lack-of-federal-and-state-compliance/feed/ 0 inewsource partners on research project http://inewsource.org/inewsource-partners-on-research-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inewsource-partners-on-research-project http://inewsource.org/inewsource-partners-on-research-project/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:38:07 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4894 Please give us feedback on a new geo-location research project for journalism. You could win a $20 gift card!

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]]> http://inewsource.org/inewsource-partners-on-research-project/feed/ 0 NCTD is buried in paperwork http://inewsource.org/nctd-is-buried-in-paperwork/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nctd-is-buried-in-paperwork http://inewsource.org/nctd-is-buried-in-paperwork/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:30:04 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4330 Starting today, inewsource is detailing some of the most newsworthy deficiencies found in the SC&H audit published last September on NCTD.

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]]> http://inewsource.org/nctd-is-buried-in-paperwork/feed/ 1 Homeowners overcharged thousands in Mello-Roos taxes http://inewsource.org/homeowners-overcharged-thousands-in-mello-roos-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homeowners-overcharged-thousands-in-mello-roos-taxes http://inewsource.org/homeowners-overcharged-thousands-in-mello-roos-taxes/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:59:29 +0000 bradracino http://inewsource.org/?p=4760 The mistakes came to light after we made public an interactive Mello-Roos map -- a tool property owners can use to see what they pay in Mello-Roos taxes.

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