California Public Utilities Commission fired director who exposed missing $200M

Post by dang » Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 5:12 PM UTC

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> You read the GP’s comment through the concept of a ‘core’ argument, which excludes some parts of what the GP said as simply examples. I think the parent reasonably doesn’t use that concept, and sees more than one argument being made. This discussion would have gone much smoother if you'd just gone with this argument rather than jumping straight to gaslighting.

I was responding to some plain old bulverism/gaslighting. It’s toxic, and I’d prefer that we don’t ‘smoothly’ gloss over that. If you hadn’t led with “I think you have missed the point, the GP’s argument wasn’t...”, it would have gone a lot smoother. The rest of what you said stood entirely without them. Can you say what value those phrases added other than to just undermine the person you were responding to as a way…

Post by comte » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 12:16 PM UTC

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She uncovers incompetence and gets fired. The article makes no allegations that she stepped on Newsom's toes, but it sure seems like it. She deserves a medal, not to be fired. The article doesn't say who hired her in the first place, just: > Stebbins was hired as the agency’s executive director in February 2018 to bring fresh scrutiny to its finances and operations. Who hired her? Also: > “I find this outrageous!” Ba…

Is there a whistleblower's playbook? Case studies and legal stuff. Imagine some day I decide to expose something. What steps should I take? How should I proceed? What's the calculus for deciding? I imagine it'd resemble spy craft. Also, I'd like some philanthropic group to become a resource for whistleblowers. Pretty much like outreach programs for victims of domestic violence. Anonymous, no strings, coaching. Plus a…

Post by kuzimoto » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 3:49 AM UTC

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> Can you explain to me what you think is happening in your Telegraph link? Smokers and obese people are being prevented from receiving surgeries that are not deemed "essential" unless they stop smoking for 8 weeks or loose weight, respectively. > In particular, why you think this is "the NHS" and not some specific services in one part of the country Maybe this question isn't to be taken literally, but multiple artic…

When you say "The NHS" people think it's a national thing. The discussion in your article isn't a measure being talked about by the NHS, it's a thing being talked about one clinical commissioning group. There are about 135 CCGs in England. Vale of York CCG covers a population of about 360,000 people. (Out of a total of 60 million in the UK). > If you cannot afford private insurance, you will only have NHS. Yes, that'…