Matt PattersonIf one of the FBI’s priorities is still to “combat public corruption at all levels,” then it may want to look into California’s labor board. Meanwhile, Board positions are little more than plumb appointments that Brown — the once and current Governor — can award to his cronies and friends. — Hall has been nominated to a seat on the ALRB where he will adjudicate disputes between growers and...the UFW. Hall, who has zero expertise in agriculture and has no background in labor law, will now exercise great power over those spheres and collect a cool $142,000 per year from California taxpayers. Hall has marched with the UFW and publicly embraced UFW president Arturo Rodriguez.

Source: Forbes March 26, 2017 19:41 UTC