Schwarzenegger Reappointment of Rachelle Chong to California Public Utilities Commission Comes Under Stinging Attack from Consumer Groups

The consumer advocates groups never mentioned Commissioner Chong's consumer phone website www.calphoneinfo.com. She designed the website to give consumers an information resource. It would be good to hear from the media about the positive actions in which Ms. Chong has been involved. It would also be good if the consumer groups got all their facts straight. Read this: "Given that a CPUC member is often on his or her best behavior until Senate confirmation is obtained, TURN shudders to think what the next five years might hold were Commissioner Chong to be confirmed." I'd like to know how she can serve another five years, when her term ends December 31st, 2008---that's two years away, not five.

In conclusion, the consumer advocate groups want a perfect person, and it won't happen. Consumer protection is not black and white, but maybe it should be. Ms. Chong will take action to protect the consumer. And let's not forget that the consumers must empower themselves, take action to protect themselves, take the time to read the fine print, and if they don't like what they see, they don't have to sign any contract. It is their choice.

When regulatory officials begin to act like politicians, the consumer is left without a public servant to serve them. Commissioner Chong seems to favor big business over consumer rights because she has placed the onus of reading the fine print on individual consumers when she replaced the Consumer Bill Of Rights with the Consumer Protection Initiative. While I strongly believe in a "buyer beware" economy, the reason why we have regulatory commissions in the first place is to give people who receive a public service, a chance to worry more about their own lives and less about being ripped-off by giant companies.

I agree. For someone who claims to be so against
"special interests", arnold sure seems to have the
big business like texas utils in his back pocket.
Where's his funding from again? Who does he affiliate with? Snake in the grass.

I want Larry Chong appointed!

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we work for at&t phone company. when the employees are put on disability by their doctor, the att clerk denies the disability and forces employee back to work. It does not matter what type of disability, all disabilities are not approved.

all employees with disabilities cases are made to return to work or loss their credited service with the company. credited services are years the employee has with the company. Example: employee was put on disability by doctor. doctor states that employee can go back to work on (example) nov. 30, 20xx an att company clerk" tells employee to return to work on oct. 30, 20xx.

a&t give the employee the following choices:

1. if at&T do not hear from employee, it would be considered a job abandonment

2. at7t will not pay emplyee after oct. 30, 20xx.

3. employee can take vacation(s)

4. employee credited service will stop until employee returns. example of net credited service is if employee has 10 years on oct, 30, 20xx, the "big company" will not give you 10 years and one day until you return to work. In other words, "time" stops on oct. 30, 20xx at 10 years. when employee returns to work, employee will get 10 years and one day, etc.

5. 100% of the time the employees are not "healed". Additional absences are taken by employees because of their illness/disabilities. ATT/SBC have suspended employees without pay for being ill and not coming to work.

the same disability cases were approved by "california disability dept".

class action suit was filed in southern california in year 2004, 2005, or 2006 under sbc phone company

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want to remain anony. because at&t mgmt acts fast. when employee contacts someone, it is too late because "it" has been done. money damages/jobs are always settled in the future and employee needs money/job today

Issue #1:
911 people are being trained 5 days by management reading to them. test is given that takes a week. whether or not you pass it, employee gets 911 office.

when work comes in, employee is not qualified to do the work and there is not enough 911 one qualified tech.

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