Proposition 71 Has Created a Monster

AP reports that first amendment groups are furious over tight secrecy concerning how $3 billion in tax dollars will be spent. ContraCostaTimes reports on "growing" complaints that the stem cell legislation offers too many opportunities to use stem cell money in California to make institutions rich. And it is certainly true that the stakeholders are running the show: "Many of the 29 board members, appointed by the governor and other elected officials to run the agency, represent research universities and the biotech industry, both of which are expected to win millions of dollars worth of grants."