THE FOUNDER: Douglas HolbrookCertain individuals just naturally possess a high sensitivity and deep commitment to the public interest. Douglas Holbrook just happens to be one of those types.
A criminal defense and litigation attorney with "Legal Assistance" *, he has been a member of the State Bar of California since 1980. He is a former member of the "California Attorney General's Task Force on Consumer Protection" and the "San Diego Crime Commission". He is also a former faculty member in the Departments of Political Science and Business Law at numerous universities and colleges, including "San Diego State University" and "University of San Diego" and served on the Faculty Senate of the "San Diego Community Colleges". Currently working on a book entitled "Re-examining the American Experiment", he was previously featured on "Radio America" as an on-air host of the nationally syndicated program, "Perspectives", and locally, as host of the weekly legal advice talk-show, "Legally Speaking". Listed in "Who's Who in California" and "Who's Who in American Law", he has always sought to approach problems in a common sense manner, envisioning solutions on a level that embraces both the conceptual and the practical.
If asked to list some of the core issues that need to be addressed to bring about a system that is essentially more clean, lean, and green, he would likely include:
* Opening-up and Cleaning-up Government: "Every public official must avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest....which would include the abstention from voting on any matter that might affect someone from whom they received a financial contribution."
* Completely Balancing the Budget: "There is no reason for our government entities not to figure out how to run their operations more like businesses in the private sector."
* Enhancing our Quality of Life: "When, in a spirit of budget cutting, the wrong programs get cut, you might not see the consequences immediately...but you will eventually."
* Promoting a Cooperative Spirit: "It is essential that we seek an increasingly cooperative atmosphere, not only between government entities on the Federal, State, and Local levels, but also between the public and private sectors and within those private sectors."
