Opinion: Veterans Program Curbs State Health Spending

State lawmakers should reconsider proposed cuts to the County Veterans Services Officers program, Assembly member Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) and veterans advocate Pete Conaty write in a Capitol Weekly opinion piece. They add that CVSO is "a little known but highly successful program that pumps hundreds of millions of dollars into our economy each year, helps generates tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue and saves the state millions more in health and social service spending."

• "Opinion: Helping Veterans: Lawmakers Leave Federal Dollars on the Table" (Conaty/Cook, Capitol Weekly, 8/5).