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Jerry Brown loses it on ‘Face the Nation’
May 2, 2012 By John Seiler If you want to see why California is in such a mess, make sure to watch the video of Gov. Jerry Brown’s appearance on “Face the Nation.” CBS doesn’t allow embedding, but you can watch
Read MoreProp. 25 never promised accountability
April 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes California voters were duped by Democratic politicians, and they will probably do it again. Proposition 25, the “no budget, no pay” measure, was the creation of über liberal former state Sen. John Burton. Prop
Read MoreFPPC chair backs away from mandatory disclosure of blogger payments
April 30, 2012 By John Hrabe Following widespread criticism from online pundits and free speech advocates, California’s political watchdog is backing away from a plan to require news websites and bloggers to disclose payments received from campaigns and political committees.
Read MoreProposition 29: Why should voters care?
April 25, 2012 by Katy Grimes There are examples of waste, fraud and abuse in nearly every corner of government. With the election season upon us, voters need to pay special attention to what is on the ballot. California’s ballot
Read MoreCalifornia’s zany voters
April 23, 2012 By Brian Calle Disillusionment with the two dominant political parties in California should come as no surprise given the economic malaise, massive regulatory bureaucracy and climbing unemployment numbers plaguing the state. “Decline to state” voters now make
Read MoreJarvis Taxpayer Group Snubs Spitzer
Steven Greenhut: Despite the Orange County Republican establishment’s backing of pension-spiking union ally Todd Spitzer for the board of supervisors, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has endorsed Spitzer’s long-shot opponent, Deborah Pauly. The Jarvis association even returned a $1,000 donation
Read MoreTodd Spitzer on the Road to Damascus
April 14, 2012 By Steven Greenhut If a politician has based his career on advocating a set of policies, and has always been aligned with a group of special interests, only a fool would believe that he has suddenly seen
Read MoreFletcher: Unprincipled and Unconvincing
Steven Greenhut: A new poll shows that Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher has surged in his race to become San Diego’s next mayor after he dropped his Republican affiliation and became an independent, which just shows how little attention San Diego voters
Read MoreDo ‘strong men’ vote conservative?
April 12, 2012 By John Seiler According to the Telegraph, a Brit paper, a survey shows that “strong men” vote conservative. Such men… “tend to build up their upper body strength and become subconsciously obsessed with their fighting ability, they
Read MoreSan Fran hunts down zombie candidates
April 5, 2012 By Dave Roberts Zombies staggered around San Francisco during its 2011 election, feeding on unsuspecting taxpayers. These “zombie candidates” for mayor received millions of dollars in public funds for their campaigns, even though their chances of winning
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