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John Seiler: The California primary’s late date, in June, usually makes it irrelevant. By then, one candidate usually has come to the fore of the Democratic or Republican parties. Yet California commentators still salivate over actually having something worthy to report. Writes
Read MoreTax Polls Irrelevant Now
John Seiler: Joel Fox makes some good points about the recent PPIC poll on tax increases. Supposedly the poll showed big margins of folks backing tax increases. But Fox pointed out that the recent Republican poll numbers in the primary
Read MoreGreenhut Dissects State of the Union
John Seiler: Writing on Bloomberg, our colleague Steven Greenhut dissected President Obama’s State of the Union speech. You can read the whole thing there. But here’s the part on California: —————————————— Steven Greenhut: He called for a new era of
Read MoreDA Slams Spitzer’s ‘Misuse’ Of Title
Steven Greenhut: The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has sent former Assemblyman Todd Spitzer a scathing letter demanding that he correct a press release he sent out claiming to be assistant district attorney. Spitzer is running for Orange County supervisor.
Read MoreCourts Undermine State’s Initiative System
Jan. 20, 2012 I voted against Proposition 215, the so-called Compassionate Use Act, which legalized marijuana use here in the nation’s largest pot-growing state for — wink, wink, nod, nod — “medicinal purposes.” That’s why it is rather ironic that
Read MoreElmer Fudd Translates Jerry’s Speech
John Seiler: To help us better understand, here’s Elmer Fudd translating Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State speech for us: As weqwiwed by the state constitution, I am wepowting to you this mowning on the condition of ouw state.
Read MoreCA GOP Going to Elephant Graveyard?
JAN. 17, 2012 Many in the media say that Republicans are rapidly becoming irrelevant in California, and will become nothing more than an afterthought after the next election. Even a Capitol press club, made up of declining “old media” newspaper,
Read MoreBallot-Box Budgeting Scheme
Katy Grimes: The latest proposed state budget demonstrates exactly why California doesn’t need the new spending scheme that will appear on the ballot this June. The budget released by the Governor last week projects that despite billions in cuts to
Read MoreKamala Harris’ Misuse of Power
Steven Greenhut: I know it’s naive, but state attorney generals are supposed to provide fair ballot summaries for proposed initiatives, but in recent years AGs use their power to destroy initiatives they don’t like by describing them improperly and even
Read MoreDogfight Over New 26th House District
JAN. 8, 2012 By JOHN HRABE California’s 2012 redistricting already is shaking up state and even federal politics. The candidates’ dogfight for the new 26th congressional district could determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the U.S. House of Representatives
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