Politics and Elections
Back to homepageWill initiative spur sewage spill?
MAY 25, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Cities all over California are attempting to “increase revenue” to make up massive budget deficits. “Revenue increase” is government code language for tax increases. But residents in some cities are doing something to prevent
Read MoreSteinberg the Philosopher
Turns out that Senator Darrell Steinberg isn’t just a Democrat, legislator from the Sacramento area or President Pro Tem of the California Senate. He’s also a philosopher right up there with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Baruch Spinoza and Winnie the
Read MoreCarly slimes Chuck
Although close campaigns get nasty at the end, I can’t think of a candidate who ever attacked an opponent’s actual military standing. But that’s what Carly Fiorina has done to Chuck DeVore. DeVore lists on the ballot his occupation as
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Tea Party time in California?
MAY 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Normally a trendsetter, California might be a laggard in following the political revolutions back east. On Tuesday, the Establishment of both parties took a beating from voters upset at the most dysfunctional government most
Read MoreGlobal warming war heats up
MAY 17, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS If the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, more commonly known as AB32 for its Assembly bill number, gets put on hold by state voters this November, it may be due in part
Read MoreEstablishment Meg
I continue to be amused by the mistakes made by Meg Whitman’s amateurish campaign. She’s campaigning as an outsider, a “can do” business woman who hasn’t been corrupted by the political process. Yet she’s eager to boast of the endorsements
Read MoreDuvall still giving out money
MAY 11, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For reasons he didn’t really want to discuss, former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda still has about $72,000 in campaign money, according to the most recent reports on file with the California
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Meg's problem
I admit I’m jaded about political campaigns. I’ve been watching them closely since 1964, when I was nine and supported the great Barry Goldwater against the ogre LBJ, who lied his way into re-election with a cynical campaign, especially the
Read MoreCampbell and Kagan
Bad luck for Tom Campbell that Elena Kagan just was nominated to be on the U.S. Supreme Court. Campbell’s weakness in the GOP primary is the “social issues”: abortion, gun control, same-sex “marriage,” etc. Here’s an AP story on Kagan’s
Read MoreActivists taint redistricting?
The state auditor’s office, which is handling the selection process for the Citizens Redistricting Commission, has been sending emails to applicants encouraging them to attend various training workshops, some of which are sponsored by political activist groups such as California
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