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Back to homepageGerrymandering Muted CA Tea Party
NOV. 4, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The Tea Party movement couldn’t overcome the mathematics of political gerrymandering on Election Day Nov. 2 in California. All that the some 240 groups of the Tea Party movement in California had to show
Read MoreAAA Double Wrong on Propositions
John Seiler: Today I got in the mail the Automobile Club of Southern California’s ballot recommendations, limited to four of them. I’ve belonged to AAA for 25 years, and have gotten their insurance for 23. CEO Thomas V. McKernan writes:
Read MoreDoes the CA Election Really Matter?
OCT. 21, 2010 By JOHN SEILER On Nov. 2 Californians face the most important election in decades, deciding the governorship, a U.S. Senate seat that could tip the Senate into the Republican camp, legislative and local races and several crucial
Read MoreRecall Gov. Jerry Brown
John Seiler: Let me be the first to say it: Recall Gov. Jerry Brown. As I’ve been predicting since last spring, our next governor will be Jerry Brown. Meg’s campaign was incompetent. She’s an amateur. As are the Schwarzenegger, Pete
Read MoreDer Arnold's "environmentalism" pose
John Seiler: Oct. 7, 2010 The key to understanding Der Arnold is that everything is a pose. From posing his steroid-pumped muscles before “bodybuilding” competitions to posing before a camera for an “action” movie to posing as a governor. Pose…pose…pose.
Read MoreTaxation Without Representation?
SEPT. 22, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO If you’re a politician, pundit or just political junkie, chances are redistricting is on your mind. There are two measures on this year’s ballot dealing with redistricting – Proposition 20, which would create a
Read MoreBerkeley's anti-Prop 23 Report
Katy Grimes: U.C. Berkeley produced its own study on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions in California. It quite interestingly states, “In the United States, California is second only to Texas in total greenhouse gas emissions.” What a clever attempt
Read MoreArnold's seven wasted years
SEPT. 7, 2010 By JOHN SEILER With Labor Day marking the traditional beginning of the campaign season, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s seven years as governor of California essentially are behind us. He will still have influence on the fiscal 2010-10 state
Read MoreDo high taxes cost state jobs?
AUGUST 30, 2010 By JOHN SEILER It’s become a commonplace among many Republicans, conservatives and libertarians that California’s high-tax climate kills jobs. The jobs are either destroyed, driven to other states, or not created here in the first place. A
Read MoreLAUSD spends $30K per student
AUGUST 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The research by Adam Schaeffer of the Cato Institute’s Center for Education Freedom seemed shocking: The Los Angeles Unified School District spent $29,780 per student in fiscal year 2007-08. That’s way above the $10,000
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