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The SacBee reports that Tough On Crime types are trotting out the same symbols that Lee Atwater used in 1988 to sink a Democratic Presidential candidate.
Willie Horton's shadow haunts the Capitol...
One thing that ought to be eliminated at a constitutional convention is the line-item veto. It was ruled unconstitutional for the federal government in the 1990s as giving the executive branch too much power. Unfortunately many state line-item vetoes...
I've been away from the internet for a few days. Precisely, I've been camping in one of our beautiful state parks near Mendocino. For all of our sakes, I sincerely hope that these facilities are...
As Brian noted, in the full list of the Governor's slash and burn budget, the offshore drilling proposal in Tranquillon Ridge off the Santa Barbara coast remains. After a key environmental group backed away from the plan, which originally w...
Last week, Julio Ramirez, an investment banker and former politico in the LA area (he managed Richard Riordan's successful LA Mayor campaign), turned himself in to New York Attorney General Andrew...
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Now, for some links.
? Capitol Weekly has a profile of Chris Norby, the leading vote getter in the...
Darrell Steinberg may no longer want a 2/3 majority, but Central Coast Democrats do, and we're already starting to get organized for the coming battle to win SD-15. So too are the potential candidates, as the Santa Cruz Sentinel explains:
Former state...
In the past year, we've gone from crisis to crisis to crisis. Never really producing a clear picture for the general public of the direction of the state. Truth be told, most of the people who are running the show in Sacramento are being tossed by...
? The battle between SEIU and NUHW comes to the CDP. John Burton doesn't normally take too well to threats.
? CalBuzz has it on good authority that Mike Murphy will be joining the Meg Whitman "gravy train". Murphy has done work for Arnold, McCain, and...
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, back in July:
The 2/3 requirement that we have in this state. I know it's a tired old saw. But when you really think about, that is the cause of so much of the dysfunction in the legislature. you have a...
