Rainy Day Fund/Spending Limit Supported in Poll
On Friday in this space, I reported on a poll sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the Small Business Action Committee that by a 3 to 1 margin voters wanted Governor Jerry Brown to veto a last minute bill passed by the legislature to move all initiatives to November ballots as well as […]
If You’re Developing An Initiative Idea for 2012, Forget It
It’s late September, and Californians across the political spectrum, from the labor left to the good government center to the Tea Party right, are still cooking up ideas for initiatives for the November 2012 ballot. Here’s some good, if unsolicited advice: they should knock it off. Because when it comes to 2012, it’s already too […]
Dumb Sciences Breed Dumb Policy with the Media’s Help
The dumbing down of politics moves full speed ahead as legitimate science is thrown off the bus in favor of junk studies and reports designed to shore up ideological arguments and score political points. The media is complicit as they give outsized coverage to slapdash studies that fuel controversy, while virtually ignoring rigorous science that […]
Non-Profit Group Profits From Law
Cross-posted at CalWatchdog. Non-profit ConsumerWatchdog.org has launched television attack ads against Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-Los Angeles, claiming he has been a roadblock to health insurance regulations because of a conflict of interest. Using a video clip from a recent Senate Health Committee hearing, Consumer Watchdog is running the ads in Hernandez’s district after it discovered that […]