Prop. 28 Only a Band-Aid for Term Limit Woes
When Prop. 140, the original term limits initiative, passed in 1990, supporters vowed that it would create more competitive elections, banish career politicians from Sacramento and “remove the grip that vested interests have on the Legislature.” How’s that worked out so far? Prop. 28 on Tuesday’s ballot makes some commonsense changes to the 22-year-old term […]
Cancel This Election!
The presidential nominating process is over. The numbers of people turning in their mail ballots are way down. The propositions are pretty much meaningless. And the main attraction is a primary election that doesn’t have party primaries, which is sort of like an ice cream social without ice cream. Welcome to the utterly pointless June […]
The Republicans (and Democrats) War on Nathan Fletcher
I love working on domestic policy issues and solving problems. I do not consider myself either a liberal RINO (Republican in name only) or an ultra-right conservative. I hate labels but if I had to own one, I’d say that I am a Ronald Reagan Republican and that I believe that someone I agree with […]
DeMaio: The Future of San Diego
Carl DeMaio is the real thing. In an age of political defeatism and angst, Carl DeMaio earned San Diego citizens trust when they elected him to the city council. With a platform of fiscal reform, DeMaio offered honest and real solutions to San Diego’s financial melt-down. DeMaio’s ideas and approach as he runs for Mayor […]
May Job Numbers Suggest More Economic Woes
Last Friday, markets were staggered by really lousy May job numbers – the worst in a year. Only 69,000 new jobs were added for May, the third month in a row of down numbers for this critical economic statistic, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2% boding not well at all for Obama’s re-election […]