No Guts in Sacramento to End “Gut and Amend”
“Stop me before I cave again.” That seems to be the rationale of California legislators who have no intention of ending the sneaky, sordid practice of “gut and amend,” where a bill is introduced on one subject and then months later has its original language stripped out and magically becomes a bill on something else […]
G8 in CA, The Scorecard, Part 1
The Gang of Eight Immigration Reform (G8) bill is in full-throated national debate. Breitbart trumpets, “The Wheels Are Coming Off the Bill” while shrieking about “Marco-Phones.” Mark Levin is thumbs down after interviewing Marco Rubio. Ann Coulter calls Rubio a “liar.” Sessions shouts at Schumer in a hearing. Ted Cruz, taking on Rubio mano a […]
High Speed Rail’s Collision Course: Part One, Funding, Costs and Benefits
This is not exactly a response to David Salaverry’s three part Fox & Hound’s series on California high speed rail (HSR), it is hard to respond to someone who argues three sides of an issue. Salaverry emphasized the “political” aspects of the issue in all three of his contributions. My comments will be more focused […]
Two More Legislators ID’d Who Went on Lobbyist-organized Cuba Junket
Two more state legislators that participated in a spring break trip to Cuba with an influential Sacramento lobbyist have been identified. Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and Assembly member Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, have confirmed through their offices that they spent the spring holiday out of the country with registered lobbyist Darius Anderson. […]