Imagine There’s No (Republican) Party…
With the latest entrant into California’s Secretary of State campaign comes this irony: I’m not the best-known Republican in the race, but I am the only Republican. When I asked Dan Schnur’s advice about my run for Secretary of State last April, he asked me why I was running. My answer was simple: with my […]
Jerry Brown: Earl Warren Redux?
The gubernatorial candidate many Republicans might think is the safest bet in the November election just may be Jerry Brown. Wait a minute, I hear you cry. Brown is a Democrat. Understood, however, consider the reality of California’s current political scene. Brown’s philosophy expressed in the newly released budget seems to get a greater nod […]
My Secret, Diabolical, Perfectly Legal Plan to Block the 2014 Initiative Fest
California seems heady for a big, long, messy November ballot full of statewide initiatives and other ballot measures. Among the possible ballot occupiers are an Indian gaming referendum and measures on cigarette tax hikes, oil severance taxes, vehicle license fee hikes, a 12,000-person legislature, a water bond, pension reform, teacher tenure, marijuana, abortion, and the […]
A Good Start for 2014
I often find that when I set pen to paper to write these weekly communications, it’s to scold one level of government or another for creating another new regulation that makes it harder or more expensive for businesses to create jobs and grow the economy. Imagine my joy when my first The Business Perspective of 2014 is […]