Affirmative Action Blows Up
Assembly Speaker John Perez killed the Senate bill restoring affirmative action on Monday after howls of outrage from Asian Americans when they realized the bill imposed a quota system on how many of their children could go to public colleges and universities. Perhaps the Speaker’s next move should be to require courses in California history […]
Attention: Media. Here’s One Way to Do Dan Schnur A Solid
Media favorite Dan Schnur, candidate for California Secretary of State, has a political problem. He’s not a registered member of any political party. And such independent candidates have a hard time winning – because voters who are members of parties are much more likely to vote than voters who, like Dan, are unaffiliated. That problem […]
The Wrong Way To Elect A Speaker
Yesterday San Diego Assemblywoman Toni Atkins was formally elected to be Speaker of the Assembly. She will assume her office later this year, succeeding current Speaker John Perez. Ideologically there is hardly a lick of difference between these two liberal Democrats, though many have shared with me privately that Atkins style of doing business may […]
Today’s Job Decisions: There’s a Fine Fine Line
In the musical Avenue Q, Kate Monster (Julie Atherton, below) sings about the “fine fine line” that characterizes many social relationships: between “reality and pretend”, between “you’re wonderful, and goodbye”, and most of all between “love, and a waste of your time.” So in the job market similar fine, fine lines exist in hiring, in […]
Top-Two Changes the Game for Write-In Candidates
While we wait for the carrier pigeons from 58 counties to carry nomination papers to the Secretary of State today for the assembling of an official list by March 27, we know that several legislative and congressional candidates are running unopposed on June 3. This appears to include the entire Assembly delegation in San Diego […]