Low Voter Turnouts: Voter Apathy or Voter Disgust?
The California Target Book, which I publish, just mailed out to subscribers its updated analyses of the key congressional and state legislative races in California this year. What stands out is that even in the most competitive races, the overwhelming majority of voters decided to not vote. Early this year, Congressman Henry Waxman announced that he would […]
Bag Ban Worse Than an Inconvenience; Massive Hidden Tax Increase Stays in Grocery Stores’ Pockets
New information reveals that the “plastic island the size of Texas” in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would be better described with an imaginary place name to describe its size, (say “Middle Earth Sized”). This is because recently when researchers went to go find this mythical plastic place so often cited as the reason […]
Fast Tracking $3 million for Border Crossing Unaccompanied Minors is Irresponsible
Any and all costs associated with Illegal immigration are a federal responsibility. The state has already failed to reimburse local jurisdictions for unfunded mandates. The legislature should be pressing our federal representatives to reimburse for ALL costs associated with their failed immigration laws. The reckless policy of providing legal representation to unaccompanied illegal alien minors who […]
AG Blocks Real Initiative Reform
Just last month, this column noted that the professional political class harbors great hostility toward the tools of direct democracy — the powers of initiative, referendum and recall. These are effective tools to control an indolent or corrupt legislature. From the perspective of politicians, direct democracy allows the great unwashed and unsophisticated to deal with […]