Stu Spencer: Independent Expenditure Committees are Destroying the Political Process
Stu Spencer knows a thing or two about political campaigns. His firm, Spencer-Roberts, managed 400 campaigns over the years and he successfully managed Ronald Reagan’s quest for governor of California and president of the United States. Spencer believes that, “Independent committees are destroying the process.” Since Independent Expenditure committees can’t communicate with the candidate the […]
Black Bart Award Nominee — Jerry Brown is Riding High
Yes, there were many other candidates for the 2014 Black Bart award. John Chiang won a new office and improved his chances in future Democratic contests. Peter Lee helped Covered California advance (and got a lot of good press along the way). The state’s many water agencies and districts convinced Californians to take water conservation […]
Faster, Faster, Smarter, Smarter: The Internet Job Placement Sites Speed Into 2015
The world of the internet job placement sites continues to grow rapidly in 2014. With so many job placement sites, which is the right one for a job seeker in California to use? To get perspective we might turn to Matt Hendrickson, CEO of Ascendify (www.ascendify.com), and one of California’s leading internet entrepreneurs in job […]
California Business Needs To Go Small Or Go Home
Here’s the bitter reality for business in much of California: there’s no cavalry riding to rescue you from the state’s regulatory and tax vise. The voters in California have spoken, and with a definitive, distinctive twist, turned against any suggestion of reform and confirmed the continued domination of the state by public employee unions, environmental […]