Perea Resignation Makes the Case for Party Lists
In California, legislators dream of being lobbyists when they grow up. And who can blame them? They can make more money in government relations jobs than in government. The resignation of Democrat Henry Perea is just the latest example of the dynamic. The trouble with such resignations is the void that’s left. A district can […]
Transportation Funding Bill Signed – Good News Or Slightly Less Good News?
“There’s good news and slightly less good news.” – Joanne Harris, The Gospel of Loki After years of angst and relying on patch-work, short term extensions instead of coming up with the long range funding desperately needed for infrastructure improvements to our highways and transportation systems, Congress recently passed and President Obama just signed the Fixing […]
A Refugee Story of Yesterday and Today
In a feat of deft literary juggling, former Sacramento Bee editorial editor Peter Schrag has written a memoir with his father about their escape from Europe during the early years of World War II. The literary juggling comes into play because Schrag’s father, Otto, passed away in 1971. However, he left behind a manuscript of […]
This Week The Labor Dept. Unveils The Future Of Work
This Thursday, December 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is hosting a forum on the “Future of Work”. It is widely promoting this forum as an all-day session bringing together business leaders, academics, workers and advocates to identify the “remarkable technological, economic and cultural changes” of recent years and their “profound impact throughout the […]