A “Little Shop of Horrors” Legislature?
Elements of the hit 80s musical Little Shop of Horrors might serve as a parable for the way California governance is shaping up for the new year. With all the demands for new programs and more taxes can’t you hear an echo of the Shop’s devouring plant in the quest for an enlarged government: Feed […]
A Small Victory, By Omission, in November’s Election Results
Amid all the reports about winners in the November 2018 elections, one small but important victor has been omitted: the constitution of the state of California. The nature of the victory? The constitution didn’t get any worse. And that’s a victory because, in most elections for the past 40 years, the state constitution got worse, […]
The Second Coming of Nancy Pelosi
As we celebrate the new year—if that is an apt description— the non-stop spate of ugly news emanating from Washington is sure to dampen spirits. I would suggest that the biggest story going into 2019—though not quite equal to the non-stop revelations of crimes that may have been committed by this Administration—is the re-ascendancy of […]
Rebuked Repeatedly by the Supreme Court, Brown Sues to Prevent Voters from Following Suit
Governor Brown, having been rebuked multiple times last month by the California Supreme Court for “abuse of power” in issuing pardons and commutations, has now resorted to a lawsuit aiming to prevent voters from enacting common sense fixes to his badly flawed Proposition 57.