Brown’s Vetoes Are Check on Legislature
If there was ever any doubt that the governor’s veto power provides adult supervision for the Legislature, all you need to do is look at
John Wildermuth
October 4, 2012
Death Shouldn’t Be About Dollars and Cents
It’s just plain wrong that the argument over a man’s life is reduced to a question of dollars and cents. But that’s what the battle
John Wildermuth
October 1, 2012
New Poll Is More Bad News for State GOP
Joel Fox, the boss of this blog, had a post Thursday that used new PPIC and Field Polls to suggest that California is looking at
John Wildermuth
September 21, 2012
State Hunters Face a Future of Restriction
Patience is a sadly unappreciated virtue in politics. Just ask the folks involved in the current slow-motion effort to restrict hunting in California. Not ban
John Wildermuth
September 14, 2012
Compromise Can Be Smart Politics
When Bill Clinton was talking about the virtues of political compromise at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, it would be nice to think someone
John Wildermuth
September 7, 2012
Sausage Gets Made Today in Sacramento
If the good government types behind Proposition 31 want to get their sweeping reform initiative passed in November; they need to take a camera into
John Wildermuth
August 31, 2012
Legislators Lose Chance to Slip One By
The hasty plan to revise the state’s long-standing environmental quality law died a quick death in Sacramento Thursday and that’s good news for California. Not
John Wildermuth
August 24, 2012
California’s A Joke to the GOP
Bashing California is the game everyone can play, pundits included. But it’s apparently a lot more fun from the GOP side of the aisle. What
John Wildermuth
August 20, 2012
California Reform Plans Can’t Ignore Politics
It’s a lot easier to run California if you don’t actually have to run California. Just ask any of the think tanks mavens, good government
John Wildermuth
August 10, 2012