Brown Shows He’s Willing to Offend Everyone
If Jerry Brown is thinking about running for re-election in 2014, it’s a good thing the campaign didn’t start this summer. For weeks, the governor
John Wildermuth
August 6, 2012
Redevelopment Money Leaves, But Problems Remain
There really is no such thing as a free lunch, as California continues to prove. When Gov. Jerry Brown won his battle to shut down
John Wildermuth
July 27, 2012
Union Woes Can Be Good News for Brown
Paying attention to July polls for November ballot propositions is a bit like betting on pre-season NFL games: just because you can doesn’t mean you
John Wildermuth
July 20, 2012
Legislators Make the Right Vote for High-Speed Rail
If legislators are paid to make the hard decisions, they earned their money last Friday. At a time when most politicians’ long-term view extends no
John Wildermuth
July 9, 2012
If Politics is Local, Pete Stark’s in Trouble
If Tip O’Neill’s old adage that “All politics is local” holds up in November, Fremont Rep. Pete Stark could find himself abruptly retired after 40
John Wildermuth
July 6, 2012
Jerry Brown: The Last GOP Legislator?
Sometimes it seems like Jerry Brown is the only Republican legislator left in Sacramento. Sure, there are still plenty of Republicans. You can tell by
John Wildermuth
June 29, 2012
The Supreme Court and Me
There it is, right in the middle of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s just-released opinion in Knox et al v. Service Employees International Union, Local
John Wildermuth
June 22, 2012
Primary Election Shows Reform is on the Move
You know, I kinda liked “John Carter.” And if we’re handing out grades for Tuesday’s election, I’d give it at worst a gentleman’s “C.” Joe
John Wildermuth
June 14, 2012
Mail Ballots Are Shortening Election Nights
Thanks to the rapidly rising number of vote-by-mail ballots, California’s political animals will be getting to bed a lot earlier on election nights. That doesn’t
John Wildermuth
June 11, 2012