When Prop. 140, the original term limits initiative, passed in 1990, supporters vowed that it would create more competitive elections, banish career politicians from Sacramento
It’s bad enough that political types think that voters are stupid. It’s worse that they depend upon it. Take that omnipresent TV spot opposing Prop.
While there are plenty of huge numbers flying around in the California’s latest budget debate, the most important figure is a lot smaller: 29. That’s
To channel Jerry Brown, “En ira veritas.” For those who lack the governor’s Jesuit education, that means, more or less, “In anger, there is truth.”
There are some ballot measures where you need more than the usual two choices. Take Prop. 29 on the June ballot, for example. That’s the
An Assembly committee saved California from some national embarrassment last week when they reminded a grandstanding legislator that, yes, 18-year-olds really are adults in this
Why does the Legislative Analyst’s Office hate the Central Valley? If you read Mac Taylor’s latest screed against the proposed high-speed rail system, you’d think
Republican Chris Dudley, who barely lost the 2010 Oregon governor’s race, is packing up to leave the state – and likely politics – and there’s
The anti-tax folks are back in their “woe is us” mode, complaining loudly that the state and its minions (i.e., Democrats, labor unions and poor