Author: Pete Peterson

For those of us interested in improving civic engagement here in California, the latest news from the state auditor that the Secretary of State has

I know Sacramento is located geographically in California, but there are days when it acts so contrary to what is happening around it, that it

Over the last six years (the first three heading up the bi-partisan non-profit Common Sense CA and the last three as head of the Davenport

With their developing super-majority, Assembly Democrats have turned their attention (once again) to something they’re calling “initiative reform” and more than a few people—on both

In the intriguing December article, “Election Officials Defend their Partisan Status,” in the left-leaning American Prospect, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen defended Party affiliations

In a rather disturbing essay on the left-leaning website Slate—disturbing, at least for those of us supporting greater public sector transparency on issues ranging from

Crossposted on The American Magazine At first blush, the headline on the Government Executive website seems unsurprising: “Poll: Obama leads Romney among government workers.” The

When we last left our intrepid transparency trailblazers at the City of Palo Alto (PA), they had just launched one of the nation’s most comprehensive

Dateline Portland where I’m here to observe Oregon’s Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) process. As Joe Mathews noted in these pages a couple weeks ago after seeing