Archive for November, 2007
CNN and the Hillary Plant
The CNN-Youtube.com debate Wednesday night reminded me a bit of a debate held by KNBC-TV in 2005 with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during his special election campaign. In our debate several memebers of the audience pointedly went after the Governor.. one actually trying to shout him down. Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and CTA President Barbara Kerr [...]
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Rep. Joe Baca (D-San Bernardino) may be inadvertently handing over a potent issue to the GOP this fall.According to Congressional Quarterly the Inland Empire Democrat and Chairman of the House Hispanic Caucus has stopped Democrats in the House from diffusing a simmering debate over English language requirements in the workplace.
Here’s the background: The Framingham, Massachusetts [...]
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Don’t expect much of a debate tomorrow on the LA County Board of Supervisor’s newest campaign to combat homelessness. It appears the measure that was chronicled in the Los Angeles Times today will end up on the consent calender.
The idea is called “Project 50″ and it stems from a forum on the homeless [...]
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Feinstein’s party trouble
Perhaps the most remarkable election of all last year was Dianne Feinstein’s race for a third term in the United States Senate. Remarkable because the race was pro-forma. The GOP put up a candidate because it would be simply too embarrassing to leave a blank spot on the ballot. Everyone expected her to win re-election [...]
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Also appearing Sunday morning is Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill who has some bad news. Hill says that due to the downturn in the housing sector the state is headed for a multi-billion dollar deficit. Yes that means the state once again will be swimming in red ink.Hill’s advice to lawmakers? Cut spending and maybe raise [...]
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Californians love the idea that their politicians in Sacramento aren’t able to make a career out of public office. Term limits for state Assembly members and Senators have always received overwhelming support from voters in most opinion polls. Now a new study is out that confirms the benefits of term limits.. but also raises some [...]
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