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Back to homepageLegislature bringing defeated Prop. 31 back to life
March 14, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi The voters spoke. Now the California Legislature is working to defy them. Proposition 31 was the only ballot initiative involving government reform that was defeated at the polls on Nov. 6, 2012. Now it’s
Read MoreProp. 31 would have ended California’s republic
Nov. 9, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi How could all of the following so-called impartial ballot guides miss a key controversial component of Proposition 31 that would have ended the original republican form of local government in California? * The California
Read MoreProp. 31 loses badly
Nov. 7, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Proposition 31 was wiped out by voters yesterday. The Government Performance and Accountability Act got just 39 percent of the votes, with 61 percent against. Part of the likely reason it lost big was
Read MoreRight and left attack Prop. 31 budget reform
Oct. 20, 2012 By Dave Roberts California’s governing process is broken. Just some of the maladies afflicting Sacramento: Perennial billion-dollar budget deficits. Endless tax hike demands. Hyper-partisan legislation and bickering. All-day and late-night sessions in which barely read gut-and-amend bills
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Katy Grimes dissects Prop. 31
Oct. 16, 2012 By Brian Calle CalWatchDog.com’s Capitol reporter, Katy Grimes, describes what’s really going on with Proposition 31, a budget initiative.
Read MoreProp. 31 should be an issue for left-wingers, too
Oct. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Tom Elias’ Oct. 2 column in the Redding Record Searchlight newspaper inferred Proposition 31 is only being opposed by some right-wing crackpots. Actually, Prop. 31 is far from only a rightwing issue. It should
Read MoreLibertarian ideology blinds Republicans on Prop. 31
Oct. 1, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When I recently spoke before an Orange County crowd of Republicans at a ballot forum as the “No on Proposition 31” speaker, I was not surprised to find opposition. One person offered the observation
Read MoreProp. 31 is a Trojan Horse for wealth redistribution
Sept. 27, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Recently I was invited to be the “No on Proposition 31” speaker at a local election forum, which I reported on here. My honorable conservative debate opponent expressed disbelief that Prop. 31 would end
Read MoreBeware Prop. 31: a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes With all of the focus on the November ballot initiatives to raise taxes, Proposition 31 seems to have quietly avoided heavy scrutiny in the main stream media thus far. But this initiative is a
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