Politics and ElectionsWhitman’s impenetrable bureaucracyWednesday, September 1st, 2010![meg_whitman[1]](http://www.calwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meg_whitman1-305x362.jpg) SEPT. 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The Meg Whitman for Governor Campaign is like the Pentagon – or possibly even the NORAD command bunker – of political operations. Its headquarters in Cupertino is highly secured, with all access absolutely restricted. Staffers, except those specifical... Waters’ ‘unseemly’ slate-mail gameThursday, August 26th, 2010 AUGUST 26, 2010 By BRADLEY BENBROOK Progressive Connections: Rep. Maxine Waters’ Voter Guide Operation Connects California Politicians To Her Daughter’s Bank Account U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, will soon stand trial before the Office of Congressional Ethics over cha... Big Green’s opaque fundingWednesday, June 30th, 2010 JUNE 30, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO In the race to pass Proposition 23, the effort to roll back California’s landmark and sweeping global warming regulations this November, some of the biggest decisions in the race are being made in a place called the Bently Reserve. Located at 301 Batt... Duvall nearly out of moneyFriday, June 4th, 2010 JUNE 4, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda, who left office suddenly in September 2009 following revelations that he talked freely of alleged sexual conquests in a legislative hearing chamber, has given away just about all of his old campaign cash... Election pre-mortemThursday, June 3rd, 2010 JUNE3, 2010 By JOHN SEILER What a mess departing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving for his successor. Endemic deficits. A bond rating the lowest of any state, inching toward junk-bond status. School performance vying with Louisiana for America’s worst. The King of California during h... Tea Party time in California?Thursday, May 20th, 2010 MAY 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Normally a trendsetter, California might be a laggard in following the political revolutions back east. On Tuesday, the Establishment of both parties took a beating from voters upset at the most dysfunctional government most Americans have lived under. In Ken... Global warming war heats upMonday, May 17th, 2010 MAY 17, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS If the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, more commonly known as AB32 for its Assembly bill number, gets put on hold by state voters this November, it may be due in part to two professors who dared to take on the state bureaucratic establishment b... Census pushing Dems to 2/3 majorityWednesday, March 10th, 2010 March 11, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The most important political event in California this year might not be the races for governor or U.S. Senator, or the ballot initiatives in June and November. It might be the envelope that drops in your mailbox any day now from the U.S. Census Bureau. The act... Will Prop. 14 kill third parties?Friday, February 19th, 2010 Feb. 19, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Californians keep tinkering with the state’s elections system. That’s understandable given the low esteem in which Golden State politicians are held. A January 2010 Field Poll found just 16 percent of voters approved of how the state Legislature is doing i... New speaker’s FPPC troublesTuesday, February 16th, 2010 Feb. 16, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO One of John A. Perez’s first acts as a state assemblyman was to introduce AB 9, which partially amended the Political Reform Act of 1974. In fact, the official bill history says Perez introduced it on Dec. 1, 2008, one day before the Los Angeles Democra... |