FEB. 7, 2012 By JOHN HRABE Parents and gamblers have a hard time being objective. “If you ever put that much money on a pony, you kind of like it when it rounds home,” the self-described “proud father” of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, Charles T. Munger Jr., told a redistric...
Posts Tagged ‘California Citizens Redistricting Commission’10 Ways to Improve Redistricting ProcessTuesday, February 7th, 2012ProPublica Ignores Worst Redistricting LinesThursday, December 22nd, 2011DEC. 22, 2011 By JOHN HRABE Pulitzer Prize-winning ProPublica published an investigative report Wednesday into how Democratic political operatives influenced California’s independent redistricting commission. National media outlets lavished praise on the piece, describing it as “explosive,... Redistricting Commish Badly FlawedThursday, September 1st, 2011John Seiler: Our colleague John Hrabe just posted a story to the Huffington Post on the fiasco of the California Citizens' Redistricting Commission. Much of it is based on the stories he did for CalWatchDog.com. He writes: The commission's flaws are almost too numerous to believe: a brief and in... They Draw Crooked LinesMonday, August 15th, 2011 Mike Ward: Redistricting Panel Broke LawMonday, August 15th, 2011 AUGUST 15, 2011 By JOHN HRABE A member of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission believes that the commission broke the law, failed to uphold an open and transparent decision-making process and used political motives in drawing California’s new state and federal legislative distric... Left Wins CA Redistricting GameMonday, August 8th, 2011 AUGUST 8, 2011 As someone who chronicles the political goings-on in California, I rarely offer encouraging news for those who believe in the principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility and individual freedom. Nevertheless, readers frequently implore me to offer some good news. The tru... Muzzling Redistricting Commish Mike WardFriday, August 5th, 2011 AUGUST 5, 2011 By JOHN HRABE The lone member of the state’s redistricting commission to vote against the new political boundaries for state and federal legislative districts claims that the commission’s attorneys have advised him not to speak to the press or explain his dissenting vote to ... Redistricting commissars evade tough Q&AFriday, July 29th, 2011 JULY 29, 2011 By CALWATCHDOG STAFF During its press conference Friday announcing the release of redistricting maps, the Citizens Redistricting Commission evaded tough questions and refused to explain why one commissioner, Michael Ward of Fullerton, voted earlier in the day against moving all o... Series Exposed Redistricting ShamFriday, July 29th, 2011 JULY 29, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Yesterday the California Citizens Redistricting Commission released its final maps, which already are generating lawsuits to overturn them. In recent weeks, CalWatchDog.com ran an exclusive series of articles, by John Hrabe, exposing the process. He documented h... New Charges Slam Redistricting CommishThursday, July 28th, 2011 JULY 28, 2011 By KATY GRIMES It has turned into the Commission that Couldn't Redistrict Right. New accusations charge that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission isn’t the non-partisan, citizen-run organization as has been promoted statewide. Earlier CalWatchDog.com news stori... |