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 ‘Jeanne Raya’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,... 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... 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 ... 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... Commish Gives Dems 2/3 MajorityTuesday, July 26th, 2011 John Seiler: A year and a half ago I was the first person to predict that, in 2012 or 2014, redistricting would bring Democrats two-thirds majorities in both houses of the California Legislature. My March 10, 2010 article, "Census Pushing Dems to 2/3 Majority," still is relevant reading. Demog... Jeanne Raya Failed to Reveal DonationsMonday, July 25th, 2011 JULY 25, 2011 By JOHN HRABE A second member of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, Jeanne Raya, failed to disclose financial contributions made within the past 18 months to a state political campaign committee, according to documents reviewed by CalWatchDog.com. Ten days... |