The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
SB 249? It got killed via suspense file in assembly appropriations. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB249
Without commenting on your specific stats, I would say that is an excellent question. Maybe you should be a Supervisor.…
Criticizing past elected trustees of the Orange County Board of Supervisors reflects not only their leadership weaknesses but also flaws…
budget Archive
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Traffic School….2010!
Posted on February 15, 2010 | 7 CommentsIn case no one has noticed…..the Police vehicles are out in mass lately. Everywhere you go, people are being pulled over and given tickets for even the most minute offenses. […] -
Krugman on ‘Fiscal Scare Tactics’
Posted on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments[Relevant to some recent posts here, Nobel Prize winning economist and blogger-anointed King of the Shrill, Paul Krugman, weighs in on all the recent crazy-talk about the deficit. I hope […] -
California’s Nuclear Option
Posted on December 28, 2009 | 3 CommentsCalifornia, in the (appropriate) person of Governor Schwarzenegger, has gone crawling to Washington to beg for handouts. This is a bad idea because it is no long-term solution and federal money comes with strings attached. Washington, like Mr. Potter, the avaricious banker in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, cares only for its ambition to own and control everything and everyone. There is another solution - debt restructuring (“bankruptcy”). -
Lance MacLean Memorial Dog Park!
Posted on October 7, 2009 | 4 CommentsLarry Gilbert is arguably our very best friend on planet earth and has been there when we needed him….every time. We find it only fitting that we jump the Gilbert […] -
Could lawsuits eroding state budget turn into another train wreck?
Posted on October 5, 2009 | No CommentsWe all know that for years the State Legislature and various Governors have used accounting tricks and budgeting gimmicks to produce the annual State budget in what is then billed as […] -
State Budget Rollback to 1999 Equals Surplus Today
Posted on July 27, 2009 | No CommentsI made this point in an earlier post, and got a lot of flak about where my numbers came from and a lot of other predictable partisan complaints. The Governor […] -
A Breaking News Report from Gov Schwarzenegger
Posted on July 17, 2009 | 1 Commenthttp://www.wastewatchers.ca.gov/ Video today July 17, 2009 Capitol Weekly Schools will likely get the promise of an $11 billion paybck, but they’ll be cut beyond what the governor proposed in his […] -
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to take local government’s money
Posted on July 10, 2009 | 4 CommentsGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a mess in Sacramento. Now he wants to ruin our local governments too. “Our governor is currently contemplating declaring an “emergency” authorizing the state to […] -
Powell backs off “full throttle Obama”
Posted on July 3, 2009 | No CommentsAfter a delicious tip toeing and mumble mouthing an explanation about his comments that “Americans are looking for more government in their lives, not less,” Former Chairman of the JC […] -
Over 5,000 gathered at Tax Revolt protest in Corona yesterday
Posted on May 17, 2009 | No Comments“Several thousand people turned out at a rally Saturday hosted by KFI’s “The John and Ken Show” to protest proposed state tax increases,” according to the O.C. Register. “Thousands of […] -
Why not cut administrators’ pay and consultants before cutting teachers’ wages?
Posted on April 5, 2009 | 8 CommentsShouldn’t we but administrators’ pay before we cut teachers’ wages? “More than 3,000 educators in Orange County were notified last month they could be out of a job in June, […]
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…