A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Ranked-Choice Voting proposed in Irvine; Joshua Moore writes in Favor.
An idea whose time has come, and Irvine might just go first! (Even though Dan C. hates it.)
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Weekend Open Thread for Anything but Comments about Jenna Jameson’s Romney Endorsement
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John Earl responds to Register article on hotel unions’ efforts to organize Anaheim communities.
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