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Arnold Needs to Act Like Terminator

I am playing catch-up this weekend on stories about two things – a state program and some political shenanigans – that Governor Schwarzenegger needs to wake up and put a halt to.
The first is the restoration of $6 Million in the state budget for the Institute for Labor and Employment at the University of California. […]

Do Term Limits Work?

Editor’s note: In 1990, California voters enacted term limits of 6 years for State Assmeblymen, 8 for State Senators, and 8 for most constitutional officers.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s former communications director and solid conservative Rob Stutzman has penned an article in the LA Times about term limits. Stutzman said he used to be very supportive, but has […]

First Look at Initiatives

Yesterday California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson finalized the list of ballot propositions on the November ballot and assigned numbers to each. Below is a short description of each one, followed by my initial position. As we get closer to the election, I will expound on most of these, I’m sure:

No on 81

The Bee had a feature piece this morning about the little talked about Proposition 81, a $600 million dollar proposed bond initiative to renovate libraries.
This is one of those propositions where it would seem you would have to be terribly cruel hearted to vote No. After all, everyone (well, most everyone) likes libraries and recognizes […]