Steve Peace

Steve Peace wrote a new post, California’s Subsidization of Residential Consumers Backfiring, on the site IVN 1 month ago

In the aftermath of the Enron-driven California energy crisis California politicians took powder away from the California Public Utility Commission by freezing rates for the smallest residential ratepayers.

It […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Subsidizing Small Ratepayers Actually HURTS Residential Energy Consumers, on the site California 1 month ago

In the aftermath of the Enron-driven California energy crisis California politicians took powder away from the California Public Utility Commission by freezing rates for the smallest residential ratepayers.

It […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Crime Wave Rising? Blame the Federal Courts, on the site IVN 1 month ago

For the first time since the state’s adoption of groundbreaking “Three Strikes” law, crime is on the rise throughout California. It is a trend that is likely to continue and there is no question about the […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, California Gun Law Shows Nonpartisan Open Primary Effect, on the site IVN 1 month ago

Last week, the United States Senate could not reach a consensus on gun trafficking or background checks. The inaction in the U.S. Senate is to be contrasted with the final passage on supermajority vote of SB […]

Steve Peace commented on the post, Blank Ballots More Likely in Races with Same-Party Candidates, on the site Opinion 2 months ago

Richard,
With all do respect — blank ballots — so what. Political types continue to insist on making decisions FOR voters. Many people have promoted the notion of including “none of the above” as a choice. […]

Steve Peace commented on the post, Why are Third Party Activists Protecting the Two-Party System?, on the site Opinion 2 months, 1 week ago

Let me be clear. I very very much like Richard Winger. But I am perlexed by his position on Prop 14. As a Democratic politician I benefitted from Democrats quitely making sure there was a Libertarian of the […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Big Party Money Funds Third Party Opposition to Proposition 14, on the site IVN 2 months, 1 week ago

There is a transparent effort to amend California’s new non-partisan open primary system, “Proposition 14.” This is the system that eliminated partisan-based primaries: all candidates and all voters, one […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Why are Third Party Activists Protecting the Two-Party System?, on the site Opinion 2 months, 1 week ago

There is a transparent effort to amend California’s new non-partisan open primary system, “Proposition 14.” This is the system that eliminated partisan-based primaries: all candidates and all voters, one […]

Steve Peace commented on the post, Making Proposition 14 Fair to Minor Parties, Candidates, on the site Opinion 2 months, 2 weeks ago

“This defect in Proposition 14 can be fixed. Proposition 14 could be amended to provide that the top vote-getter from the ranks of each party would advance to the general election.”

This is a transparent […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Op-Ed: U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy Must Resign, on the site IVN San Diego 6 months ago

The election is behind us. Political season is in brief recess and we enter a period in which governing takes precedent over politics.There is always some unfinished business leftover from the hysteria that seems […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, In CA “R” is for iRrelevant: Dems, Unions and Moderates Are Big Winners, on the site IVN San Diego 6 months, 2 weeks ago

California Democrats won a two-thirds majority in the State Senate as expected, but they also may appear to be about to win a supermajority in the State Assembly as well.

California’s first Open Primary […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, In CA “R” is for iRrelevant: Dems, Unions and Moderates Are Big Winners, on the site Election Center 6 months, 2 weeks ago

California Democrats won a two-thirds majority in the State Senate as expected, but they also may appear to be about to win a supermajority in the State Assembly as well.

California’s first Open Primary […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Op-Ed: Win or Lose, The Poorest Campaigns of the 2012 Season, on the site IVN San Diego 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The best-kept secret about elections is that the outcomes are, more often than not, inevitable regardless of the campaign waged by each side. Regardless of the race, Californian’s have arguably witnessed some of […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Obama and Christie Jersey Shore Moment Less/More Than It Seems, on the site Election Center 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Obama and Christie came together in New Jersey in response to the devastation of Superstorm Sandy last week.

The political press was all atwitter with questions, speculation, and deep analysis about exactly […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Obama and Christie Jersey Shore Moment Less/More Than It Seems, on the site IVN San Diego 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Obama and Christie came together in New Jersey in response to the devastation of Superstorm Sandy last week.

The political press was all atwitter with questions, speculation, and deep analysis about exactly […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Obama and Christie Jersey Shore Moment Less/More Than It Seems, on the site Opinion 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Obama and Christie came together in New Jersey in response to the devastation of Superstorm Sandy last week.

The political press was all atwitter with questions, speculation, and deep analysis about exactly […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Prop 32 and the Rule of Unintended Consequences, on the site Election Center 7 months ago

It seems like there is always a measure on California’s ballot that is more than what it appears. This year it is Proposition 32. Ballotpedia has credited the new Open Primary with transforming California into the […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Op-Ed:Should US Attorney Laura Duffy Resign over Conflict?, on the site Independent Voter Network 7 months, 1 week ago

US Attorney Laura Duffy heads the Southern California Office of the Justice Department. The San Diego U-T reported that she has involved herself in the local San Diego mayoral election. In the article she […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Op-Ed:Should US Attorney Laura Duffy Resign over Conflict?, on the site IVN San Diego 7 months, 1 week ago

US Attorney Laura Duffy heads the Southern California Office of the Justice Department. The San Diego U-T reported that she has involved herself in the local San Diego mayoral election. In the article she […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Myth, Corruption, Cap And Trade: The Next Big Derivative Disaster, on the site Independent Voter Network 8 months ago

Sacramento Bee columnist, Dan Walters, mounted an interesting dismissal of the significance of political corruption in California’s Capitol on Sunday, arguing that the real problem in state government is […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Peace Talks: San Diego Mayor’s Race Hinges on Fish Story, on the site Independent Voter Network 9 months, 1 week ago

I live in San Diego. Home of sun, fun, and pension fiascos. Like most places in America, we periodically elect a Mayor. This happens to be one of those years. And, boy, have things gotten serious. The big issue in […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Peace Talks: San Diego Mayor’s Race Hinges on Fish Story, on the site Election Center 9 months, 1 week ago

I live in San Diego. Home of sun, fun, and pension fiascos. Like most places in America, we periodically elect a Mayor. This happens to be one of those years. And, boy, have things gotten serious. The big issue in […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Peace Talks: San Diego Mayor’s Race Hinges on Fish Story, on the site San Diego 9 months, 1 week ago

I live in San Diego. Home of sun, fun, and pension fiascos. Like most places in America, we periodically elect a Mayor. This happens to be one of those years. And, boy, have things gotten serious. The big issue in […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Peace Talks: San Diego Mayor’s Race Hinges on Fish Story, on the site Campaign Critics 9 months, 1 week ago

I live in San Diego. Home of sun, fun, and pension fiascos. Like most places in America, we periodically elect a Mayor. This happens to be one of those years. And, boy, have things gotten serious. The big issue in […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, California Open Primary: The Revolution Starts Here, on the site Independent Voter Network 11 months, 3 weeks ago

For those of us who supported the new Open Primary, the preliminary results are in far sooner than any of us could have expected.

In particular, the unexpected emergence of independent candidates so soon has […]

Steve Peace wrote a new post, Republican Tea Party may have produced Democratic Re-occupation, on the site Independent Voter Network 1 year, 1 month ago

There is an age old lesson in American politics that both political party loyalist just can’t seem to get in their heads. Americans are fundamentally fair minded, skeptical of philosophers, and wish death on […]

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