Wes Messamore - Independent Voter News (Page 41)

John Gardner pleads guilty to murdering Chelsea King, Amber Dubois

John Gardner- who shocked the nation this March when he was arrested for the rape and murder of 17 year old Chelsea King- pleaded guilty Friday for the murders of

By Wes Messamore

/ April 17, 2010

Pot legalization a civil rights issue?

ABC News reports that the upcoming November ballot initiative to legalize the cultivation, possession, and recreational use of marijuana (the Tax Cannabis Act) is getting support from some unexpected allies.

By Wes Messamore

/ April 13, 2010

"The Next California Budget": a public policy report

The Reason Foundation is a libertarian, non-profit, public policy organization that was established "to advance free minds and free markets." This month, they published a report by

By Wes Messamore

/ April 10, 2010

Crime Victims United challenges early release bill in court

California's new early release program, authorized by Senate Bill 18, will result in the early release of over 6,000 prison inmates classified as "low-risk"

By Wes Messamore

/ April 6, 2010

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson reveals reform strategy in CAIVN interview

To better assess many of California's problems and some possible solutions, the following is from an interview I conducted this week with former New Mexico Governor, Gary Johnson.

By Wes Messamore

/ April 3, 2010

Medical parole for a select few could serve as key compromise in California prison reform debate

As noted in CAIVN's Public Safety and Prison Reform forum, "the per-prisoner cost of California prisons is in the range of $50,000 per year, significantly

By Wes Messamore

/ March 30, 2010

Recreational marijuana use likely to become legal in California

In all likelihood, California could be the very first state in the union to legalize the recreational use of marijuana this November. After legalization activists submitted nearly 700,000 signatures

By Wes Messamore

/ March 27, 2010

California vs. The World: An Infographic Look At The Golden State

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By Wes Messamore

/ March 20, 2010

5 simple solutions for California

Both parties spend so much time fighting each other over controversial legislation that there's little room left for dicussing uncontroversial, non-partisan, non-ideological fixes for many of

By Wes Messamore

/ March 13, 2010

We're all libertarians now

It was only a year ago that President Obama was inaugurated in what some commentators hailed as a sweeping endorsement of socialism: more European-style central economic planning, federal regulation,

By Wes Messamore

/ February 27, 2010

A lockbox for California taxes?

Though he was ridiculed in the media (for no other reason than his boring demeanor), Al Gore was on to something with his 2000 Presidential campaign promise to put Social

By Wes Messamore

/ February 20, 2010

What is the Tea Party?

At Sarah Palin's Tea Party Convention speech in Nashville, she was careful to say that the Tea Party movement has no leader and should remain that way- a

By Wes Messamore

/ February 12, 2010