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A Declaration of Independence in New England: Eliot Cutler's Independent bid for Governor of Maine
Given the US public's deep dissatisfaction with the Democratic and Republican parties, numerous political commentators and prognosticators have suggested that the current political climate favors outs...
The Tea Party movement and the prospects for Independent and Third Party candidates
Though it is almost universally accepted that the politics of the presidency make it virtually impervious to the efforts of independent and third party candidates, there is rarely ever any lack of spe...
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t...
Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve...
Internet Sales Tax - AB 178
A little over a week ago Amazon sent a letter to California legislators threatening to end its business with marketing affiliates if legislation was passed imposing sales tax for internet purchases on...
An Open Primary--Would It Be More or Less Democratic?
The landscape of California politics may be about to change dramatically.An open primary system for state elections-- a primary that allows voters to cross party lines--will appear on the ballot in J...
Prop 1A? California Can't Even Sell Bonds it Already Authorized
The passage of Proposition 1A will allow the state to sell bonds to fund a state-of-the-art high speed rail network that will send passengers from the top of the state to the bottom in hours. It will ...