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California's Secretary of State Alex Padilla has released the 2018 Voter Guide. The guide contains all relevant information related to the various propositions and candidate races voters will be asked to weigh in on this June. This article will focus on the race for Governor and publish the statements that have been provided to the Secretary of State's office. Robert C. Newman, II | REPUBLICAN Pro: God, life, U.S. Constitution, Parental Rights, Property Rights, Business Limited: Government, T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVYBhZTjRU Voter turnout soared. Santa Fe voters felt empowered with more choices and with a campaign wildly hailed for its civility and substantive tone. The city’s diversity will be reflected in its elected officials. And Santa Fe has a new mayor who has the support of a landslide majority of the city’s voters rather than a low plurality. Last week's historic Santa Fe municipal voting – the city’s first with ranked choice voting –proved a resounding and drama

#1. "The fundamental assumptions of Western Civilization are valid." Jordan Peterson begins a lecture he gave last June: "12 principles for a 21st century conservatism" With the caveat: "I am not making the claim that the statement is perfect, comprehensive, or final." Good. Below I've transcribed an excerpt from his first principle above. Please don't skip over it to the part about borders because pretty much everything he says here is my critique of his fourth principle. Which is: #4.

City of San Diego officials are working to give our homeless population a hand up. Paying them to pick up trash as part of a new program. "Wheels for Change," appears to be patterned after the successful program in Albuquerque, New Mexico. IVN San Diego wrote about that program August of last year. In that city, Mayor Richard Berry pioneered the program that has resulted in the following: * 400 city blocks in the city of Albuquerque have been cleaned up * 117,000 pounds of trash have been r

Unite America, formerly the Centrist Project, announced Tuesday a historic national slate of independent candidates running for governor and US Senate. The 5 candidates on the slate include: * Incumbent Alaska Governor Bill Walker; * Kansas gubernatorial candidate Greg Orman; * Maine gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes; * Missouri US Senate candidate Craig O'Dear; and * Maryland US Senate candidate Neal Simon “These candidates are the vanguard of a new movement in our politics to bridge

Happy New Year! And what an exciting year 2018 will be for independent candidates and the reform movement! In an election year that is supposed to be highly dramatic and very expensive, voters will be told that they have only two options to choose from, red or blue. However, the midterms will offer a record-number of alternative choices to voters who want to end the two-party duopoly. Unite Colorado, for instance, launched Tuesday with a historic slate of independent candidates for the state l

As with many issues today, the debate on immigration is mired in partisan opposition instead of pragmatism. At one time, nearly everyone agreed that illegal immigration was a problem, but now one side acts as if it's a "human right" to live anywhere you want while the other suggests anyone here illegally is up to something nefarious. Even where people understand the space between, we have no real solutions that address the disease rather than the symptoms. During the Obama administration, the

As part of his campaign platform, then-candidate Trump called for a litany of immigration reforms, including his trademark cry for a “beautiful” wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump’s campaign, however, offered little detail on design, or how the wall would function in the rough border terrain. The administration has since revealed several prototypes, but the final plans remain ambiguous and unfunded by lawmakers. Despite Trump’s vague proposal, he will soon use the enigmatic wall as a botto

For many, 2017 was another tumultuous year in US politics, defined once more by the hyper-partisan divide on Capitol Hill and rhetoric in the media. As a result of the continued toxic political environment, millions of Americans are not only dissatisfied with the two-party duopoly, but want more choices in elections and are looking to political leaders who are willing to put voters and country before their party, and challenge partisan group think when it doesn't align with their principles. I

A special city council meeting was recently held in Santa Fe, New Mexico to discuss the implementation of ranked choice voting (RCV). In March of 2008, voters in Santa Fe adopted a charter amendment to elect their public officials using RCV. Here is a quick explanation of ranked choice voting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIz_nzP-W_c After nearly 10 years of stalled implementation, a judge in November ordered the city to implement RCV. Although the city is appealing that order, they also a