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Here is Everywhere Nonpartisan Reform Won Big in 2018
Here is Everywhere Nonpartisan Reform Won Big in 2018
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The biggest story in the 2018 election cycle was not what color of wave we saw. It was not President Donald Trump using the Ecuadorian immigrant caravan as a campaign issue. It was ...
19 Nov, 2018
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10 min read
This Week In Nonpartisan News: GOP Rep Fails to Subvert Voters' Rights in Maine
This Week In Nonpartisan News: GOP Rep Fails to Subvert Voters' Rights in Maine
IVN Author Wes Messamore and I take the Friday before Thanksgiving to talk about civility in the US, and the ability to forgive and lend a hand to those in distress, exemplified by Republican represen ...
16 Nov, 2018
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1 min read
CA Sen. Ben Hueso: "Subsidies Could Be On The Chopping Block After Wildfires"
CA Sen. Ben Hueso: "Subsidies Could Be On The Chopping Block After Wildfires"
Senator Ben Hueso represents District 40, a region that incorporates some of San Diego County and all of Imperial County.In January 2017, Hueso was reappointed to serve as Chair of the Senate Committe ...
15 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
Fire Doesn't Care Who You Voted For
Fire Doesn't Care Who You Voted For
Fire doesn’t care whom you voted for, whom you hate, whom you pray to, or the color of your skin. Flames don’t distinguish between those who give charity and those who steal, between those who are “ri ...
15 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
Caucus Collision: CA Assembly Factions Taking Shape For New Session
Caucus Collision: CA Assembly Factions Taking Shape For New Session
Democrats have a supermajority in Sacramento, having won or leading in 58 of the Assembly's 80 districts and could hold as many as 60 or 61 seats after all the ballots are counted.But that far from gu ...
14 Nov, 2018
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8 min read
The Uses of Independent Power: What Happened on Election Day and Why
The Uses of Independent Power: What Happened on Election Day and Why
This is my post-election column where I analyze the impact of independent voters who came out in force last Tuesday, almost 34 million of us. Huge. The stats and takeaways are at the end of this colum ...
14 Nov, 2018
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10 min read
OPINION: The California Republican Party is Dead; A New Way Must Rise
OPINION: The California Republican Party is Dead; A New Way Must Rise
The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time. The Grand Old Party is dead – partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics. ...
14 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
Criminal Justice Reform: CA Assemblyman Aims To "Keep California Safe"
Criminal Justice Reform: CA Assemblyman Aims To "Keep California Safe"
Assemblyman Jim Cooper is passionate about keeping Californians safe. It's a message he made clear to me at the Independent Voter Project (IVP) conference in Hawaii.The former Sacramento County sherif ...
13 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
Sister Act: The Remarkable Road To History For Two CA Legislators
Sister Act: The Remarkable Road To History For Two CA Legislators
Blanca Rubio and her sister Susan have made history.The two are now the first sisters to serve in the California legislature concurrently.Blanca represents the 48th Assembly district, her sister Susan ...
13 Nov, 2018
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2 min read
How You Can Help California Wildfire Victims
How You Can Help California Wildfire Victims
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The first thing that comes to mind when we see a burning building, people suffering, a community ravaged by disaster is not whether or not we are looking at Republicans or Democrat ...
12 Nov, 2018
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2 min read