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Raise your hand if you think that the president of the United States should be elected by the popular vote. Ah, it looks like most of you do. Hands down and know that you’re not alone. In fact, poll after poll, for quite some time, has shown that most Americans would like to replace the Electoral College delegate system with the popular vote – one person, one vote and the candidate with the most votes wins. Gallup has asked the question since 1944, and a majority has always supported an end to

Governor Bill Weld’s dire verdict on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been taken as an implicit endorsement of Hillary Clinton and made into another sound bite in the horse-race coverage of the election. Regrettably the content of his warning has been largely ignored. Weld describes Mr. Trump as “a candidate who might in fact put at risk the solid foundation of America that allows us to endure... the normal ebb and flow of politics.” This warning is not about xenophobia, an impossible wa

Obamacare has been a major part of the 2016 election, and will continue to act as a wedge between the parties long after we have a new commander-in-chief. Nevertheless, it feels like both major presidential candidates have failed spectacularly when it comes to discussing medicine in this country. Here’s a look at what they’ve been saying — and what it might mean for the future. Trump’s Health Care “Plan” Donald Trump’s plan for health care in America is about as logical as his other proposals

San Diego, CALIF. - Arguably, the most intensely contested and important measures to go before the voters of the City of San Diego on November 8 are C and D. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve gotten the gist of what these two important civic decisions entail. Measure C would create a convadium in the East Village of downtown and create a joint powers authority for tourism. Measure D is a tourism reform plan that would invest in the City’s infrastructure and help with police, fire,

Measure 5 puts ranked choice voting (RCV) on the ballot to be used statewide. RCV is worthwhile to support because it’s better than Maine’s current plurality voting system. But if you dress up RCV and say it can do things that it can’t, then you’ll set yourself up for disappointment. And that false praise may very well set up Maine to add itself to the list of places that have repealed RCV. We’d rather not see that downslide, so this article is to prepare you. Believe it or not, this is a pro R

Deep in their cups after November 8th, lamenting the rolling tragedy that was this election season, the realization will settle in: “We could have won this one.” “This was a winnable race. The opponent was so flawed. The people are so mad. We could have elected a worthy American to be president. Someone all Americans can believe in. We could have....” They will stare longingly at the numbers. According to Real Clear Politics average of polls, 63% of the people think the country is on the wrong

Like so many other Americans, I too have become frustrated with the unbridled lack of civility, crippling partisanship, and dysfunctional gridlock that prevent our country from solving the serious problems we face on a daily basis. Yet despite the demagoguery and rampant dysfunction that is so prevalent in today’s political process, I believe a unique opportunity exists to create a political movement based on civil discourse and critical thinking. There is a historical shift underway in our po

San Diego voters have two opportunities to solve three civic issues that have plagued our city for years. While protecting San Diego taxpayers, Measures C and D both provide a pathway to expand our Convention Center, build a new multi-purpose NFL stadium, and provide a legal funding mechanism for our Tourism and Marketing District (TMD). Measure C, known as the Chargers initiative, is not just about a new stadium. Measure C would raise the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) that tourists pay from an

A Failure of the People I sincerely believe that America has lost its way. In a nation built for a government by the people and for the people, I blame -- The People. The U.S. lacks leadership from local to national levels. We lack leaders because The People have abandoned their governing responsibility for decades. When you go to vote, you will most likely see offices running candidates with no opposition. The People blame many things for their apathy, but the fact is, when The People act thi

Over the last 10 years, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA) has issued some curious endorsements with clear conflicts of interest, to say the least. What follows is an in-depth analysis of whether or not SDCTA is really the “taxpayers watchdog” and provider of “unbiased” information to the voters as it claims. Supporting a $1 billion tax increase in 2008 SDCTA signed onto the 2008 ballot argument encouraging voters in Poway Unified School District to authorize that district to