Author Needs To Turn the Gun on Himself For $200, a person in California can petition to have a law put on the ballot through the gathering of signatures. Attorney General Kamala Harris then has 30 days to publish a summary and title of the measure. Orange County lawyer Matt McLaughlin has done just that […]
A Gay Day In the California Republican Party Connie Conway has announced that she intends to run for the 16th district State Senate Seat currently being held by Jean Fuller. Ms. Fuller will be terming out in 2018. After the November elections wrapped up last year I recall someone telling me that Ms. Conway was […]
History Averted In the January 1 installment of Political Fix it was announced that Farmersville had possibly the youngest council member ever to be elected in the county. At only 22 years old, Freddy Espinoza took office December 8 along with two other new members. According to The Foothills Sun-Gazette, “Freddy Espinoza, Jr. pulled off […]
A New World There has been a paradigm shift in the traditional way political campaigns play out in California. It used to be Republican against Democrat. But now, with the top-two primary election, and the fact that Republicans are no longer viable in statewide elections, it’s liberal against more liberal. And in the case of […]
Barbara Boxer Announces She Won’t Run For Senate In 2016 Senator Barbara Boxer announced last week that she would not be running for reelection in 2016. First winning in 1992, the 2016 race would have been for her fifth term. There is also speculation that, at 81, Senator Dianne Feinstein might decide not to […]
Farmersville Makes Local History The little guys in Tulare County continue to make history. Last month, it was Exeter and Lindsay who had sworn in a female majority to their city councils. Now in Farmersville, possibly the youngest council member ever to be elected in the county took office December 8. At only 22 years old, […]
It’s Their Party and They’ll Cry if They Want To On November 4, Democrats won every statewide office and the majority of California’s Senate and Assembly. So why aren’t they doing some congratulatory high fives? Well, for a few reasons. For the first time in 20 years, Republicans defeated three Democratic incumbents in the California […]
The Thrill Is Gone This is the last issue before the November election, but no predictions will be made. Trying to predict who would come in second during the June Primary was fun. Of my 14 predictions, 12 were correct–pretty good for a novice prognosticator. But the fun is gone, and it’s pretty obvious who […]
Dysfunction Junction Former Woodlake City Administrator Bill Lewis has a bone to pick with State Assembly candidate and Woodlake Mayor Rudy Mendoza. At the September 16 Candidate’s Forum, Mr. Mendoza claimed that, while mayor of Woodlake, he converted a $1 million dollar deficit to a budget surplus and completely replaced the city’s dysfunctional staff. “As […]
Man on Fire During the September 4 gubernatorial debate, Neel Kashkari summed up Gov. Brown’s legislative successes for the month of August as: banning plastic bags, regulating high school football practices, and allowing pets on the patios of restaurants. We know Gov. Brown has accomplished a lot more than that, but Mr. Kashkari’s was painting […]