The Voters First redistricting reform initiative is currently scheduled to appear on the November 2008 General Election ballot. With the new discussion of another possible proposal coming from the legislature it is helpful to look at what happened last time new reform measure were put on the same ballot. The Rose Institute report on redistricting… Continue Reading
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Dr. Pitney on McCain's Campaign Strategy
From David Jackson’s article in USA Today: “A lot of moderate white voters want a president who can reach out to the disadvantaged,” said John Pitney, a former House GOP aide and government professor at Claremont McKenna College in California. “So McCain has to show he’s making the effort.” Continue Reading
Tony Quinn on the California Republicans Aligned for Tomorrow
From Steve Harmon’s article in the Contra Costa Times: “It shows the money people in the party have no faith in the California Republican Party,” said Tony Quinn, co-editor of the California Target Book and former Republican legislative staff member. “This group would not exist if not for the fact that Republicans can’t win statewide… Continue Reading
Dr. Frates on Monrovia's Housing Loan to City Manager
From Melissa Pamer’s article in the Pasadena Star News: “It’s just one more form of compensation,” said Steven Frates, a senior fellow at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College. Continue Reading
Manfred Keil on the Inland Empire and National Recessions
From Brooke Edward’s article in the Victorville Daily Press: The current economic situation is also a “perfect storm†for a national recession said Manfred Keil with the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College and chair of the school’s economics department. …The National Bureau of Economic Research will then have to… Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney on Background Checks for Fresno Chamber of Commerce Candidates
From John Ellis’s article in the Fresno Bee: John J. Pitney, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California, said he’d heard of intensive questionnaires, but the chamber’s background check request “is very unusual and pretty darn improper, too.” Continue Reading
Rose Institute BIA Project Cited Regarding Victorville's Growth and Affordable Housing
From Brooke Edward’s article in the Victorville Daily Press: “The key to sustaining Victorville’s growth is keeping homes affordable,†states the resulting report, commissioned by the BIA and created by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College. “High development impact fees remain one of the largest barriers to housing affordability… Continue Reading
Tony Quinn Speculates on Voter Reaction to CA Abortion Ballot Measure
From Bill Ainsworth’s article in the San Diego Union-Tribune: Tony Quinn, co-editor of the California Target Book, which analyzes state politics, said the vote in favor of parental notification declined in 2006 because Republicans made up a lower percentage of the electorate. Quinn, who was hired by Planned Parenthood to study results in the two… Continue Reading
Bloomberg Supports Voters First
New York City Mayor and former Democrat, now independent Michael Bloomberg has donated $250,000 to the Voters First redistricting reform initiative. Elizabeth Benjamin at the NY Daily News has the inside scoop with this quote from Bloomberg: “What (Schwarzenegger) is trying to do is to have a fair, non-political way of districting for elected officials,… Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney on Mudslinging in CA State Senate GOP Campaigns
From Michael DeArmond’s article in the Press-Enterprise: The race likely will boil down to matters of style and character as each candidate struggles to get voters’ attention and support,’ said Jack Pitney, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College. ‘When you have candidates who are essentially the same on the issues, they have to resort… Continue Reading