From John Hill’s article in the Sacramento Bee: The state Assembly tried to send some relief to local governments reeling from higher interest costs Monday with approval of a bill that allows cities, counties and other bond issuers to buy back their own bonds. *** Markets for two types of municipal bonds have been hit… Continue Reading
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National Redistricting News
The Washington Post has an editorial in which they talked to President Bush on the polarization of Congress. The entire story is a good read, but here are a few key points: …members of Congress are ‘worried about taking a rational position’ because they fear being punished in primaries by challengers questioning their ideological purity.… Continue Reading
Dr. Steven Frates on Public Employee Pay Hikes
From Chris Reed’s post over at the American’s Finest Blog entitled “Public employee pay: The urban myth resurfaces“: The idea that market competition requires that public employees must get regular pay hikes and sweetened benefits is an “urban myth,” according to Steve Frates, a senior fellow with the Rose Institute of State and Local Government.… Continue Reading
Douglas M. Johnson on City Council Districts
From Dan Abendschein’s article in the Pasadena Star: “People’s concern about districts is that a council member becomes too focused on their own district and not on the entire city,” said Doug Johnson, a politics fellow at the Rose Institute, and a consultant for a research firm that has helped cities draw up districting plans.… Continue Reading
Arizona’s Rose-like Institute
I noticed this article on a new bill in the Arizona legislature that would create an Arizona institute “to provide access to election information, redistricting and state demographics.” Continue Reading
Republicans Donate to Reform Initiative
The San Jose Mercury News has a story by Steven Harmon on the massive donations by Republican donors to the Voters First initiative campaign: “If they don’t fix that, they’re in trouble,” said Barbara O’Connor, director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and the Media at California State University-Sacramento, who has served on… Continue Reading
Ritika Puri, Incoming Rose Institute Student Manager, In Wall Street Journal
After spring break, Claremont McKenna College junior Ritika Puri will be moving up from her position as the manager of our Kosmont-Rose Cost of Doing Business Survey to being the next student manager of the entire Rose Institute. We are happy to report that she has also received recognition for her equally excellent work outside… Continue Reading
City of Pasadena Working to Endorse Reform
The Pasadena Star-News reports that the Pasadena city council is working towards a resolution in support of the Voters First initiative: The City Council is aiming to be the first in the state to endorse a plan to change the way state assembly and senate districts are drawn up. The council, at the prompting of… Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney on FPPC Report
From Steve Geissinger’s article as it appeared in the Daily Democrat: Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College, said the report’s findings were to be expected. “As long as interest groups want to influence the government,” Pitney said, “curbing their spending is like holding back the Pacific Ocean with a chain-link fence.” Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney Featured in Daily Bulletin
From Will Bigham’s article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: When Jack Pitney speaks about politics, people listen.The Claremont McKenna College government professor is frequently quoted in national and local publications on the subject. Pitney’s career in politics started in 1978, when he worked as a researcher for a New York state senator. He soon… Continue Reading