An October 2nd article in the San Diego Union Tribune featured the Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey in a discussion of San Diego’s business climate. The article reviewed the Survey’s methodology and its findings pertaining to San Diego. Although the Survey found San Diego County as a whole to be a low-cost area for… Continue Reading
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Rose Institute's Douglas Johnson on Montebello finances
A recent article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune discussed how the federal government is seeking a return of its investment in a Montebello property after the city has not developed the property at all in the last seven years. Titled “Property languishes empty, feds to demand repayment”, the article was published on November 2nd… Continue Reading
Rose Institute's Douglas Johnson on Victorville races
A recent article in the Victorville Daily Press quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing how half of the incumbents in local government races in Victor Valley lost this year. Titled “Half of incumbents in school board, city council races ousted in 2010,” the article was published November 7th. These losses are similar to those… Continue Reading
Rose Fellow Douglas Johnson on city council fundraising
An October 17th article in the Victorville Daily Press quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing the lack of large fundraising in the valley’s city council races this election cycle. Titled “No big money in valley’s city council races so far,” the article notes that as of its publication, the current eight candidates combined had… Continue Reading
Rose Fellow Douglas Johnson on Proposition 20’s results
A November 6th article in the Whittier Daily News quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing how the passing of Proposition 20 will affect San Gabriel Valley in the upcoming redistricting process. Proposition 20 creates an independent citizen’s commission to draw Congressional district boundaries. Continue Reading
San Mateo County Times quotes Rose’s Douglas Johnson, Tony Quinn
An October 29th article in the San Mateo County Times quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson and Rose Institute Board member Tony Quinn. The article was titled “Peninsula politicians give to Proposition 27 campaign” and discussed the campaign to prevent an independent commission from drawing Congressional boundaries during redistricting. It lists the various elected officials who… Continue Reading
Rose Institute's Douglas Johnson in Bloomberg on Tea Party
A recent article on Bloomberg News quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson on how Tea Party candidates were not as successful in more densely populated states and metropolitan areas. Published November 5th, the article is titled “Tea Party Election Results Diluted in Highly Populated States.” Johnson discusses the tea party in California, noting “the biggest factor… Continue Reading
Rose's Kosmont Survey at Huffington Post and other News Sources
In the weeks since the Rose Institute’s 2010 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey has been published it has been picked up by newspapers and blogs across the country, including the Huffington Post. In an opinion piece published on October 6th, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discussed the success of his pro-business and pro-jobs and… Continue Reading
Close Election and Redistricting in New York
Votes are being recounted New York’s State Senate District 60. The challenger Mark Grisanti, who is a registered Democrat who plans to caucus with Republicans, leads incumbent Democratic Sen. Antoine Thompson by a scant 598 votes. During most elections years the race for District 60’s Senate Seat is over after the Democratic primary because registered… Continue Reading
Election Night & Redistricting Recap: Swing to Republicans
Before the elections, the Rose Institute released a preview of what midterm elections mattered for control of redistricting in 2011. As a follow-up to that article, the Rose Institute has created a recap of how both parties did on Tuesday combined with brief analysis on Congressional seats that changed parties on Tuesday. Briefly stated, Republicans… Continue Reading