Bill Bradley provides video of yesterday’s press conference: Read Bradley’s post as well: Continue Reading
Category Archives: Rose Report
Governor Schwarzenegger Supports Voters FIRST Redistricting Reform
Steven Maviglio (the guy is fast) had the first online mention, a pre-emptive strike, at California Majority Report this morning: Schwarzenegger has endorsed every variety of redistricting to come down the pike. Nevermind the details that could likely tilt map-making into the hands of Republicans. Nevermind that there’s no similar system anywhere in the United… Continue Reading
Catch-Up: Recent Redistricting Press UPDATED
A recent Mercury News editorial says: Proponents of Proposition 93 will have to collect some big bucks quickly if they’re going to compete with a suddenly massive campaign to defeat it. Yes on 93 has collected about $4 million, but it spent about two-thirds getting the initiative on the ballot…. No on 93 has collected… Continue Reading
Cavala v. The Press
As more evidence of what I said in the previous post, Bill Cavala (who was also kind enough to leave us a comment) recently said that Sacramento Bee columnist “Dan Walters should have been a writer for PRAVDA” while Maviglio looked on approvingly. This is mostly because Walters thinks that the Democratic leadership “reneged on… Continue Reading
Maviglio v. The Press
The Rose Report’s first comment, received last week, is from Steve Maviglio, deputy chief of staff for Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and writer over at the California Majority Report, in response to Wednesday’s post. Asking the Rose Institute about redistricting is like asking the Tobacco Institute about smoking. Sure, Steve . . . let’s see… Continue Reading
Douglas Johnson in the Whittier Daily News
From an article by Tania Chatila in the Whittier Daily News: If passed, The Homeowners Protection Act would restrict city agencies from taking residential property through eminent domain and turning it over to private developers, said Kathy Fairbanks, a spokeswoman for Eminent Domain Reform Now, a California advocacy group. The California Property Owners and Farmland… Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney on Fact-Checking Election Websites
Yesterday’s article by Emily Yahr in the American Journalism Review says: In addition to changing readers’ views, these Web sites could also have an impact on the candidates themselves, says Jack Pitney, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. A campaign is never going to provide impartial information, he says, but… Continue Reading
GovTrack-ing
I’m loving certain, simple aspects of the GovTrack site. The Open Planning Project gives the website a wee bit of assistance. See their GeoServer Project. Continue Reading
Not Coming Soon: The Redistricting Amendment
The ThinkSouth blog mentions that a recent New York Times book review of Larry Sabato’s A More Perfect Constitution reveals that Sabato says: The Constitution itself must call for universal nonpartisan redistricting. The states should be given a choice of methods, including redistricting by a panel of retired judges or an independent citizens commission. Of… Continue Reading
Modern Art Masterpieces, Pennsylvania Edition
From C. Briem of the Null Space blog From the Rose Report’s modern art masterpiece series, this lovely piece is entitled “Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District.” Note the religious, trinitarian overtones, as the three unique open spaces hold bizarre, corridor-like hands to celebrate unity in the midst of asymmetric diversity. See also the same district overlaid… Continue Reading