Dan Schnur
Dan Schnur
The Fair Political Practices Commissionof California is a five-member independent, non-partisan commission that has primary responsibility for the impartial and effective administration of the Political Reform Act of 1974. The Commission’s objectives are to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental decision-making process, to promote transparency in government, and to foster public trust in the political system...
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Schwarzenegger's critics last year argued that voters didn't care about what he was trying to fix. You can't say that this year.
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It's very hard to see why he'd want to spend another four years working under the same set of restrictions. Legislators in safe districts and a budget process that doesn't work -- that doesn't seem like a fun way to spend four more years of his life.
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This is very much in keeping with Cheney's persona, but it is also a natural byproduct of what you will find with a politician who has already run his last campaign.
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It's politics as usual. He can blame Sacramento -- I don't think that's his first or his best option but it's a fallback.
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This isn't what term limits were supposed to do. While they've brought new faces and a diversity of backgrounds to the Legislature, it's taking awhile for the new faces to seep upwards because the old faces don't want to leave.
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For the last several years politicians of both parties have learned the best way to handle a problem like this is to bare their souls. Cheney is a throwback to another era.
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The desperation to which the state's constitutional officers are willing to go to avoid getting a real job is extraordinary.