9 results for "Bill Whalen"
Viewpoints: If Maldonado wants to pursue crime issue …
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:00 AMAssuming that Jerry Brown seeks another term as governor, it will mark the eighth time that he or a blood relative has sought the top job in Golden State politics and the 18th time in post-World War II California that one of three Browns (father...
Viewpoints: Nathan Fletcher 2.0 should just stay away from partisan politics
Friday, May 10, 2013 at 12:00 AMA year ago, Nathan Fletcher caused an uproar in the world of San Diego politics. Faced with a dwindling chance of surviving the city's mayoral primary, the Republican assemblyman walked away from the GOP, declaring himself a born-again indep...
Viewpoints: What GOP needs to consider before midterms
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 12:00 AMEver since the late Tim Russert affixed red and blue tags to the nation's states during the course of the 2000 election, California has been hard-pressed to play a dominant role in American politics.
Viewpoints: GOP may need a wild card to unseat Brown
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 12:00 AMJerry Brown turned 75 last weekend, a milestone that didn't go unnoticed by Abel Maldonado – the former lieutenant governor, one of several Republicans who would like to take up residence in the Horseshoe in 2015. He sent his rival birt...
Viewpoints: Three state offices that the state doesn't need
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 12:00 AMIn a for-profit budget, the biggest winners will be Sacramento's ruling class. Here's why: With the state's finances in the black, the California Citizens Compensation Commission likely will vote to give the governor, legislators and...
Viewpoints: Fact-finding trips the Legislature should take
Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:00 AMLast week, with modest fanfare and an immodest lack of concern for saving taxpayers a few bucks, a delegation of California state senators took a two-day field trip to Long Beach to discuss the merits of "linked learning" – blendi...
Viewpoints: GOP looking to answer its candidate question
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:00 AMIn anticipation of this weekend's California Republican convention in Sacramento, we give you "Jeopardy – the GOP Edition."
Brown was masterful: Governor's political savvy steered Prop. 30
Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 12:00 AMBecause those of us who pretend to understand politics should always admit the errors of our ways – that and, unlike the Munger siblings, I don't have the resources to endure a lengthy state tax audit – I offer this apology to Gov....
The Conversation: Why can't Brown close the deal?
Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 12:00 AMBack in August, I authored an essay for these pages asking why Jerry Brown seemed a less vivid, less ambitious version of his colorful past. "Vanilla" was the word I chose – a gubernatorial style too bland even for ulcer-ridden Ca...
