By Sam Pizzigati
Any resemblance between democracy and U.S. Presidential politics has become, in our new super PAC era, purely coincidental. The only mystery: Why aren’t billionaires placing even bigger bets?
Life sometimes imitates art. Life also som…
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America’s Plutocrats Play the Political Ponies
Groundbreaking Political Advertising Disclosure Bill Moves to Assembly Floor
By Trent LangeCalifornia Clean Money Campaign
Last week, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted AB 1148, the California DISCLOSE Act, to the Assembly floor for a full vote next Tuesday, January 31st. Coming two days before the sec…
Groundbreaking Political Advertising Disclosure Bill Moves to Assembly Floor
By Trent LangeCalifornia Clean Money Campaign
Last week, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted AB 1148, the California DISCLOSE Act, to the Assembly floor for a full vote next Tuesday, January 31st. Coming two days before the sec…
Grover Norquist: Portrait of a One Percenter
By Steven Mikulan
Even when he loses, Grover Norquist wins. This is one of the unsettling conclusions to be drawn from Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen’s December 20 feature, “Grover Norquist’s Real Game: Shifting Power and Wealth to the 1 Percent,…
A Century of Initiatives: Anybody Want to Celebrate?
By Peter Schrag
There was a lot of hollering these past weeks about the way that SB202 was passed in the closing hours of the 2011 legislative session — and for good reason. But the bill, which would restrict voting on initiatives and referenda to the…
Center for Governmental Studies Calls for Clean Money 2.0
By Brian Leubitz Calitics
In a report recently released, the Center for Governmental Studies calls for a modified version of clean money to control the excessive spending and allow for additional competition. In fact, they’ve gone ahead and produced a …
Governor Brown Should Sign Law to Reform Ballot Measures
By Justine Sarver Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
With the stroke of a pen, Governor Brown can start fixing California’s broken ballot-measure system this week.
A bill that would ban paying per-signature “bounty” payments to petition signature-gather…
