“There’s trouble brewing at the nearly century-old State Compensation Insurance Fund, a quasi-private entity, where potentially billions of dollars have been spent with scant oversight and little public disclosure. Should the state step in and take it over?”

Let’s see … potentially billions of dollars spent with scant oversight and little public

On Feb. 5, California voters will decide whether to approve
four tribal gaming compacts. Any predictions? Up or
down?

Health care is now back on the table, and both the
governor and Democratic leaders say they are looking
for common ground. Organized labor likes pieces of
the draft proposal, and the Senate leader hopes for
a final vote by Thanksgiving. Does this mean there
will be an agreement?

All the signs in the Capitol suggest that a very difficult budget is in the offing next year. The governor already has ordered a 10-percent cut. Some in the Capitol believe the deficit may be in the $10 billion range, perhaps double the current year. Assuming that major cuts loom, where should they be

“In the aftermath of the Southland fires, the inevitable finger-pointing has begun: The response was too slow, the equipment unavailable, the state and/or locals unprepared, according to such politicians as John Garamendi, Dana Rohrabacher, Todd Spitzer, etc. Is any of this really true or is it just campaigning on a disaster?”

How dare you accuse

“Republicans, again, want to change California’s way of allocating Electoral College votes, from winner-take-all to loser-can-get-some-too, based on Congressional districts. Politics aside, what’s better: winner take all or proportional representation?”

Politics aside? That’s like putting oxygen aside.

Abolish the Electoral College and this won’t ever be an issue.

When I ran (and lost) for

“Is the withdrawal of labor’s support the death knell for Gov. Schwarzenegger’s health-care plan?”

For now.How many death knells can one plan have?That presumes it ever had life in the first place.Well now that the CA Nurses are too busy beating up on N

Assembly Speaker Fabian N

What happens on the GOP side in California’s February 5 presidential primary? The far right weakens Rudy? Good-looking Mitt wins in the media state? TV’s favorite prosecutor, Fred Thompson, gets the nod? Does the winner here take the nomination?

If it’s Fred, he’s more likely to take a nap than take the nomination. And if

Amid brouhaha, the Special Session has been called, lawmakers are in Asia, Europe and South America–even their own districts–and the result thus far is zip. Do you think this session will really produce anything of value?

You might very well think the result is zip; we couldn’t possibly comment. The reality is some very high-level