| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| There are better ways | 2021-12-29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476052293195743234 | 1476052293195743234 |
| The Royal Road - to NIMBY. | 2021-12-27 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1475471469803016192 | 1475471469803016192 |
| Newsom copies Texas. | 2021-12-18 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472058498443743233 | 1472058498443743233 |
| The switch to solar - who pays? | 2021-12-15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470971507979350020 | 1470971507979350020 |
| Tort wars - is justice on either side? | 2021-12-12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470125478304313344 | 1470125478304313344 |
| Water was the first really big political issue in | 2021-12-03 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1466600137631809537 | 1466600137631809537 |
| Who gets to decide how local governments implement state, | 2021-12-02 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466263213398392837 | 1466263213398392837 |
| There wouldn't be legal pot in California without a local | 2021-11-25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463708425016143877 | 1463708425016143877 |
| How should California repay Federal funds borrowed to | 2021-11-24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463524888346435584 | 1463524888346435584 |
| Forty years ago it was "don't Californicate Oregon!" and | 2021-11-24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463523307991433217 | 1463523307991433217 |
| California might issue tax rebate checks. | 2021-11-19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461527541672341507 | 1461527541672341507 |
| Water is the real third rail of California politics - | 2021-11-18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461144964037967872 | 1461144964037967872 |
| How do you just vote NO on legalized gambling? | 2021-11-05 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456460762717691912 | 1456460762717691912 |
| How bad is the economy? Depends on who you count. | 2021-11-05 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456458598276427781 | 1456458598276427781 |
| California high speed rail - | 2021-10-27 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453486969577611264 | 1453486969577611264 |
| California water projects being paid for with budget | 2021-10-27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453477963928801283 | 1453477963928801283 |
| Corruption is still pretty easy. | 2021-10-27 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453375879321579526 | 1453375879321579526 |
| California drought defies easy solutions | 2021-10-25 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1452475566188232704 | 1452475566188232704 |
| California public school finance - is the money being | 2021-10-22 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451564687301046279 | 1451564687301046279 |
| The good, bad, and ugly on the governor's desk - Newsom | 2021-10-15 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449155058134749187 | 1449155058134749187 |
| Who's paying? | 2021-10-07 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446210962671878148 | 1446210962671878148 |
| Right and wrong ways to fix California recall. | 2021-09-30 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443662512281423902 | 1443662512281423902 |
| Weaponizing the recall - why California recall process | 2021-09-28 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442662254307000323 | 1442662254307000323 |
| Was the recall election worthwhile? Two points of view | 2021-09-28 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442660843032702980 | 1442660843032702980 |
| Is California a good place to start a business? Depends | 2021-09-28 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442653348776198146 | 1442653348776198146 |
| Did anybody really think all those red states would allow | 2021-09-25 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441560822505873408 | 1441560822505873408 |
| Would somebody please tell the California GOP that they | 2021-09-19 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439663990062211073 | 1439663990062211073 |
| Who's desperate for power in California? | 2021-09-16 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438332055889141761 | 1438332055889141761 |
| As usual, GOP claims any election they lose is fraudulent. | 2021-09-15 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438134018118066183 | 1438134018118066183 |
| Once again, California GOP shows why they are #3 behind | 2021-09-15 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438131608461066252 | 1438131608461066252 |
| Nobody wants homeless people in their backyard. | 2021-09-09 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435784087986323459 | 1435784087986323459 |
| Fair enough. | 2021-09-09 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435783345602916353 | 1435783345602916353 |
| Larry Elder is the Democrats' preferred opponent. You | 2021-09-08 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435743358878507010 | 1435743358878507010 |
| Is affordable housing an antidote to bitter ideological | 2021-08-30 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1432214805138444295 | 1432214805138444295 |
| Time to fix California's recall elections. Make the | 2021-08-30 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1432212997468917762 | 1432212997468917762 |
| What kind of man becomes the front-runner to replace | 2021-08-29 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1431843778055139332 | 1431843778055139332 |
| What could a Republican governor do in a year against a | 2021-08-28 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1431616902585991169 | 1431616902585991169 |
| How many clowns can stuff themselves into a California | 2021-08-09 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1424828758301675544 | 1424828758301675544 |
| Can't find the serious candidates among the joke | 2021-08-08 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1424244407797047296 | 1424244407797047296 |
| Why the California GOP comes in third behind "no party | 2021-08-04 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1422804987583729666 | 1422804987583729666 |
| California's recall election system is nuts. There | 2021-08-02 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1422213132106092547 | 1422213132106092547 |
| Just in case one accidentally wins, Skelton asked the GOP | 2021-07-21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417647898016108544 | 1417647898016108544 |
| Not as many joke candidates as last time! | 2021-07-19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416982244841836550 | 1416982244841836550 |
| What does California GOP do about Trump? | 2021-07-14 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1415323662513696773 | 1415323662513696773 |
| The most responsible GOP candidate in the California recall | 2021-07-09 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413590163561713667 | 1413590163561713667 |
| Unsuccessful recalls backfire in California. | 2021-07-09 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413336024181182468 | 1413336024181182468 |
| The unexpected answer to California's recall - Gray Davis! | 2021-05-24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396935304460660739 | 1396935304460660739 |
| Who is leaving California for better opportunities? | 2021-05-06 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390151540216717313 | 1390151540216717313 |
| CalPERS thinks it can get better investment results | 2021-05-06 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390113390618578944 | 1390113390618578944 |
| What's $400 million? | 2021-05-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389051786485374978 | 1389051786485374978 |
| California recall fix is simple - logically. | 2021-04-29 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387593523302584323 | 1387593523302584323 |
| Can CA GOP campaign on policy without mentioning Trump? | 2021-04-28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387507533053497346 | 1387507533053497346 |
| First in time, first in right - first in trouble. | 2021-04-26 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386799208338923521 | 1386799208338923521 |
| GOP across nation endorse Newsom recall - EXCEPT | 2021-04-26 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1386771468164366336 | 1386771468164366336 |
| Even without climate change, California population growth | 2021-04-25 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386200028448919560 | 1386200028448919560 |
| A perfect Trumpist candidate! | 2021-04-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385963208784048138 | 1385963208784048138 |
| California Republicans hope to recall governor Gavin Newsom | 2021-04-01 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1377632049545113609 | 1377632049545113609 |
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========== There are better ways https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting but at least gerrymandering is now in the open. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-23/skelton-redistricting-new-maps-california #PS1capolitics ===== impress 25 time 2021-12-29 04:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476052293195743234 ========== The Royal Road - to NIMBY. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/27/el-camino-real-why-silicon-valleys-grand-boulevard-still-hasnt-taken-off/ Most people did not come to California in order to get to Manhattan. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 47 time 2021-12-27 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475471469803016192 ========== Newsom copies Texas. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-16/skelton-newsom-california-texas-abortion-law-guns Next, California should suspend fair redistricting for Federal elections until Texas enacts fair redistricting. No point giving away seats to GOP for nothing. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 91 time 2021-12-18 04:17 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472058498443743233 ========== The switch to solar - who pays? https://apnews.com/article/science-business-environment-and-nature-california-utilities-1bc5070157e0fb4f0c216f8b1dd1daee If there's going to be a backup electrical network, somebody has to pay for it. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 31 time 2021-12-15 04:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470971507979350020 ========== Tort wars - is justice on either side? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/12/californias-tort-wars-heating-up-again/ Trial lawyers are a potent lobby. So are business interests. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 19 time 2021-12-12 20:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470125478304313344 ========== Water was the first really big political issue in California and probably will be the last. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/groundwater-management-drought-california-agriculture/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551930908484756 #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 retweets 1 time 2021-12-03 02:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466600137631809537 ========== Who gets to decide how local governments implement state, national, or global priorities? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-housing-crisis-political-bonta-initiative/ State governments are not a federation of local governments! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551330225211491 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 15 time 2021-12-02 04:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466263213398392837 ========== There wouldn't be legal pot in California without a local option. Some people want to repeal the local option. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/california-weed/article255936207.html Sure it's confusing - like local option liquor laws in Texas - but it's part of the whole deal. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 22 time 2021-11-25 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463708425016143877 ========== How should California repay Federal funds borrowed to finance pandemic unemployment compensation? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-budget-surplus-spending-newsom/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 30 time 2021-11-24 15:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463524888346435584 ========== Forty years ago it was "don't Californicate Oregon!" and "don't Oregonize Idaho!" Now it's "don't be California East". https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/23/mathews-nation-keeps-californians-in-its-thoughts-this-thanksgiving/ How about flags that say "Don't Trump on Me!" #PS1capolitics ===== impress 30 time 2021-11-24 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463523307991433217 ========== California might issue tax rebate checks. https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/11/california-stimulus-checks/ Or might not. It's a complicated law. And as always, harder times ahead will arrive sooner or later. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 26 time 2021-11-19 02:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461527541672341507 ========== Water is the real third rail of California politics - worse than Prop 13. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/16/proposed-california-ballot-measure-would-fast-track-construction-of-dams-desalination-plants-and-other-water-projects/ Maybe farmers shouldn't be growing rice and cotton in a desert. It will be interesting to see if the proponents have to hire signature gatherers. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 32 time 2021-11-18 01:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461144964037967872 ========== How do you just vote NO on legalized gambling? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-sports-betting-ballot-measures/ They'll have to hire paid signature gatherers because nobody would sign on otherwise. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 112 time 2021-11-05 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456460762717691912 ========== How bad is the economy? Depends on who you count. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/04/new-study-finds-millions-of-workers-are-functionally-unemployed/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 110 time 2021-11-05 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456458598276427781 ========== California high speed rail - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/27/opinion-bay-area-needs-high-speed-rail-its-time-to-finish-it/ If it's ever finished, people will wonder why we didn't do it sooner. If it's never finished, people will wonder why we even tried. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1527478114263369 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 42 time 2021-10-27 22:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453486969577611264 ========== California water projects being paid for with budget surplus. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-25/skelton-water-projects-drought-california-billions Even though long-term capital improvements like these would normally be funded with bonds. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 27 time 2021-10-27 21:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453477963928801283 ========== Corruption is still pretty easy. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/10/california-sees-wave-of-political-corruption/ Just check "abscam" "shrimpgate" or "shrimp boy". Term limits don't seem to help - they enable another malady, having donors draft legislation. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 36 time 2021-10-27 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453375879321579526 ========== California drought defies easy solutions https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/23/skelton-state-is-trying-to-address-drought-its-a-tough-nut-to-crack/ Too many people, too much pumping, no safe dam sites left. Desalinisation? Water is the defining issue of California politics, as it has been since 1849. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 134 time 2021-10-25 03:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452475566188232704 ========== California public school finance - is the money being spent optimally? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/10/big-changes-california-schools-enrollment-funding/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 81 time 2021-10-22 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451564687301046279 ========== The good, bad, and ugly on the governor's desk - Newsom signed some and not others. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-14/skelton-newsom-california-legislature-bills-2021 There were hundreds more. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 90 time 2021-10-15 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449155058134749187 ========== Who's paying? https://mercurynews.com/2020/10/09/deep-pockets-who-is-behind-the-big-spending-in-californias-elections-this-year/ And that doesn't even count who's behind the dark money. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 79 time 2021-10-07 20:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446210962671878148 ========== Right and wrong ways to fix California recall. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-09-28/expert-warnings-california-recall-election-reform Easiest fix: allow incumbent to run, use ranked choice voting, make paid signature gatherers wear scarlet letters. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 40 time 2021-09-30 19:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443662512281423902 ========== Weaponizing the recall - why California recall process needs amendment. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-09-23/california-developer-pushes-sonoma-da-recall-attempt #PS1capolitics ===== impress 83 time 2021-09-28 01:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442662254307000323 ========== Was the recall election worthwhile? Two points of view in favor - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-23/column-how-latino-voters-in-the-recall-election-set-up-a-winning-model-for-the-midterms https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/25/mathews-why-californias-276-million-recall-election-was-a-bargain/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 85 time 2021-09-28 01:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442660843032702980 ========== Is California a good place to start a business? Depends on who you ask. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/25/california-tops-nation-in-economic-division/ California wins for information technology. Everybody agrees Wyoming and West Virginia are better for coal and fracking. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 88 time 2021-09-28 00:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442653348776198146 ========== Did anybody really think all those red states would allow a water pipeline to California? https://newswest.org/skelton-a-pipeline-to-the-mississippi-silly-as-the-recall/ As far as Oregon and Washington are concerned, they've shot down the idea of California raiding their water repeatedly. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 416 time 2021-09-25 00:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441560822505873408 ========== Would somebody please tell the California GOP that they have lost the suburbs? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/17/look-at-how-dramatically-california-changed-and-where-in-the-18-years-since-the-last-recall/ When Orange County went blue, the end was nigh. Trump might be a feature in Wyoming and Alabama, but he's a bug here. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1501168710227643 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 34 time 2021-09-19 18:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439663990062211073 ========== Who's desperate for power in California? Democrats? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/09/california-recall-system-change-reform-newsom/ Democrats already have power in California. They'll certainly keep it as long as Trump runs GOP. GOP? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/californias-recall-election-confirmed-everything-that-is-wrong-with-todays-republican-party/ Taxpayers spent $300 million on a GOP publicity stunt. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 33 time 2021-09-16 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438332055889141761 ========== As usual, GOP claims any election they lose is fraudulent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/15/trump-elder-california-recall-fraud-newsom/ Thus they attack faith in democratic processes and build support for deciding elections by GOP legislators rather than voters. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 50 time 2021-09-15 13:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438134018118066183 ========== Once again, California GOP shows why they are #3 behind "No Party Preference." https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/14/california-recall-candidates-make-final-election-day-push-in-hours-before-polls-close/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 54 time 2021-09-15 13:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438131608461066252 ========== Nobody wants homeless people in their backyard. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/08/apple-homeless-camp-neighbors-push-back-against-new-rv-park/ Take a look at the trash in most homeless camps, and you'll see why. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 42 time 2021-09-09 01:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435784087986323459 ========== Fair enough. In Texas, GOP candidates warn that a vote for Democrats would turn Texas into California. Kamala Harris returns the favor - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/08/recall-election-vice-president-kamala-harris-campaigns-for-newsom-in-east-bay/ Every Californian who would prefer to live under Greg Abbott left long ago. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 53 time 2021-09-09 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435783345602916353 ========== Larry Elder is the Democrats' preferred opponent. You don't have to caricature his views. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/larry-elder-california-recall/2021/09/07/42ea677c-0cdb-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html Faulconer is the only GOP candidate with any political leadership credentials. But no support - competence is suspect in the Trumpist GOP. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 55 replies 1 time 2021-09-08 23:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435743358878507010 ========== Is affordable housing an antidote to bitter ideological partisanship? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/California-housing-price-economy.html Not everybody wants to live in a Manhattan canyon - some prefer real canyons. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 50 time 2021-08-30 05:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432214805138444295 ========== Time to fix California's recall elections. Make the vote ranked-choice and allow the incumbent to run. That will eliminate the appeal to the state's third-place GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/opinion/california-recall-election-newsom.html #PS1capolitics ===== impress 49 time 2021-08-30 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432212997468917762 ========== What kind of man becomes the front-runner to replace Newsom? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/27/california-recall-candidate-larry-elder-under-police-investigation-following-2015-domestic-violence-accusation-that-his-campaign-denies/ And what do the rest of the clowns say? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/27/now-clearly-the-gop-frontrunner-elder-takes-heat-from-newsom-and-gop-peer-faulconer/ #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 57 time 2021-08-29 04:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431843778055139332 ========== What could a Republican governor do in a year against a veto-proof Democratic legislature? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/28/california-recall-heres-what-a-republican-governor-accomplish-if-newsom-loses/ To avoid such a circus, special elections should be ranked-choice with the incumbent allowed to run. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 54 time 2021-08-28 13:57 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431616902585991169 ========== How many clowns can stuff themselves into a California recall ballot? 46, or your choice of write-in. Democrats will vote against the recall, but if it passes, they can vote for one of the clowns. https://mercurynews.com/2021/08/07/who-the-heck-is-kevin-paffrath-recall-might-make-him-governor/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1473108136367034 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 72 time 2021-08-09 20:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424828758301675544 ========== Can't find the serious candidates among the joke candidates? Neither can the California GOP. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-california-coronavirus-pandemic-fd42319dc08f1f9dcd714b1bba9ba602 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 35 time 2021-08-08 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424244407797047296 ========== Why the California GOP comes in third behind "no party preference" https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/03/recall-election-conservative-radio-host-larry-elder-on-gavin-newsom-covid-and-whether-trump-lost-in-2020/ If he's going to suspend environmental laws and build lots of new housing - where's he going to get the water? It's hard to tell the GOP joke candidates from the rest. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 42 time 2021-08-04 06:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422804987583729666 ========== California's recall election system is nuts. There should just be a special election that anybody can run in, including the incumbent, decided by ranked-choice voting, so nut cases can't win by accident. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-california-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-db3a54763d961ece9b33c94fbe405e20 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 57 time 2021-08-02 15:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422213132106092547 ========== Just in case one accidentally wins, Skelton asked the GOP recall candidates about issues - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/skelton-where-republicans-running-to-replace-newsom-stand-on-issues/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 31 time 2021-07-21 00:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417647898016108544 ========== Not as many joke candidates as last time! https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-government-and-politics-elections-california-c5eedc7f144b2e7baa5745b800e67709 But there are enough. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 19 time 2021-07-19 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416982244841836550 ========== What does California GOP do about Trump? https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-08/california-gop-on-trump-how-jenner-faulconer-chen-differ It doesn't matter for statewide offices; GOP comes in third after "no preference." But it will matter in swing House and state legislature districts. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2021-07-14 14:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415323662513696773 ========== The most responsible GOP candidate in the California recall won't say whether he was/is/will be a Trumpist. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/09/skelton-gops-faulconer-tries-to-run-recall-campaign-as-a-policy-wonk/ "Faulconer would create more shelters across California and require homeless people to occupy them" That's another word for jail. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 43 time 2021-07-09 20:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413590163561713667 ========== Unsuccessful recalls backfire in California. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-06/california-recall-history-feinstein-newsom #PS1capolitics ===== impress 33 time 2021-07-09 03:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413336024181182468 ========== The unexpected answer to California's recall - Gray Davis! https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/recall-gavin-newsom-gray-davis #PS1capolitics ===== impress 33 time 2021-05-24 21:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396935304460660739 ========== Who is leaving California for better opportunities? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/05/skelton-californias-population-growth-has-slowed-blame-exorbitant-housing-costs/ It's not rich people - they can afford the taxes and cost of living. It's mostly minimal-wage essential workers and retirees who can't afford the cost of living. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 47 time 2021-05-06 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390151540216717313 ========== CalPERS thinks it can get better investment results in secret. Better for who? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/05/california-pension-calpers-corruption-legislation/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 51 time 2021-05-06 01:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390113390618578944 ========== What's $400 million? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/01/hey-california-taxpayers-guess-how-much-the-newsom-recall-election-is-going-to-cost-you/ Trumpists never mind spending other people's money. In this case, they get publicity heading toward 2024, and if there's some kind of catastrophic event or scandal, one of them might even win. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 33 time 2021-05-03 02:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389051786485374978 ========== California recall fix is simple - logically. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/28/cailfornia-recall-election-reform-newsom/ When the recall petition threshold is reache, just have one ranked-choice election for governor. The incumbent can run again. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used #PS1capolitics ===== impress 47 time 2021-04-29 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387593523302584323 ========== Can CA GOP campaign on policy without mentioning Trump? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-26/skelton-what-the-california-gop-can-gain-from-recall-newsom Seems doubtful - nowadays the GOP party and policy IS Trump. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 36 time 2021-04-28 20:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387507533053497346 ========== First in time, first in right - first in trouble. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/board_info/water_rights_process.html California water history is violent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_water_wars More to come? Declining water supplies in a warming environment will end California's growth. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/04/california-drought-water-supply-groundwater/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 81 time 2021-04-26 21:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386799208338923521 ========== GOP across nation endorse Newsom recall - EXCEPT California's own GOP House reps. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article250793854.html Something dumb said now might haunt their own tight re-elections next year! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402622580082257 #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 86 time 2021-04-26 19:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386771468164366336 ========== Even without climate change, California population growth had to end. https://apnews.com/article/california-census-2020-government-and-politics-5d518db43b3d53cb9241789628c88521 There just isn't water to support many more people AND agriculture AND fisheries... #PS1capolitics ===== impress 52 time 2021-04-25 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386200028448919560 ========== A perfect Trumpist candidate! https://apnews.com/article/caitlyn-jenner-california-governor-288b8ed19b68632bb2d2352f3d8a6366 No political or government experience, no qualifications except reality-TV and a big social media following. Full loyalty to Trump, and her campaign run by Brad Parscale! #PS1capolitics ===== impress 35 time 2021-04-24 14:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385963208784048138 ========== California Republicans hope to recall governor Gavin Newsom by blaming him for virus lockdowns. Their proposed replacement is? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/31/opinion-the-real-reason-newsom-is-the-target-of-a-recall/ The GOP is now third place in California after "no party preference". More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1385849928426189 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 50 time 2021-04-01 14:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377632049545113609