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November 20, 2008 Prop 11, Prop 93, the California Democratic Council and the California Democratic Party
October 21, 2008 Still Against Proposition 11 and So-called California Re-Districting "Reform"
October 16, 2008 California Full of Competitive Legislature Races in November
October 10, 2008 Cavala: More Fallacious Arguments on Prop 11 – The Governor’s Redistricting Scheme Debunked
October 10, 2008 Cavala: L.A. Times Columnist Wrong About Public Input into Legislative Redistricting
October 08, 2008 Cavala: Billionaire Republican Donates $200,000 in Support of the Governor’s Redistricting Scheme
October 05, 2008 Cavala: Competitive Legislative Seats Do Not Produce “Moderate” Lawmakers
September 29, 2008 Cavala: Latest Voter Registration Numbers Provide Good Reason For Democrats to Vote ‘No’ On Prop 11
September 28, 2008 California Proposition 11: Redistricting Commission – YES
September 11, 2008 Cavala: Supporting the Governor’s Redistricting Scheme So That Reformers Will Be ‘Free’ to Repeal Prop 13 (?)
September 11, 2008 Schrag: Pass Proposition 11--Remove the Distraction of Redistricting—So We Can Move On to Reforms That Matter
September 10, 2008 Cavala: Latest Public Policy Institute Analysis Shows No Relationship Between “Competitive Seats” and “Moderation” in the California Legislature
September 05, 2008 Cavala: Asian-Pacific Civil Rights Organizations Join Growing Opposition to Prop 11, the Governor’s Redistricting Scheme
August 30, 2008 Cavala: Shameful Deception By Common Cause – Barack Obama Does Not Support Prop 11--The California Democratic Party Opposes Prop 11
August 29, 2008 Proposition 11’s Redistricting Reform and the Kind of Refreshing Change Obama Called on Americans to Demand
August 28, 2008 Cavala: Look For the Crucial Information in Paragraph 10 of Any “Bee” Story - - (Or You May Be Misled)
August 28, 2008 About the Sacramento Bee’s Coverage of the Prison Guard Union’s Contribution Against Prop 11: A Correction and Some Comments
August 28, 2008 Cavala: PPIC Survey Shows Prop 11- The Schwarzenegger Redistricting Scheme - With 31% of the Democratic Vote
August 27, 2008 Cavala: Editorial Opinion Masquerading as ‘News’ in the ‘Bee’
August 25, 2008 Cavala: A.A.R.P. Backs Schwarzenegger Redistricting Scheme Opposed by California’s Democrats (Now Why Would They Do That?)
August 25, 2008 Prop 11 Redistricting Needed—Unless You Think Sacramento is Working
August 20, 2008 Cavala: Democratic Part ‘Stupid’ For Not Following Republican Advice on Prop 11, the Governor’s Redistricting Scheme?
August 20, 2008 The “Real” Stupid Party In California
August 19, 2008 Cavala: Latest Bogus Effort to Defend Schwarzenegger Redistricting Scheme
August 19, 2008 California Redistricting Reform: Arguments Against Prop 11 Don’t Hold Water to This Progressive Democrat
August 14, 2008 Cavala: Egad! I’ve Been (Verbally) Assaulted By the League of Women Voters
August 14, 2008 Democrats Need Not Fear Prop 11 on Redistricting—In Fact, Many Are Supporting It
August 12, 2008 Proposition 11: Fake Redistricting Reform Brought to you by Governor Schwarzenegger and his Wrong-Wing Republican Gang
July 27, 2008 Cavala: Former Republican Caucus Staffer Masquerades as Civil Rights Champion in Bogus California Redistricting Argument
July 22, 2008 Cavala: California Voters’ Initial ‘Take’ On Redistricting Scheme Presages Its Defeat
July 16, 2008 Cavala: Could Redistricting ‘Reform’ Make California Competitive For John McCain? (No)
June 27, 2008 Politics and California Redistricting
June 19, 2008 Governor Extends Slot Machine Compact--Big Donation to Redistricting ‘Reform’
June 19, 2008 Redistricting in California: Control or Democracy?
June 18, 2008 Cavala: Republican Redistricting Scheme Loses Fig Leaf as the California Democratic Party Votes to Oppose It
June 14, 2008 The Republican “Voters First” Initiative
May 11, 2008 Tony Quinn’s Analysis Makes It Clear There is No Good Reason for Democrats to Support “Reform” of Redistricting Process
April 20, 2008 ‘Due Process’ Democrats Have Their Heads Buried in the California Sand
April 19, 2008 Why Are G.O.P. Contributors Putting Big Money Into California Redistricting ‘Reform’ - A Love of ‘Fairness’??
April 17, 2008 A Few Pesky Facts That Get in the Way of the “League of Women Voters” Arguments for the Governor’s Redistricting Reform
April 17, 2008 California Voters FIRST Presents a Balanced and Bipartisan Effort for Redistricting Reform
April 04, 2008 The Need for Redistricting Reform from This California Democrat’s Perspective
March 31, 2008 Revenge in Attack on Legislative Redistricting?
March 30, 2008 The Bee’s Weintraub Fronts Latest G.O.P. Redistricting Plan
March 14, 2008 Common Cause Fronts California G.O.P. Power Play - Redistricting Reform, Isn’t…
March 14, 2008 Support California Redistricting by Helping to Gather Signatures for November 2008 Ballot Initiative
December 16, 2007 Rose Institute’s “Hall Of Shame” is Bogus Effort to Trick the Unknowledgeable Media on Redistricting
December 10, 2007 Governor Poizner’s Interest in Redistricting Not the Same as Governor Schwarzenegger
December 09, 2007 Schwarzenegger Redistricting Plan Could Cost Democrats Six Assembly Seats and Two in the Senate
December 06, 2007 “Sound Bite” Politics: “Don’t Let The Politicians Pick The Voters”…
December 04, 2007 Schwarzenegger's Redistricting Proposal Would Give Power to Unqualified People as a Matter of Law
October 24, 2007 New Redistricting Initiative Designed to Fail – Courts Would Redraw Districts for 2012
October 21, 2007 Gerrymanders Cause Corruption – Unless Done by the G.O.P.
October 19, 2007 Recent California Registration Trends: Good News for Democrats, Bad News for G.O.P. in Districts Drawn by the Legislature
October 19, 2007 How to Revive California Redistricting Reform
October 15, 2007 Much at Stake in California's Redistricting System
September 17, 2007 Redistricting ‘Reform’ Will Not Create a Party of Republican Moderates in California
September 10, 2007 The California Legislature Must Act on Redistricting Reform NOW
August 25, 2007 Why Should the “Fairness” of Legislative Districts Boundaries Be Judged By How Often Seats “Change Hands” Between the Parties?
August 09, 2007 DO ‘COMPETITIVE’ LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS PRODUCE MODERATE AND REASONABLE LAWMAKERS? SENATOR DENHAM PROVES THE OPPOSITE!
July 16, 2007 CALIFORNIA’S REAL GERRYMANDERS TAKE PLACE AT THE COUNTY
June 06, 2007 GOP ‘ REDISTICTING REFORM’ WOULD RESULT IN COURT-DRAWN PLAN – A SCHEME REPEATEDLY REJECTED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS
June 04, 2007 “COMPETITIVE” ASSEMBLY SEATS IN CALIFORNIA – IS REDISTRICTING REFORM NEEDED?
May 29, 2007 Preview of What National Redistricting Expert Will Tell California Assembly Elections Hearing Tomorrow
April 23, 2007 California Redistricting Battle--More Action Expected This Week
April 18, 2007 California Assembly Speaker Nunez Announces Redistricting Proposal--Common Cause "Encouraged" After Being Briefed
April 16, 2007 ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS HYPOCRITICAL POSITION ON REDISTRICTING “REFORM”
April 02, 2007 LEADER OF ‘HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYER’ GROUP ADMITS HE’S A HIRED GUN WHO DEFENDED TERM LIMITS – WHICH HAS LITTLE TO
February 10, 2007 REDISTRICTING ‘REFORM’ COULD TOPPLE DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER PELOSI – PRO TEM PERATA IS RIGHT TO OPPOSE IT
February 05, 2007 How Far Will Redistricting Changes Get This Year in California?
December 28, 2006 “SO VOTERS CAN CHOOSE POLITICIANS, NOT POLITICIANS CHOOSING VOTERS.” – ANALYSIS BY PHRASE
December 28, 2006 CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING: MY THOUGHTS
December 27, 2006 REDISTRICTING: THE THIRTY YEARS WAR IN CALIFORNIA
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