Category Archives: Random thoughts
-->Lost at the ballot box, lost at the City Council
Last night the Alameda City Council voted to not extend SunCal’s exclusive right to Alameda Point. This is the end result of an insular and bullying community outreach style.
Suncal’s style can be seen in the meeting itself, threatening a lawsuit if the results did not turnout its… >> More Updates
Get Oregon Rolling
This commercial we produced for Bill Bradbury in Oregon started running today.
Bill has MS and has some difficulty walking, so we took the Segway he uses to get around, and used it as a metaphor for finding a solutions to problems.
Small Business Survey
Since 2004, we have worked with Small Business California on their annual survey. If you own a small business we would like to get your thoughts and opinions.
Times Change
The finger pointing in the Massachusetts Senate Race began over the weekend and will continue for the next few weeks. No matter the outcome. Democrats have seen a change in the electorate this year but we been slow to respond. In 2006 and 2008 the strategy for electoral success was… >> More Updates
The surf is not up
In 1995, I interviewed for a job with the California State Senate’s Democratic Caucus. After the 1994 mid-term elections the California State Senate was the only state legislative body controlled by the Democratic Party west of the Mississippi River.
Many pundits and analysts are saying 2010 will be like… >> More Updates
More stadium politics
For those of you who follow this blog, you know I enjoy the politics that surrounds sports stadiums. So I could not let the possibility of a new arena being built in San Francisco for the Golden State Warriors pass without comment.
First this speaks to the inability… >> More Updates
A Cautionary Tale
Pundits often wonder why politicians worry so much about keeping sports teams. Mayor Greg Nickels is going to lose his bid for reelection and one of the reasons is the City’s loss of the Supersonics. Now this is not the only reason, the City also bungled its response to… >> More Updates
The most important political news of the week
Unless you are a political geek of the highest order, you probable missed the news that the California State Auditor’s Office has released draft regulations for the drawing of political boundaries for the Legislature and Board of Equalization. Now if you actually want to read them and reach an… >> More Updates
Stop
It has been nearly impossible not to watch and follow Governor Mark Sanford’s on-going sex scandal. The coverage led me to think about the difference between his scandal and the recent scandals faced by other politicians.
While the specifics in each individual case are different the one thing that… >> More Updates
A radical suggestion
A recent San Francisco Examiner editorial talks about how independent expenditures have grown out of control in San Francisco.
“Our latest local example of this standoff is an “independent expenditure” campaign-contribution loophole that has more than quintupled its money flow during the past six years.”
Why is this… >> More Updates