Posted on 04/11/2014 10:57:52 AM PDT by cotton1706
The beleaguered California Republican Party received a rare piece of good news on Friday when the California Poll announced that a Republican leads in the election for secretary of state.
Pete Peterson, a Pepperdine University instructor, is in the lead for chief elections officer with 30 percent support, followed by Democratic State Sen. Alex Padilla with 17 percent.
The election was upended recently when Democratic hopeful Leland Yee was indicted on federal gun trafficking charges.
Another prominent candidate, Dan Schnur, has failed to gain transaction so far, receiving only four percent of voter support.
Schnur is a well-connected former Republican insider who has served as an aide for such GOP luminaries as former California Gov. Pete Wilson and U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona.
Generally regarded as a moderate, Schnur left the Republican Party to run as an independent candidate.
Also receiving single-digit support are Green Party hopeful David Curtis and Democrat Derek Chassman.
Peterson is executive director of the Davenport Institute of Public Policy at Pepperdine. The think tank seeks to find and promote ways to persuade more citizens to get involved in the political process.
He is a reform-minded candidate for Secretary of State who believes elected officials should be paid on the basis of how much they get done rather that a set salary.
Under his plan, a 10-point performance dashboard would be launched on the state website and the salary would be based on what percentage of the goals had been completed successfully.
He also proposes making it easier to track money contributed to political campaigns and enhance the use of the World Wide Web to help people find and complete state paperwork.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Not to worry. The state’s “newspapers” will dig up old jaywalking charges and find people claiming to be victims of traffic jams caused by the Republicans. Dem corruption is now old news and no longer valid news.
This cannot be allowed to stand.
I’m sure the Cal Dem party is putting in a call to the IRS, and the NSA, as we speak.
While news of a Republican-anything would be cause for content, in California it does not matter any more. There truly is no redemption for that state any more. It may piss you off, but your desire for pleasant weather, a cool locale, etc. got the better of you. Stick a fork in it - it is done so there ain’t no use in looking back. The Mexicans have it now.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.