Todd Maddison – California Globe

And Now, Another Episode of ‘Shutdown Theater’

October 18, 2025 3:00 amOctober 18, 2025 3:01 am

OK, so here we go again. We’re in the middle of more shutdown theater, where we see politicians on both sides doing their best to convince their partisans that “the other side” is responsible for massive hardships because they won’t...

Why Can’t Our Schools Afford to Improve the Education of our Kids?

June 11, 2025 3:00 amJune 11, 2025 4:45 pm

School budget season is on us once again. This is crunch time for local activists who really want to see what your district is planning for the future and have some influence on how they spend our tax dollars. Nothing...

Tax Increase Season

September 6, 2024 7:44 amSeptember 6, 2024 7:44 am

It’s an election year, which means it’s time to talk about tax increases! Yay? In the past few years massive post-pandemic tax revenue increases combined with skyrocketing real estate prices have driven tax receipts ever higher. One might think that...

Kamala Harris and the California Public Utilities Commission

August 6, 2024 10:36 amAugust 6, 2024 10:36 am

With the likely ascendance of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket this November we will see increased scrutiny of her past record. As we should. We’ve already seen some great work on that, including an article...

Who Are the Real Extremists in Our School Board Struggles?

August 11, 2023 7:30 amAugust 11, 2023 7:40 am

Lately we’ve all seen reporting decrying an increase in “extremism” in our school boards. From articles telling us “It’s becoming increasingly clear that our state is going to need a new coalition committed to keeping extremists off our public school...