Four weeks ago, I respectfully submitted my letter of interest for appointment to the Council vacant seat. My message was structured responding to the thoughtful areas Council and audience...
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May 15, 2018 Dear Editorial Board, In 2008, Memphis, Tennessee adopted Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) as a method to elect our Council...
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Measure A is an initiative to amend our city’s charter to change the process for electing our City Council. Measure A would...
“You have to take five AP classes a year if you want to go to a good college.” As a sophomore at...
As we began the unit on the Legislative Branch, “Mark” asked why California ranks in the bottom of receiving federal funding when...
Santa Clara’s June 5 Special Election is asking that the Santa Clara electorate change its election method from one discriminatory, illegal election...
One of my favorite units to teach at Santa Clara High School is Elections and Campaigns. I start the lesson by showing the...
I met my future wife on January 23, 1954 at the Zenda Ballroom in Los Angeles. I was stationed in San Diego...
Dear Madam Mayor and City Council, I hereby submit my formal resignation from the Planning Commission effective immediately. While I have been...
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We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress
On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the current 115th Congress. Here are the frightening...