You may recall that in the Michigan governorship primary, five of the GOP primary contenders – including the frontrunners – were disqualified because of faulty petition signatures. I wrote a previous post about it in June, and I had planned … Continue reading →
Not a surprise. I repeat: not a surprise. I am always nervous about signature-gathering on important questions. For example, I learned long ago that in Obama’s very first political race, a Democratic primary, he managed the feat of disqualifying every … Continue reading →
A lot of DAs have been in the news lately, haven’t they? Here’s what George Gascon of Los Angeles has been up to while he prepares to face a recall vote: Gascón’s prosecutors sued him so they could “charge repeat … Continue reading →
One can hope: A preliminary count of signatures submitted in a petition to recall Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón totals 715,833, L.A. County elections officials reported Saturday. L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said his office has completed … Continue reading →
That’s the title of this piece at BattleSwarm Blog about the possible recall of George Gascon. I submit, however, that it actually should read “especially his own prosecutors.” Lawyers don’t – or at least, until the last few years, didn’t … Continue reading →
LA County’s DA George Gascón is going to be “downsizing” and “renaming” the Hardcore Gangs Unit of the office he heads, and the reason for his deicision is certainly not that there are fewer hardcore gang members in the LA … Continue reading →
There’s now a recall effort underway involving Los Angeles County’s DA George Gascon, for his loathsome bait and switch. He is a disaster for LA, but I don’t know if the effort will be successful I’ve already written about Gascon … Continue reading →
I wrote about LA’s Soros-backed DA George Gascon previously in this post, and you can read more here. In summary, Gascon supports a sweeping leftist overhaul of the entire prosecution system in LA County in a way similar to that … Continue reading →
Here’s a thread for the election results. I’m staying away from coverage for another hour or two, but you can discuss everything here. UPDATE 11/6/2024 at 12:40 AM: I’m back. I still have PTSD from late returns in 2020, so … Continue reading →
First, we have a lawyer who has been DA George Gascon’s third in charge. Once again, it’s a good idea to read the whole thing, because it’s complex and an excerpt really doesn’t do it justice: LA County Assistant DA … Continue reading →
One would think that the most basic task of those running a large city would be to preserve civic order. Not a perfect order, of course; that would require a level of control and a restriction of freedom that would … Continue reading →
First we were told it was probably a bona fide accident. Then we were told it was likely to have been a purposeful crime. Now we hear this: Twenty-five recruits for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department got mowed down … Continue reading →