by jpitney | Aug 1, 2025 | Public Service
Melody Gutierrez at LAT: Across the country, antagonists and antigovernment “sovereign citizens” are flooding states and counties with liens like the ones Jarrett and others show how to file. In the claims, they often allege government officials owe them money or...
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2024 | California Politics, Local Government
Rigel Robinson at Berkeleyside explains why he is quitting: I have served this community on the Berkeley City Council since 2018 and, for the last several years, have served as Berkeley’s representative on the Alameda County Transportation Commission. When I was first...
by jpitney | Jun 15, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
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by jpitney | Oct 6, 2021 | Public Service
David French at The Dispatch: Writing in The Week, Joel Mathis stated the problem well: The democratic process starts at the local level. There are many little-known and ill-paid elected local officials whose motivations have little to do with ideology or ambition....
