Category Archives: Politics
The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s historic achievement
OK — there’s been so much negative stuff surrounding newspapers (much of it self inflicted by the way), that I’m going to step out from any feigned posture of humility and toot our, the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s, horn for … Continue reading
Santa Cruz grapples with crime, drugs and … homeless services
No issue has so divided the greater Santa Cruz community as providing day-use services at the Homeless Services Center. This issue has continued to heat up for a variety of reasons: The public’s perception that transients continue to be a … Continue reading
Panetta: Good and faithful public servant
The Jan. 23, Sentinel Editorial: If this is the last public service job Leon Panetta decides to hold, then he deserves the thanks of the entire country. For Monterey native Panetta, who represented Santa Cruz County in Congress for six … Continue reading
Get real on gun laws
The following is the Dec. 19, 2012, Editorial for the Santa Cruz Sentinel: Controlling guns of mass destruction is much the topic — nationally and in this space — after the horrifying slaughter of 20 small children and six adults … Continue reading
Election 2012: Day before tomorrow
Time for some day after, day before the rest of it starts, review of Tuesday’s election. To start, here’s Thursday’s Sentinel Editorial: Santa Cruz County voters, and California voters, demonstrated in Tuesday’s election they are willing to raise taxes, even … Continue reading
Obama gets another shot
The Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial for Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Maybe not a mandate, but an impressive win nonetheless. President Barack Obama and his team did what they had to do to win a second term, winning in most of … Continue reading
The running man: Election night — Obama’s big win, state and local races
This blog will be updated throughout the night, especially as results on state ballot measures and local races come in. 6 p.m. Hmmm. Just as close as expected. What trends can be seen in presidential race? Romney seems to be … Continue reading
Election Day and the Sentinel
If you wake up Wednesday morning expecting to read a print newspaper delivering election results, you’ll probably be disappointed, at least in terms of local and state races. While it’s been true for at least one presidential cycle that the … Continue reading
The Sentinel and Nov. 6 election
Off and running. With the end of the political conventions, the national campaign now moves into a phase where the three debates between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney should be far more revealing than the pep rallies … Continue reading
Election season off and running
Once upon a time — oh, maybe four years ago — the general election season began in earnest after Labor Day. The national political conventions were over, families were back from vacation with the kids in school, and state and … Continue reading
