Tim is the principal with Hunt Enterprises, a communications and government affairs firm. He is the former editor and associate publisher of the Tri-Valley Herald.
THE CALIFORNIA Voting Rights Act of 2002 was signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis with little fanfare or protest. Its intent was to boost minority representation on city councils, school boards and in special districts.
THIS IS A tale of two agencies, proof that some public officials can react honestly to demands for disclosure of public records and admit their mistakes — and that some will hide behind secrecy all the way to court, public interest be damned.
GOV. ARNOLD Schwarzenegger has killed an effort to seek $1.1 billion in stimulus money for a number of practical rail projects. Instead he is focusing all his attention of obtaining federal funds for the proposed bullet train from San Francisco to Southern California.
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