A recent article in The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin featured Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson commenting on a candidate in Montclair who is running for two public offices at the same time. The article was published August 11th and titled “Candidate runs for Montclair council and school board.”
56-year-old Christopher Agrella is running for both the [...]
Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson was featured in an interview with Megan Cavanaugh of These Days on KPBS radio station in San Diego. The program discussed the City of Bell scandal, particularly as it relates to San Diego County. Also featured were Alison St. John, a senior Metro reporter for KPBS and Jessica Levinson, the director [...]
An August 1st article in The Orange County Register titled “Bell awakens the outrage” uses a past quote from Steve Frates, at the time a Senior Fellow at the Rose Institute. The article discusses how the recent scandal involving city of Bell officials who paid themselves enormous salaries has caused the public to take a close [...]
KBPS public radio in San Diego recently interviewed Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson in a piece titled “What City Leader Annual Salaries Cost Per Resident.” An article summarizing the interview is available here. The article notes how the salaries of city managers in smaller towns tend to “weigh more heavily on the pockets of taxpayers than in larger [...]
An August 7th article in The Press-Enterprise titled “Pension reform at forefront in Riverside County” quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson on the aftermath of the scandal relating to the outrageous salaries and pensions of city officials in Bell, California.
Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson was recently quoted in an August 2nd article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin titled “Local city managers disgusted over Bell pay.” The article discusses the recent outrage in Bell, California, after residents discovered their former city manager had a salary of $800,000, and the worries experienced by many other [...]
A recent article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, titled “Record low voter turnout,” quoted Rose Institute Research Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing why the low turnout in the recent California primaries was not unexpected. The article explores why turnout for the June 8th primary in Los Angeles County and statewide were low.
A July 1st article in the Whittier Daily News quoted Rose Institute Research Fellow Douglas Johnson on the topic of part-time city managers. The article, titled “Whittier City Manager Steve Helvey begins retirement at work,” discusses how Helvey is continuing to work for the city after leaving his full-time position. Helvey now works three days [...]
A June 1st article in the San Bernardino Sun quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing the influx of funding into Inland Empire campaigns as the elections draw closer. The article is titled “Developers invest in local elections” and it discusses how the recent growth in the Inland Empire has drawn donors to the area.
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A May 16th article in the San Jose Mercury News quoted Rose Institute Associate Director Professor Ken Miller discussing the campaigns of various gubernatorial candidates in California. The article, titled “A glut of Bay Area candidates reaches out to vote-rich Southern California,” details how the conservative candidates are focusing on the Inland Empire and Central [...]
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