Archives

This is the archive area for September 1997.

To read the issue in which you're interested, click on its date.

  • Volume 1, Number 8: September 1, 1997
      No politician gearing up a gubernatorial election campaign wants to have to settle ugly little disputes involving other politicians -- something can always go wrong.

  • Volume 1, Number 9: September 8, 1997
      For those who view politics as high entertainment, the final week of a legislative session is show time. And this week in Sacramento promises to be a humdinger, replete with billion-dollar deals and behind-the-scenes skullduggery that would do a Jesse Unruh or Willie Brown proud.

  • Volume 1, Number 10: September 15, 1997
      The California Legislature is much maligned -- and deservedly.

  • Volume 1, Number 11: September 22, 1997
      California's embattled political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission, is in the midst of writing regulations for Proposition 208, the campaign-reform ballot initiative that voters approved last November.

  • Volume 1, Number 12: September 29, 1997
      Few Californians have heard of Al Checchi. But he's worth an estimated $550 million and he's running for governor, so that means by this time next year a lot of people will have heard a lot about him -- if only through the millions of dollars worth of television commercials purchased by his campaign.