Steven Greenhut Says Candidates Are Using Politics to Become ‘Czars’

Two prominent California politicians are using
their current political powers to advance political changes — in
one case a bill, in another an initiative — that would give them
vast new powers if they win statewide office in November. Critics
find it tacky at best. In one case, Sen. Alex Padilla, the Los
Angeles Democrat who is running for secretary of state, is the
principal coauthor on a bill that would require any local
redistricting plans to be approved by the secretary of state. It
would provide more than $2 million annually to that office. Steven
Greenhut writes that he’s naïve enough to think that politicians
aren’t going to play politics with their office. But voters should
at least be aware of how shamefully transparent — tacky, if you
will — they can be at times.

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