Time for new Constitutional amendments? History says ‘yes’
Quick quiz: Last month marked the 30th anniversary of the most recent U.S. Constitutional amendment. What was it? Answer: The...
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Sept. 22, 2022 – Vol. 2, Issue 26
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Jeff Burdick
- Jun 9
How ‘voter apathy’ should inspire the news media
In the last week, a bit of digital ink was spilled about how registered voter turnout for California’s primaries this week would be far...
Jeff Burdick
- Dec 15, 2021
Year-in-Review: Our 10 best political articles of 2021
Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...
Jeff Burdick
- Sep 9, 2021
A proud anniversary covering California politics
With this issue, the SactoPolitico.com marks its first full year of publishing. Coincidentally, that’s the paper anniversary, which is...
Jeff Burdick
- Aug 30, 2021
Why we published: Great Debate Mystery stories
This the third time I’ve written a “Why we published” editorial in the Sacto Politico’s first year of existence. Each time, the occasion...
Jeff Burdick
- Jun 15, 2021
Editorial: Why we published SEIU Local 1000 story
On June 10, The Sacto Politico published a fascinating and informative Q&A interview with in-coming SEIU Local 1000 President Richard...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 19, 2021
Sacramento’s riot of heated rhetoric included Sac Bee
Many thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory local rhetoric that blemished the...
Jeff Burdick
- Dec 15, 2020
S/P OpEd follow-up: Campaign coffers for common good?
This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 9, 2020
Why we published Patterson scoops
This package exposes a surprising number of far-right connections by a major-party-endorsed candidate for Congress (Buzz Patterson, CA-7).
Jeff Burdick
- Sep 15, 2020
Welcome to SactoPolitico.com
The inspiration for this site was to address the increasing lack of quality local political coverage that’s essential to democracy.
Jeff Burdick
- Sep 11, 2020
Can Biden produce permanent campaign finance reform?
Even though Biden will have raised more than $1 billion, I can still see a scenario in which he takes up campaign finance in earnest.