National Tax Limitation Committee
President of the National Tax Limitation Committee, a nonprofit group dedicated to limiting the growth, size and power of government and a sponsor of California's 1990 term limit initiative
PROFILE
Lew Uhler
Guest
FROM Lew Uhler
Which Way, L.A.?
Term Limits and Musical Chairs Term limits were enacted in 1990 to rid California of so-called "career politicians" and replace them with "citizen legislators," who would serve relatively briefly in elected positions and then return to their former lives in the private sector.
Which Way, L.A.?
Proposition 84 Proposition 84 would raise 5.3 billion dollars in bond money for a host of projects, including improved water quality, flood control, park projects and coastal protection. Supporters say that 500 conservation groups, business leaders and elected officials believe it’s critically needed. Opponents say it was put on the ballot by a Sacramento…
Recommended
KCRW Features
What are charter schools? LAUSD teachers were picket lines for a second day Tuesday. And this morning the teachers union organized a march to the California Charter Schools Association office downtown, to draw attention to their criticisms of local charter schools. But what are charter schools anyway?
The Mixer
The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses. Those are just some of the demands that members of United Teachers, Los Angeles - the union that represents teachers' at LAUSD - are asking for.