Gloves Off:
Why California Politics Have Changed
by Peter Coe Verbica, President
California Congress of Republicans
California politics have changed, but not for reasons that you might think. If boxing is a tough sport, welcome to the MMA cage match known as California politics. If you don’t have time to finish this article, I’ll cut to the punch line: Higher housing prices and higher rent equals less Republicans. The number of Republicans in California is inversely correlative to the price of housing. As more and more Californians become oppressed renters, due to a lack of housing supply, they’re more prone to vote for policies which penalize owners. Interested in more Republicans in California? Reform land use! The rest is hogwash. Today’s problem has only been 80 years in the making.
For years, boxing was bound by the bare-knuckled “London Prize Ring Rules.” These were subsequently replaced by the “Marquess of Queensberry Rules,” first written by John Graham Chambers in 1865, and endorsed by boxing patron and sportsman John Douglas, the Ninth Marquess of Queensberry. Thanks to California’s governor, raised by the silver-back political wolves by the names of Pelosi, Brown and Feinstein and an unbridled Democrat-run legislation, the gloves are off. It’s pure blood sport and not for faint of heart. Who would have thought that so many aging hippies who hated “the man” would be such rabid advocates for the degradation of basic liberties?
While the rules of boxing have evolved, the rules of California politics have devolved.
