Inland Empire Progressive

After the '08 election, I began collecting voter registration data on individual cities. I wanted to do it by districts to make it easier, but because districts change and cities are more permanent I collected it by city. My earliest data-point starts in Aug '09 because all that earlier data got corrupted on my flash drive and I had no backup. (A lesson learned the hard way to always backup your important documents.) Some key points are below the graphs. Colton NVP Minimal decline of registration in conservative wave of '10 Resumes course early '11 and continues sloping climb Began 3300 Ended 4100 +800 gain '09 level DEM Nadir was around Aug '10 Slight gains in '11 Online Registration pushed levels above '09 Began 9900 Ended 10200 +300 gain above '09 level REP Sharp spike in '10 due to Conservative angst at President Obama Slight drop off after '10 election Online registration lifted R...

CITY DEM VOTE REP VOTE DIFFERENCE Colton (Dem) 2199 1057 1142 Fontana (Dem) 694 730 -36 Grand Terrace (Rep) 768 920 -152 Loma Linda (Rep) 1271 1138 133 Rancho Cucamonga (Rep) 6256 11140 -4884 Redlands (Rep) 5562 6279 -717 Rialto (Dem) 2657 1513 1144 San Bernardino (Dem) 7923 5723 2200 Upland (Rep) 1565 2168 -603 Unincorporated (Mixed) 1507 1596 -89 After the Primary, the folks in Washington D.C., Sacramento, the Media, and whoever else was paying attention to this race were shocked by the results of this election. I was only mildly surprised because I didn’t think that Mr. Dutton would make it through. Early in the Primary, I let my candidate of choice at the time, Renea Wickman, know that I was worried on a purely mathematical basis that Dems would not make the top two. Dems had a 1 in 4 chance of making the ticket versus a 1 in 2 chance of Reps making the ticket. We have seen those results play out and my worst fears realized....

Colton Sinkhole (Video provided by Inland Newpapers Group) (Link Removed) This is what happens when we continue to cut spending and don't invest in necessary infrastructure projects like roads and bridges. This sinkhole in Colton is one example, but throughout the Inland Empire we can see (and feel!) the degradation of our streets literally before our eyes. Temporary fixes like the one shown in the video are just that: TEMPORARY. Our society cannot continue to repair our infrastructure on patchwork basis. We need dedicated revenue streams if we are going to go foward with any type of long term engineering projects. My concern is that when the Spring showers come our streets and bridges will become to damaged to drive on.