Senate Minority Leader Scott Wilk and Senate Minority Leader-elect Brian Jones. Monday, members of the California Senate Republican Caucus unanimously voted to elect Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) as their next leader. Jones currently serves as Senate Republican Caucus Chair and succeeds Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) who was elected to the post by his
California lawmakers traveled this week to Maui for an annual, and rather secretive, junket in which they rub shoulders and talk policy with the special interests who pay their way. It's legal, though it shouldn't be. At least those who attend should be upfront with the public about where they are and what they are doing.
The name most famously associated with the drawing of political maps is Elbridge Gerry, the Massachusetts Intro. anecdote from Thursday meeting This is, quite simply, where things start to get interesting.