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October 24, 2004

LA Times says I'm a "Political Junkie"!

It seems that my California Ballot analysis is getting a bit of press. I got a call from a Los Angeles Times reporter the other day asking me about them, and why I did it. He was doing a story on making sense of the many propositions on the ballot (not really investigating any particular position), and the story came out in today's Times on the cover of the California section (below the fold).

A Political Junkie's Hobby: Explaining it all to voters (free registration required).

By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Surely Hiram Johnson, that thundering progressive, didn't think it would take Steve Friedl to make his government reform movement work.

But nearly a century later, the 42-year-old software consultant and political junkie finds himself yet again translating the impenetrable prose of California's ballot measures for his fans on the Internet.

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On Saturday, I spent more than an hour with Times photographer Glenn Koenig (a very nice guy) getting some great pictures to go with the story, but I guess they didn't make the cut. Bummer.

I've already gotten a handful of emails from people who've read the story, and though there were no references to my website in the article itself, I guess Google has once again been my best source of traffic.

California Ballot Analysis - November 2 2004

So maybe I should consider a life as a "pundit" ? :-)

Posted by steve at October 24, 2004 10:49 AM

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Hey Stevie! I saw your article in the Times this morning. Good on ya! I look at your site from time to time but I'd never seen your proposition analysis. I'll check it out. I'm having a tough time with a few of the propositions.

Posted by: Gila at October 24, 2004 11:13 AM