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16 Feb 2009, 8:41 pm
" The state's economy --and its GOP--depends upon the vote of one state senator, Abel Maldonado. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 5:29 pm by Cal Law
Abel Maldonado’s confirmation as California’s next lieutenant governor has suddenly morphed into a constitutional debate. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 8:02 am
State Senator Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) broke ranks with the rest of the California Senate Republican Caucus and voted for the bad budget bill. [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 7:52 am
While California waits to see if GOP State Senatro Abel Maldonado becomes the guy who killed the Golden State's economy and his own political career with a vote for a staggering tax hike, we'll celebrate Presidents Day... [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 10:55 pm
Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, is sincerely motivated by a desire to protect children, but his proposal to require special license plates for convicted sex offenders is ill-advised and, because it could give children a false sense of security, possibly even dangerous. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 7:49 am
Blog readers will recall that putting the top two primary on next spring's CA ballot was the price to get Maldonado's vote for a package of budget reforms (a package that the voters later voted down,... [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 1:23 am
Abel Maldonado (Contact), R-Santa Maria, is sincerely motivated by a desire to protect children, but his proposal to require special license plates for convicted sex offenders is ill-advised and, because it could give children a false sense of security, possibly even dangerous.We also take issue with Maldonado's reasoning. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 9:59 am
That a Republican state senator refused to vote for the budget and sent California into the abyss unless he got these changes is a disgrace to the GOP state senator: [I]n the witching hours of Thursday morning, lawmakers caved to some of the demands of State Senator Abel Maldonado of Santa Maria, a Republican who wanted state constitutional amendments establishing an open primary system and banning legislative pay increases during deficit years, and the elimination of a 12-cent… [read post]
6 Mar 2008, 3:33 pm
Abel Maldonado (Contact), R-Santa Maria, says Senate Bill 1163 would make the streets safer by helping the public better identify potentially dangerous sex offenders. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:21 pm by Cal Law
Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, are big fans of Prop. 14, which would allow primary voters to choose candidates regardless of their political party affiliation. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 2:35 pm by The Law Office of Nancy King
The state legislature is apparently working to pass a law that would clarify who should receive credits, but given the shambles that is our legislature (what's happened to Abel Maldonado's nomination for lieutenant governor is a good example) we shouldn't expect quick action. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 11:34 pm by Transplanted Lawyer
  I just plain can't endorse him because I can't imagine that anything he does is going to help the state's financial problems, so I decline to make any endorsement for Democrats.Republican for Lieutenant Governor:  There are two major candidates, Sam Aanestad and Abel Maldonado, the incumbent. [read post]