Results give peek into November State Senate and State Assembly Races.

The results are in for the IVN Independent Voter Survey in California’s 15^th State Senate District and 28^th State Assembly District.

At this moment, Independents have the opportunity to reach hundreds, even thousands of people with a message – that you can do something and are just as capable as the people who are “running the show,” of doing something that so many representatives are not doing– listening to their constituents. I bet you are capable of listening to people who are in your community. I bet you will listen to them better than many people who think they are “holier than thou” and do not have the time or energy to understand the complex relationship between law-makers and law-followers.

As global commodity prices increase, including that for gold, economists and investors want to know if gold prices are accurately reflecting its value, or if gold is experiencing another bubble like the NASDAQ or housing have in recent history. The following infographic makes the case that gold is not a bubble. For the less graphically-minded, here's a written analysis by Jeff Clarke of Casey Research.

California voters have good reason to be cynical about politics. Our state is facing record unemployment rates and a $16 billion budget deficit, yet all that seems to come out of Sacramento is partisan bickering and political gamesmanship.