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• Break up biggest banks

  Break up biggest banks

  Recently Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference, saying the biggest Wall Street banks must be broken up because they're too big to fail and too big to jail -- echoing a rising conviction on the right and the left of the political spectrum.

  I applaud him for having the fortitude to say that knowing it will bring great political pressure on him. In my opinion, the only way the biggest banks will be broken up is by the creation of a strong third party not beholden to the major financial institutions.

  Political movements in America have emerged over similar concerns. In 1901, Teddy Roosevelt's "progressive movement" emerged to (among other things) bust up the railroads, oil companies and other great concentrations of economic and political power. It can happen again.

• Backs Orange Cove chief

  Backs Orange Cove chief

  Regarding the article about the turmoil in Orange Cove: Having worked in law enforcement in a small town, I feel for Chief Frank Steenport. When you work in small town, you are under very close scrutiny, and you have to maintain a balance between what the public needs and what the council or mayor wants. It is, at best, an "uphill battle," and frequently no matter what decision you make, it's the wrong one.

  Politics in small towns can be associated with third-world politics, where it's "do as I say, not as I do." Law enforcement is a difficult job, period, and if you throw politics into the mix, it actually makes it near impossible to do your job. I hope the chief prevails.

  Joe Ramirez

• Political Notebook: Can Whalen, Bigelow cash edge overcome Patterson, Oller name ID?

  Political Notebook: Can Whalen, Bigelow cash edge overcome Patterson, Oller name ID?

  Bob Whalen in Assembly District 23 and Frank Bigelow in Assembly District 5 have won the money war against their respective opponents. The question is: Can the two men use their cash advantages to overcome second place finishes in the June primary election?

• Political Notebook: Obama has more Valley donors, but Romney has raked in far more cash

  Political Notebook: Obama has more Valley donors, but Romney has raked in far more cash

  In city after city across the central San Joaquin Valley, President Barack Obama has attracted more donors for his reelection campaign than his challenger, Republican Mitt Romney. But when it comes to the local cash haul, Romney rules.

• Kings Co. Supervisor Valle rules out state Senate run

  Kings Co. Supervisor Valle rules out state Senate run

  Kings County Supervisor Richard Valle said he will not seek election to the state Senate.

  The Senate seat became vacant when Michael Rubio of Bakersfield, a Democrat, suddenly resigned last month to take a job with Chevron in Sacramento.

  Read the full post and comment on Political Notebook .