Steven Greenhut on Pro-Union Activism by California's Attorney General

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is a close ally of the public sector unions, who are doing all they can to stop the state's burgeoning pension reform movement. So when the group California Pension Reform submitted two voter initiatives that would rein in the unsustainable costs of the state's pension system, Harris decided to behave as a political operative and besmirch the office she holds by distorting the official descriptions that most voters rely upon when making their voting decision. It's certainly OK to hire a Democratic hack to wage a slash-and-burn anti-reform campaign, writes Steven Greenhut, but it's another thing entierly to abuse the office of attorney general and rig the process.