What's with Bill Lockyer?

California's crusading attorney general has gone underground now that Fresno County residents are asking what happened to two politically sensitive reports that his office has conducted. AG Bill Lockyer has been sitting on one more than two years and the other is well over a year old. In 2003, Lockyer's office began investigating whether the Fresno County Sheriff's Department had unlawfully spied on Peace Fresno activists. The next year, his office began an investigation into Fresno County Sheriff Richard Pierce's involvement as a consultant to a private security firm. Now Lockyer has dug himself into a political hole by failing to reveal the results of these investigations in a timely manner. Lockyer, who is termed out as AG, is contemplating running for state treasurer this year. Voters should remember his inaction as attorney general if he runs for another office.