CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS AND VIEWS 02/20/2015

Ethically Challenged High Speed Rail Authority Caught CHEATING Again By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:09 pm Those is charge of the choo choo train to nowhere, for nobody, costing $200 billion, have been caught lying again. They lied about the cost, ridership and route to get people to vote for the original bond. They told us no State money would be used to subsidize the system—yet $55 million of your tax […] Read More and Comment: Ethically Challenged High Speed Rail Authority Caught CHEATING Again Prop. 47 Sentencing Reform Is Reaping Savings So Far–and Crime Wave NOT Counted By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:08 pm Murders are up by almost 25% in Los Angeles. Car Burglaries are up 100% in Fresno. Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Statewide are noting the spike in crime in the State. Yet, bureaucrats and the ACLU are already counting the “savings” from the passage of Prop. 47. What are they smoking, People are being killed, thousands […] Read More and Comment: Prop. 47 Sentencing Reform Is Reaping Savings So Far–and Crime Wave NOT Counted In California’s Oil Patch, Activists Fight New Crude-By-Rail Terminal By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:07 pm The Left opposes oil to be delivered via pipeline, anywhere. They oppose oil being delivered via truck, anywhere. Now they are attacking oil being delivered via rail, anywhere. In the case of Kern County, the major producer of oil in California, if train transfers were not allowed, it would shut down the oil industry and […] Read More and Comment: In California’s Oil Patch, Activists Fight New Crude-By-Rail Terminal Shock: Union Owned LAUSD School Board Refuses to Bankrupt District for Unions Demands By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:06 pm Is it for show, or have the union owned school board members in Los Angeles finally realized how the quest by the unions for more money is killing off what is left of government education in the city. Already a court ordered the district to provide quality education at Fremont High School and four other […] Read More and Comment: Shock: Union Owned LAUSD School Board Refuses to Bankrupt District for Unions Demands State to Use Regulations to Raise Cost of Living/Force More to Leave State By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:05 pm How do you push people out of California? How can you force the middle class, to survive, move to Texas and other Free States? You create an economic system that is too expensive, that is so punishing, that those who can leave—leaving behind the very rich that can afford this new Utopia, the very poor […] Read More and Comment: State to Use Regulations to Raise Cost of Living/Force More to Leave State Brown Kills Farmers Water/Unions Kill Sales—Farmers Killed by Cabal By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:04 pm So far California agriculture has lost $5 billion, crops rotting on the docks of union struck West Coast ports. That is just the beginning. Plus, that is just one industry. As an example, “California is forecast to produce just over 300 million pounds of oranges this season, of which more than a quarter could be […] Read More and Comment: Brown Kills Farmers Water/Unions Kill Sales—Farmers Killed by Cabal What Recovery? OC Sees $28,500 DROP in Median Price for Homes in ONE MONTH By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:03 pm It is beginning. There were 34.000 jobs created in January in California—only 800 were in manufacturing. The rest were low pay, part time/temporary jobs in fast food places, retail stores and hotels. The price of gas went up, taxes for gas went up, and government set the stage for significantly higher energy and water costs. […] Read More and Comment: What Recovery? OC Sees $28,500 DROP in Median Price for Homes in ONE MONTH By Sacramento Democrats Fiat: Drugs Will be Priced by Government By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:02 pm This cost of research and production mean nothing to politicians wanting to buy votes. The use of drugs cannot be trusted to doctors, instead politicos will by legislation, control what drugs can be used for which diseases. Assembly members replace doctors in making medical decisions. “The bill, AB 339, would prevent health plans from putting […] Read More and Comment: By Sacramento Democrats Fiat: Drugs Will be Priced by Government Pro-Tax, Pro-Regulation Government Caught Up With Business and Jobs: Number of Corporations in U.S. Hit Lowest Level Seen in 40 Years By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:01 pm The results of economic and public policy may not be seen for years after implementation. In some cases we look at a specific act instead of the totality of the effects for government policy. For years we have raised taxes, created regulations that force more bureaucracy on businesses. The effort to “save the earth”, based […] Read More and Comment: Pro-Tax, Pro-Regulation Government Caught Up With Business and Jobs: Number of Corporations in U.S. Hit Lowest Level Seen in 40 Years Left Upset EPA Allows Longer Lasting Apples to be Grown By Stephen Frank on Feb 19, 2015 08:00 pm Do not look to the American Left if you want cheap, good food for people. Instead expect them to promote junk science, make weird claims and possibilities, file lawsuits and drive up the prices of goods—and by doing so hope to end the availability of quality food at decent prices. Make a claim, file a […] Read More and Comment: Left Upset EPA Allows Longer Lasting Apples to be Grown   In Case You Missed It: Grimes: Lies My Govt. Told Me About the CA Drought Democrat Congresswoman Capps and DCCC sued by Chris Mitchum For Made up Quotes/Lies Brandau: Vehicle burglaries spike 47% in north Fresno Democrats Want Government to Decide “Quality” of Health Plans Offered by Businesses Koch Group Gets to Keep Donors Secret in California Lawsuit