CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 03/05/2015

Is Rocky Chavez a Republican, Democrat Or Non-Partisan? Editorial by Stephen Frank By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:50 pm At least Rocky Chavez does not claim to represent Republicans—he proudly proclaims he is “bi-partisan. At a time that Prop. 14 has ended political parties as nominators, maybe Chavez no longer needs to be anything more than a registered Republican? Today he is announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. He can not win. That […] Read More and Comment: Is Rocky Chavez a Republican, Democrat Or Non-Partisan? Editorial by Stephen Frank Ford Announces E-Bikes for Urban Commutes–For the Al Gore Economy By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:25 pm The Ford Motor Company may be seeing the economic future with Luddites killing the oil industry, Al Gore types killing cars and big government types forcing people out of cars and onto bikes, buses and trains—the more inconvenient the better. Now Ford is developing an electric bike, an E-bike. Since cars will be for the […] Read More and Comment: Ford Announces E-Bikes for Urban Commutes–For the Al Gore Economy Worst-case scenarios for CalSTRS and CalPERS By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:22 pm Let’s get serious. CalPERS and CalSTRS will in the future, sooner than later, collapse. The phony accounting, the 50% increase in mandated contributions. The courts ruling that cities and agencies cant forget paying the contribution (even though Stockton decided to go back on the path of bankruptcy by NOT reforming the pensions). “Money manager John […] Read More and Comment: Worst-case scenarios for CalSTRS and CalPERS Who’s Better at Saving Water? Bay Area, Take a Look at L.A.–Government Thinks This is a Game By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:18 pm Did you know there is a competition going on between Northern and Southern California for the amount of water saved? Of course, this makes no difference as long as the population continues to grow and our borders are totally open for illegal aliens to march through them. Then you have the millions of acres of […] Read More and Comment: Who’s Better at Saving Water? Bay Area, Take a Look at L.A.–Government Thinks This is a Game Breakfast to Replace Class at Government Schools By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:15 pm Government schools have decided that giving free breakfast to students before school is a burden on the students. Solution? Have the students spend thirty minutes of learning time, instead eating breakfast—education, once again is not the priority of government schools. Peer counselling, anti-bullying, learning to “Save the Planet”, restorative justice—all more important. Government schools, with […] Read More and Comment: Breakfast to Replace Class at Government Schools Oil Companies Sue to Overturn San Benito County Fracking Ban By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:12 pm The people in San Benito voted to raise the cost of energy and assure more people are jobless or forced to take low paying jobs. Now, the oil companies are suing, to reverse a vote that radicals created—to harm the environment and society. “The lawsuit comes as other counties are preparing to go to the […] Read More and Comment: Oil Companies Sue to Overturn San Benito County Fracking Ban Whittier Caught with Ticket Quota: Penalizes HONEST Cops By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:09 pm Los Angeles Police Department was caught creating ticket quota’s and the whistleblowing cops got almost $6 million for the harassment and bulling by their corrupt superiors. Now it looks like the Whittier Police Department has done the same, created illegal ticketing quota’s and harassed the police that reported the crime. “. They were ultimately subjected […] Read More and Comment: Whittier Caught with Ticket Quota: Penalizes HONEST Cops Oakland Minimum Wage Increases by 36% Monday–What is Unemployment Increase? By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:05 pm Great news for minimum wage workers—many of you will be fired tomorrow in Oakland! Seriously, how many employers will be able to afford the 36% mandated pay raise and the concurrent raise in payments to Social Security, Medicare, payroll tax, etc. In effect, counting everything, the cost of an employee will go up Monday by […] Read More and Comment: Oakland Minimum Wage Increases by 36% Monday–What is Unemployment Increase? Ring: LAUSD Offer Worth $122,938 Per Year – Will They Strike Anyway? By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 09:01 pm Thanks to the unions, the failed Los Angeles Unified School District pays teachers, good or bad, competent or pedophile, $118,000 a year in salary and benefits. How much do you make? Do you have an arrangement that even if a pedophile, your employer will protect you from the police and parents—that has been the case […] Read More and Comment: Ring: LAUSD Offer Worth $122,938 Per Year – Will They Strike Anyway? Janet Napolitano LIMITS California Students Entering the University of California By Stephen Frank on Mar 04, 2015 08:58 pm Most of the University of California campuses have quota’s to ensure illegal aliens have seats in schools paid for by honest Californians. All UC campuses have a large number of seats for students from outside the State and another quota for those from outside the country. We are told this is to make the classroom […] Read More and Comment: Janet Napolitano LIMITS California Students Entering the University of California   In Case You Missed It: School Choice Makes Unions a Choice Not a Mandate Editorial by Stephen Frank Bay Area Democrat Legislator Says Fight Outside Campaign Cash … By Taxing It Assemblyman Patterson: Legislation Introduced to Ensure Fair Contracts for California Farm Workers Calif. Gov’t Bills Aim To Set Standard Charity Care Requirements Water and eminent domain: a volatile mix