CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 03/12/2015

Los Angeles Mega-Rich in 2013—4520—LA Mega-Rich in 2015—969 By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 09:05 pm What more information do you need to know that Los Angeles is in an economic death spiral? This is a city with high taxes, the second highest cost of living in California (San Fran is proudly number 1) the most illegal aliens in the State, the most failed government schools and streets that are crowded […] Read More and Comment: Los Angeles Mega-Rich in 2013—4520—LA Mega-Rich in 2015—969 California: Land of the Billionaires (and most in poverty in nation) By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 09:02 pm Thanks to the redistribution policies of the Federal government and the Democrats in Sacramento, California has lots of billionaires. It is also the State with the most poverty. The former Golden State has a middle class on the move, to Texas and other responsible States. Yes, we have the rich—we also have the very poor […] Read More and Comment: California: Land of the Billionaires (and most in poverty in nation) JUST IN: State ed board votes to delay use of test results for a year–AGAIN By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:59 pm Those in charge of government education have decided, for the second consecutive year NOT to use the results of tests. Imagine if a student told the teacher they did not want the results of their finals to count? It would be laughable. Instead the educrats understand how poor a job they are doing, to hide […] Read More and Comment: JUST IN: State ed board votes to delay use of test results for a year–AGAIN Calif. School Districts Struggling To Cover Lifetime Health Benefits for Retirees–$20 Billion Worth By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:53 pm If you are a government school teacher in California you can retire at 55 and continue to receive Cadillac health care coverage till 65. In 70 districts, you never have to use Medicare—or ObamaCare, you can always have real health care coverage—thanks to negotiated contract between the unions and the union controlled school board. This […] Read More and Comment: Calif. School Districts Struggling To Cover Lifetime Health Benefits for Retirees–$20 Billion Worth California’s Social Priorities, A New Report By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:50 pm Government has failed the people of California. Thanks to tax and environmental policies, California is home of seven of the ten most expensive cities in the United States, the worst roads, massive forest fires due to refusal to clear the brush and dead trees. Our schools run by the cabal of unions and government are […] Read More and Comment: California’s Social Priorities, A New Report Beverly Hills Unified and Former Employee Sling Allegations of Corruption and Greed in Lawsuit By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:47 pm The ultra rich and liberal city of Beverly Hills has a High School where the football players can wear silk type uniforms. That is because they have an oil well on school property—but don’t want the poor and middle class of the Central Valley to be able to use fracking, to become rich and buy […] Read More and Comment: Beverly Hills Unified and Former Employee Sling Allegations of Corruption and Greed in Lawsuit Barack Obama Bait and Switch Killing the Poor and Middle Class By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:43 pm Obama and the Democrats told us we could save $2500 a year for health care, over the private system—just let government control your health care. The Congressional Budget Office says over the next ten years, the cost of subsidies, increased system costs and more, will add $3 trillion to the national debt. Worse, many will […] Read More and Comment: Barack Obama Bait and Switch Killing the Poor and Middle Class Runner: Shouldn’t California Have the Best Roads By Now? By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:41 pm California roads have rated either the worst or the second worst in the nation. Go to LA and see the pot holes. Ride the freeways and you find uneven roads, bad lighting at night and signs that many times appear too late to act on. To fix this our very confused Guv Brown spent $350 […] Read More and Comment: Runner: Shouldn’t California Have the Best Roads By Now? Santa Barbara Council Votes to Outsource Greens Maintenance for Santa Barbara Golf Club By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:37 pm Finally, the Leftists of Santa are getting smart. By outsourcing the maintenance of a single golf course, the taxpayers are saving between $200,000 to $425,000 a year. They can save even more by selling the golf course. Since when is a golf course the role of government? Why does a city own a place to […] Read More and Comment: Santa Barbara Council Votes to Outsource Greens Maintenance for Santa Barbara Golf Club Stockton’s Salary Setting Commission Recommends 30 Percent Pay Cut for Mayor Silva By Stephen Frank on Mar 11, 2015 08:34 pm Great news!! The city of Stockton, which just got out of bankruptcy, but set the table for another bankruptcy in 5-7 years (refused to fix the pension problem) has a Pay Commission that recommends the Mayor lose $32,000 a year in pay—the same Mayor that refused to fix the pension problem when the Bankruptcy Judge […] Read More and Comment: Stockton’s Salary Setting Commission Recommends 30 Percent Pay Cut for Mayor Silva   In Case You Missed It: Steve Glazer for State Senate—SD07—Moderate (Socialist) Editorial by Stephen Frank Greens See Smoldering Disaster in Wildfire Plan for Oakland–Afraid Trees and Homes Would be Saved $142,448.33: What You Need to Earn to Buy ‘Median’ Home in Bay Area ($89,000 in LA) Despite deficit fears, LAUSD budget to end year in black; next year–($160 Million deficit) Tesla slashes China workforce by a third–trouble at Nevada battery plant