CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 04/04/2015

With tobacco tax revenues in decline, hunt is on to find another way to fund free preschool By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:37 pm When the tobacco tax passed in 1998 one argument against it was the tax itself. If it were successful, fewer cigarettes would be sold, but the expenditures will continue to rise. What happens when the tax does not meet the spending? Now we are about to find out—watch out for other taxes to increase to […] Read More and Comment: With tobacco tax revenues in decline, hunt is on to find another way to fund free preschool Silliness in Santa Moscow: Want to Become “Sustainable”—Become Farming Community? By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:34 pm The bankrupt city of Detroit is tearing down hundreds of blocks of homes—with the hopes of creating urban farming. Detroit, a city that built cars is soon going to be the city that grow radishes instead. Now Santa Moscow, ur Monica, has decided that if you eat, it must be grown in the city. ““Santa […] Read More and Comment: Silliness in Santa Moscow: Want to Become “Sustainable”—Become Farming Community? Big Government Waste: IG: EPA not properly managing its research equipment By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:31 pm Government is government. Why should two agencies own a bull dozer, when neither needs it full time? Why not save money by government owning a bull dozer, then loaning it out to other government agencies when needed. This would save a lot of money—and when you have an $18 trillion debt, you need to save […] Read More and Comment: Big Government Waste: IG: EPA not properly managing its research equipment Lawmakers: Allow Students to Enroll in High School and College at Same Time By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:28 pm We all know that the cost of education is going up. We have promotions of getting students to go to inexpensive (cheap) community colleges for the first two years of college instead of going to Stanford or UCLA. We are beginning to have calls to end the basket weaving, ethnic and gender studies classes and […] Read More and Comment: Lawmakers: Allow Students to Enroll in High School and College at Same Time Do High-Deductible Health Plans Cut Costs Now, But Backfire in Long Run? By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:22 pm Does it matter if you pay high premiums for an health care plan approved and sold by government, if you are unable to pay for the deductibles and co-pays? Too many families are forced to go without needed care because Obama has made the care too expensive, while at the same time cutting reimbursement to […] Read More and Comment: Do High-Deductible Health Plans Cut Costs Now, But Backfire in Long Run? Why Isn’t Desalination the Answer to All California’s Water Problems? By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:20 pm Al Gore tells us that climate change is going to melt the icebergs causing coastal regions to flood, several miles into the geography. Ye,. Gore spent $9 million on a mansion in Montecito a couple blocks from the beach. Is he a believer or a huckster? But if true, what can we do to prevent […] Read More and Comment: Why Isn’t Desalination the Answer to All California’s Water Problems? Time to ratchet down on water? By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:17 pm Thanks to Prop. 218, government water agencies in California are unable to raise water rates as high as Guv Brown wants. A few days ago our very confused Guv Brown announced mandatory water restrictions—including the demand that water agencies raise the cost of water. I guess we are not losing revenues, jobs and businesses fast […] Read More and Comment: Time to ratchet down on water? Report lays groundwork for FEDERAL food ‘interventionists’ in schools, workplaces By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:14 pm Now the Feds have a plan to come into YOUR workplace, monitor the food you eat at work and food served by your employer. Michelle Obama has taken over the food our children are allowed to eat at government schools (a good deal is thrown away as uneatable) and forcing children to go hungry, thanks […] Read More and Comment: Report lays groundwork for FEDERAL food ‘interventionists’ in schools, workplaces Ring: Raise the Minimum Wage, or Lower the Cost of Living? By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:10 pm Ed Ring asks an interesting question—why raise taxes when you could lower the cost of living. Why is it that gas in California is between 75 cents and a dollar higher than most other States? Sacramento taxes, regulations and the refusal to allow more refineries being built. Raise minimum wage and you lose jobs and […] Read More and Comment: Ring: Raise the Minimum Wage, or Lower the Cost of Living? Silliness Takes Over Sanity: Lights Out last Week—NO ONE NOTICED By Stephen Frank on Apr 03, 2015 08:07 pm I monitor Facebook, Twitter, get over 1,000 emails a day, reads lots of blogs and newsletters. Yet, the only media that carried this story of silliness was the Santa Monica Mirror—could not find the story elsewhere—probably exists, but did you see it? On March 28 for one hour the lights went out on the LAX […] Read More and Comment: Silliness Takes Over Sanity: Lights Out last Week—NO ONE NOTICED   In Case You Missed It: Major political parties lose members in California –Independents Continue to Grow Barack Obama Continues to Import Illegal Aliens From Central America Obama Economic Results: Ground Beef has DOUBLED Since January 2009 “Finders Fee” For Government Schools Steering Students to Medi-Cal–Role of Education? Help the Homeless by Not Having Government Help Editorial by Stephen Frank