Monday, August 24, 2015

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 08/24/2015

LAUSD “Proud” Students Score Lower On Tests—“No Problem/Not Dumber”—Just Racist

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:29 pm
The standardized test scores of Los Angeles Unified students are down—while the District is using the Common Core curriculum, but is proud the students are not dumber. “Her explanation was part of a district strategy to ease anxieties among parents who may be fearful that the new tests leave the impression that their children are […]


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Ad blitz heats up climate change fight

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:25 pm
The oil industry is spending money to keep the price of energy down and jobs in California. This, while billionaires like Tom Steyer are spending their money, in his case the money was made in the oil industry, to force the middle class into poverty and good jobs into Texas. “Pressure is also coming from […]


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Almost 3 Million Could Lose Their ObamaCare Subsidies Next Year

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:22 pm
ObamaCare has so much fraud in it, there is no way that a single area of it isn’t corrupt. Now we find that the Obama Administration gave subsidies—your tax dollars—to almost three million (in just one part of the plan) that did not qualify for them. In this instance, the fraud level is 40%. “Fully […]


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In Current Drought, Central Valley Is Sinking Faster Than We Thought

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:18 pm
The Central Valley is getting a zero allocation from the Federal water project this year. The State water project is giving between 5 and 30% of the allocated water—forcing farmers to lay over 500,000 acres fallow, change the crops they plant and draft more groundwater than normal. This has caused a significant problem for the […]


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“Green Benefits” Tax for Special Districts in San Fran

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:15 pm
San Fran is already the highest taxed city in the State and nation—with Los Angeles trying to hard to over take them and become number one. The City had to do something to stay in the lead. The solution? Areas of the City will become “Green Districts”, where the city will plant trees and flowers, […]


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Huntington Beach moves toward more openness in city labor talks

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:12 pm
We all know that in California unions take money forcibly from workers (either pay your dues or your do not work), then spend the money on electing local public officials. Then the officials, in office due to union money and “volunteers” sit down with the money giving unions folks and “negotiate” a new contract. This […]


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Feds Spend Half a Million Dollars Texting Rural Americans to Stop Dipping

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:09 pm
You live in Susanville, in Lassen County—a VERY rural community. You look at your cell phone and find the President of the United States has texted you—telling you NOT to “dip” tobacco. How did he know you dipped, why are tax dollars going to tell folks not to do something that is legal. At the […]


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Caldwell– Guest Opinion: Stop Iran now

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:07 pm
In May Congress passed a bill that mandated the President and Secretary of State must provide all information, including side deals to Congress before it votes on the “Give Iran the Nuke” bill. This was the Coker bill. All Republicans and most Democrats in the House and Senate voted for this bill. Now we find […]


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Junk Science: Lawmaker Wants Label On Food Made With ‘Fracking Water’

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:04 pm
Every study has shown that fracking is safe. The Left has created studies that say that fracking has the “potential” of being bad for us. So is eating too many tomatoes, even too much beef and even working across the street have the potential of danger. Life has the potential of being dangerous. But the […]


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Calif. Administrative Law Judges Protest Secret Layoffs

By Stephen Frank on Aug 23, 2015 06:02 pm
An agency of government, for whatever reason, feels it is needed to layoff some of its workers—happens every day in the private sector. In government, some feel the process of the meetings and decision making has to be public. “Prior to announcing the layoffs, the board met in a secret, closed session, and at some […]


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In Case You Missed It:

California Crony Capitalists: Raise Taxes on Middle Class and Poor—NOT US
CA lawmakers square off against drones
Sand: Free Rider/Forced Rider–Union Myth and Fraud
San Jose City Council Capitulates to Police Union Power
San Fran Home to FIRST Robot Run Fast Food Restaurant—Thanks To Minimum Wage Increase.

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