CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 09/19/2015

Race—Not—Quality is Important in LAUSD Teacher Hiring By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:37 pm Not once in almost 400 words does this article claim that the Los Angeles Unified School District has hired great, qualified, smart teachers. That might have, they obviously do not care about the quality of the teachers. Like the late Alabama Governor George Wallace, they are ONLY concerned about the race of the teacher. In […] Read More and Comment: Race—Not—Quality is Important in LAUSD Teacher Hiring Anaheim and Santa Ana Put Moratorium on Constitutional Right to Use Private Property By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:32 pm One of the most parts of the Federal laws and the Constitution is the right to private property. The cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana have determined to put a moratorium on this right, with the threat of ending it in their cities. If you own a home and allow your niece from Omaha to […] Read More and Comment: Anaheim and Santa Ana Put Moratorium on Constitutional Right to Use Private Property Guv Signs Bill to Force Union Wages on Non-Union Firms Doing UC Contract Work. By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:31 pm This is what Senator Ricardo Lara said about his bill, “Contingency Workers (Senate Bill 376): Addresses the growing challenge to California of the use of contingent workers to replace employees, and the consequential effect it has on wages and worker protections.  Requires the University of California, when evaluating bids for contract work, to evaluate the […] Read More and Comment: Guv Signs Bill to Force Union Wages on Non-Union Firms Doing UC Contract Work. San Fran Prices Artists Out of City Due to High Costs By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:26 pm What would San Fran be with the artists, poets and bohemians providing the atmosphere? Thanks to the gentrification of the City, the high cost of rent, the massive taxes, the lack of freedom in the city, good folks that make up the backbone of the city are forced to leave—they can no longer afford to […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Prices Artists Out of City Due to High Costs September 17th—U.S. Constitution Day Editorial by Stephen Frank By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:22 pm Every day we go to work, speak to our friends, meet with our Pastors, and listen to talk radio and cable TV. We take all of this for granted. As citizens we expect these freedoms, we know this is not Cuba. Yet, everyday we take for granted these rights. Yet, the IRS threatens private groups […] Read More and Comment: September 17th—U.S. Constitution Day Editorial by Stephen Frank New School Budget Realities: Rising Benefit Costs Under the CalSTRS Funding Solution By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:15 pm Thanks to CalSTRS school kids are not getting the newest and best technology—the money needs to go CalSTRS for pensions. Also, the unions have arranged for more money to be taken from teachers pay, up to 10%, with that money going to CalSTRS—in other words teachers are taking a pay cut. This is one of […] Read More and Comment: New School Budget Realities: Rising Benefit Costs Under the CalSTRS Funding Solution Inglewood Unified School District gets new state administrator–Local have NO Say In Schools By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:12 pm Government schools have low test scores, find excuses for them (the computer is too difficult to use to give answers) districts hire teachers based on race instead of quality. Government schools are taking up to 10% from teacher’s paychecks to keep the CalSTRS pension system afloat—while unions demands bribes if a professional wants to be […] Read More and Comment: Inglewood Unified School District gets new state administrator–Local have NO Say In Schools Attorneys for Occupy Rioters Get $668,000 for Freeing Domestic Terrorists By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:10 pm In 2011 a group of thugs, calling themselves “Occupy LA” tore up the lawn in from of the Los Angeles City Hall. It cost millions to repair. For days decent citizens could not get into City Hall, traffic was uprooted, stabbings, violence, graffiti and worse. These domestic terrorists never paid a dime for their destruction. […] Read More and Comment: Attorneys for Occupy Rioters Get $668,000 for Freeing Domestic Terrorists Cal Fire Continues to Steal $$ From Rural Property Owners By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:08 pm For years the people in rural California has been paying hundreds of dollars a year to Cal Fire, for fire protection. It is as if their regular taxes had nothing to do with the fire fighters hired by the State to protect them. These folks sued and it will take years before a court will […] Read More and Comment: Cal Fire Continues to Steal $$ From Rural Property Owners Hacking: Internet Lines Cut in California By Stephen Frank on Sep 18, 2015 09:04 pm There is more than enough hacking by the Russians, Chinese and the 16 year old kid down the block. We know how tens of millions of personal files held by the Federal government is now in Chinese hands, including the names of our spies. They have bank accounts, social security numbers, medical records and due […] Read More and Comment: Hacking: Internet Lines Cut in California   In Case You Missed It: Berkeley Labor Commission Pushing to Raise Minimum Wage to $19 Editorial: EXACTLY HOW TIGHTLY WOUND IS ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR TODD SPITZER? By Stephen Frank S.F. Unified Relying on Homegrown Teachers and Interns to Fill Void What the Heck Is the Mexican Mafia? Alleged Union Hanky-Panky Probed in Oakland Trial