Monday, October 5, 2015

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 10/05/2015

Advances in Technology Mean Privacy is Doomed

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:56 pm
If you carry a Smartphone the government, your wife, your girlfriend, a crook or the Chinese can follow you. The Chinese have stolen you personal financial and health care information—any information the Department of Defense has on you—is theirs as well. The NSA tracks your emails, texts and phone calls. Marketing firms know every item […]

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New property tax on pricey real estate to fund anti-poverty battle?

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:55 pm
We already have the strong potential of a split roll property tax, where homes are taxed on Prop. 13 rates—and commercial property is taxed at higher rates—that will lower the value of commercial property—meaning a loss of jobs. This is why Texas and Tennessee are where California companies are going. Now, another effort to raise […]

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Misconduct at CalPERS and Why We Should Pay Attention

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:52 pm
By definition government is mismanaged, corrupt and incompetent. CalPRS has hit the Trifecta—it is all three and the losers are the taxpayers of California and that think they will get a pension in the future. This is the largest pension system in the nation and it appears to be run by high school graduates with […]

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Don’t Blame DWP Management for the Missing $40 Million –Look for Union Label

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:50 pm
We all know that the cost of water is high. In Los Angeles it I especially high because of $40 million of Department of Water and Power money (ratepayers money) given to the politically active union—and it can not be accounted for! Now the union will Not give back the $11 million that has been […]

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Presidential Campaign and Football Season Start Editorial by Stephen Frank

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:48 pm
At this point Trump is sliding, Carson is moving forward and Fiorina is surging. Bush is still in the hunt, but as the Establishment candidate is looking more like John Boehner every day. Cruz and Rubio are clearly looking like outsiders, both articulate and qualified. In the end, my guess is that the race will […]

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Assemblyman Jim Patterson: 3-Time Adoptive Dad: “We look back with no regret, only joy.”

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:46 pm
Assemblyman Jim Patterson lives his faith and values. The Left always claims that conservatives want to stop abortion. When the baby is born conservatives walk away from responsibility. Patterson not only promotes a pro-life principle, he lives it. He and his wife have adopted three children. While I have known him for several years, he […]

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Maria Shriver: Before Francis, It Was ‘Embarrassing’ to Enter Your Catholic Church

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:43 pm
Maria Shriver had a husband that fondled all sorts of women and harassed them. He even had a baby with the housekeeper—but she was NOT embarrassed. Her brothers John and Ted Kennedy were well known womanizers—and she was not embarrassed. Her family made money by bootlegging and dealing in women in Hollywood—and she never said […]

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Ring: How Government Unions Are Destroying America

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:41 pm
In Los Angeles and Santa Monica the unions fought for a $15 minimum wage—are now asking for an exemption for those the are union members. In other words, workers are extorted into paying dues, and then are forced to receive LOWER pay than those not in unions. Do you think the workers will revolt? I […]

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Has Brown Done Lasting Damage to the Initiative Process?

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:38 pm
Thanks to the Democrats, almost all ballot measure can only be on the November General Election ballot. That means a different and larger electorate. For instance in 2014, the primary had a 25% turnout, while the General Election had a 42% turnout. “First, Brown pushed all ballot initiatives to November elections. The supposed goal was […]

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Lack of Affordable Housing in Inland Empire Placing Bigger Economic Burden on Low-Income Families

By Stephen Frank on Oct 04, 2015 08:35 pm
A recovery depends on productive people being able to live within a reasonable distance of their work. California has two cities, San Fran and LA, which have the highest cost of rentals and homes in the nation. Until recently, San Fran people went to Oakland for lower rents—but they have gone up to almost $2,000 […]

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In Case You Missed It:

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Democrat Senator Pan: Allow Alcohol on “Party Pedicabs”—Still Have High Taxes
Student leaders oppose Senate Bill 376 amid funding controversy
Cameras In USC Classrooms Raise Privacy Concerns
Union backs off from new election at Sutter Modesto

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