CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 11/18/2015

San Fran Based Charles Schwab to Build 1.2 Million Feet Office in TEXAS By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:39 pm We knew this day would come. San Fran has among the highest cost for commercial space in the nation. Workers pay the highest taxes, for the worst roads and a government that protects illegal aliens over honest citizens. When a company moves to Texas, the workers keep an extra 10% of their salary-no income tax […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Based Charles Schwab to Build 1.2 Million Feet Office in TEXAS A Peek Inside the World of Todd Spitzer, Inc. By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:36 pm I like creative people in politics. Yes, there are rules. But, there are always loopholes that smart people find and use. In Orange County, Supervisors can only raise so much money—nothing more. But, Todd Spitzer a Supervisor and former Assemblyman, figured out an angle to raise unlimited funds and use the money to promote his […] Read More and Comment: A Peek Inside the World of Todd Spitzer, Inc. Is the California Housing Bubble here? By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:33 pm In the last couple of months we have seen foreclosures rise, the price for housing in the Bay Area stabilize or go down-and more homes available. California does have nine of the ten top housing markets in prices in the nation. Along with the high taxes and water crisis, this is a State in the […] Read More and Comment: Is the California Housing Bubble here? They Think We’re Transit Chumps By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:30 pm Government wastes money is so many ways. Brown wants $200 billion for a choo choo train to nowhere. Plus, he wants at least $68 billion to move water from the north to the south, kill off prime farm land, protect fish and make sure crony capitalists and unions are paid off. Transit projects are subsidized […] Read More and Comment: They Think We’re Transit Chumps San Fran Development art fee not living up to potential By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:27 pm Developers pay fees for permits and inspections. They pay all sorts of taxes for workers. If they make a profit they pay personal and corporate income tax. They have to pay for roads and local amenities (actually it is legalized bribe by government to force developers to pay for public projects. In San Fran, if […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Development art fee not living up to potential Dorm-Style Project Near SBCC Proposed by Private Developer By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:25 pm Finally someone gets the idea of privatization and the role of government. It is not the role of schools to provide housing for students-unless you are West Point or another military academy. Nor is it the role of government schools to provide snacks, drinks or burgers to the students. Government schools have enough problems educating […] Read More and Comment: Dorm-Style Project Near SBCC Proposed by Private Developer Feds Spend $649,682 on Computer Game Starring a ‘Novice World Leader’ By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:22 pm Barack Obama may not know how to fight terrorism. He may believe killing the coal industry is a good way to make all Americans poorer. Obama understands that the only way a government health care system can pay for itself, if by using rationing of care, limiting of drugs allowed to be used and make […] Read More and Comment: Feds Spend $649,682 on Computer Game Starring a ‘Novice World Leader’ LAUSD Fraud on Students: Ending Exit Exam Raises “Graduation” Rate By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:18 pm There are two ways the Los Angeles Unified School District could raise the graduation rate. They can work hard; provide the resources and quality teachers. Or they can cook the books and fix the system, mandating failures still graduate. Sadly, LAUSD has decided to cook the books and give failed students a diploma, though totally […] Read More and Comment: LAUSD Fraud on Students: Ending Exit Exam Raises “Graduation” Rate Sand: Hillary Rodham Weingarten By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:15 pm Larry Sand is one of the great writers on education and unions. While I call the “lady” Hillary Rodham Nixon because of her meanness and willing to be untruthful “for the common good”, He has another name for her, Hillary Rodham Weingarten, in honor of the head of the American Federation of Teachers. Randi believes […] Read More and Comment: Sand: Hillary Rodham Weingarten L.A. Times Reporters/Columnists Jumping Ship—Before Sinking By Stephen Frank on Nov 17, 2015 07:12 pm Notice how thin the Los Angeles Times is each day? Actually, almost all newspapers are thinner. In the Central Valley some papers have gone from a daily to twice a week. This is not a good time for the newspaper industry. Money made in that industry is based on selling assets, like property, instead of […] Read More and Comment: L.A. Times Reporters/Columnists Jumping Ship—Before Sinking   In Case You Missed It: Richmond: 19 Local Riverside GOP Officeholders Endorse Leftist Democrat State Senator for Re-election—Kill Off Republican Candidates Occidental Students Have Giant Slumber Party—Theme is Their “Racism” Like Arkansas in 1957: Cal Berkeley to Provide Segregated Housing for Black Students Sierra Madre Pays Librarian $157,000 in town of 11,000 (NOT A TYPO) Federal Judge: Riverside Fairy Shrimp Gets 57 Acres and YOUR Water