CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 05/23/2016 CITIES PAYING SALARIES THEY CANNOT AFFORD!

Madera City Manager Paid $214, 884 (Pop. 63,000) Fresno City Manager $235,000 (Pop. 520,000)Madera City Manager Paid $214, 884 (Pop. 63,000) Fresno City Manager $235,000 (Pop. 520,000) By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 08:15 pm We all know about the scandals in Bell, California and other cities where outrageous salaries and benefits were paid to city officials.  In looking at notes on the State Controllers web site and the information on “Transparent California” web site, I decided to look at adjoining cities in the Central Valley—the city of Madera and […] Read More and Comment: Madera City Manager Paid $214, 884 (Pop. 63,000) Fresno City Manager $235,000 (Pop. 520,000)Madera City Manager Paid $214, 884 (Pop. 63,000) Fresno City Manager $235,000 (Pop. 520,000) Scam “Bike to Work Day in San Diego”—Financed With Tax $$/Trip to Mexican Border! By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 08:00 pm This publicity stunt has not been exposed by the media.  The organization claims that 9500 people participated in the “bike to work” scam.  Seriously.  Did 9500 folks decide that for one day they were going to “bike to work”.  Of course not.  “Also part of the event was an afternoon ride along the U.S.-Mexico border.” […] Read More and Comment: Scam “Bike to Work Day in San Diego”—Financed With Tax $$/Trip to Mexican Border! Switch and Bait? Bike Company Ends “Free” Rental Experiment—Wants $160,00 Now By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:57 pm As the movie famous says, “follow the money.  A bike company gave a bike sharing program to the city of Redwood City.  Now, they have ended it—instead is willing to do it for a mere $160,000 a year, of tax dollars.  That is not free, that is a switch and bait scam, a classic one.  […] Read More and Comment: Switch and Bait? Bike Company Ends “Free” Rental Experiment—Wants $160,00 Now Night of horror: Parolee kidnaps teens for oral sex? By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:53 pm Arnold and Jerry gave over 50,000 prisoner’s freedom—because a court ruled that criminals were “uncomfortable” in the State prison system.  The voters decided tens of thousands of criminals should be on the streets allowed to commit crimes—as long as the value of the crime is under $950.  Two eighteen year old Pasadena girls are now […] Read More and Comment: Night of horror: Parolee kidnaps teens for oral sex? Pomona College to Professors: Support Racism or No Tenure of Job By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:50 pm In the 1950’s in Alabama College professors could not support desegregation or classrooms with more than one race.  In 2016 Pomona College has decided to make as part of their criteria the support of racism that students cannot learn unless ENOUGH people of other colors are in the same classroom.  This is as demeaning as […] Read More and Comment: Pomona College to Professors: Support Racism or No Tenure of Job Obama makes Big Deal About ICE Picking up 100 Deportable Guatemalans—ONE in L.A. By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:48 pm Wow, with hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens ordered to be deported ICE sends out a press release announcing they picked up ONE Guatemalan in Los Angeles.  Yet, Barack Obama gave amnesty, over the past two years to 250,000 convicted illegal aliens—allowing them to roam our streets instead of deporting them.  Just another scam by […] Read More and Comment: Obama makes Big Deal About ICE Picking up 100 Deportable Guatemalans—ONE in L.A. Did Inglewood LIE to Steal St. Louis Rams? At Taxpayer Expense By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:43 pm Is it shocking when a city is caught lying about finances?  Are you surprised that Inglewood, a crime ridden city, known for corruption, sweetheart deals and a place that you do not enter unless you are a very strong supporter of Second Amendment rights is being sued for lying about its finances to the NFL—at […] Read More and Comment: Did Inglewood LIE to Steal St. Louis Rams? At Taxpayer Expense United Methodists in America END Support for Roe V. Wade By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:41 pm In a major move by a mainstream Christian denomination, the United Methodist Church of America has ended its forty year support of abortion.  This is the same church having no problem with illegal aliens, higher taxes and agrees with bringing in “refugees” from the Middle East—as a humanitarian effort.  Yet, this very left of center […] Read More and Comment: United Methodists in America END Support for Roe V. Wade EPA Caught BUYING It’s “Independent” Science Advisers By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:38 pm At the mere cost of $190 million dollars, of taxpayers funds, the Environmental Protection Agency has bought its independent advisers.  That is the amount of payoffs, in the forms of “grants” to its advisers, to assure the results are what the ideologues want from the studies.  In fact, ALL such decisions based on these advisers […] Read More and Comment: EPA Caught BUYING It’s “Independent” Science Advisers Evidence scant California’s licensed illegal immigrant drivers getting insurance By Stephen Frank on May 22, 2016 07:34 pm Is anybody surprised that the Democrats, the DMV and Guv Brown lied to us about illegal aliens getting drivers licenses—and having auto insurance.  We said at the time it was a scam—they would never have or keep insurance.  Now we find out that the State of Government, under the leadership of the confused Guv Brown […] Read More and Comment: Evidence scant California’s licensed illegal immigrant drivers getting insurance   In Case You Missed It: Initiative to Stop GREEDY Grocery ‘Stores From Making $700 Million Per Year on Plastic Bag Ban Santa Maria: Society Coming Apart—Transit Riders Need “Rules of Conduct” UC Channel islands Professor ILLEGALLY Using Students to Lobby Visalia Joins Statewide Tax Orgy LAPD Fighting Politicalized Police Chief–Charles Beck Needs to GO