Poll Finds Poor Trust Numbers for ABC, CBS, NBC, NY Times, LA Times, WashPost
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:25 pmOnly 37% of Americans approve of the Democrat Party, 30% approve of the Republican Party. The media is doing little better, it has a 45% approval rating. Not like the days of Walter Cronkite when he ended his news show with” and that was the way it was”. Little did we know he was an […]
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L.A. Times Refuses to FIRE Sexist/Body Shaming Cartoonist
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:21 pmIf a Times cartoonist body shamed Michelle Obama, that person would be fired—and to protect his life, would be forced to going into witness protection, overseas. But, do it to a Trump advisor, like the Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, it is OK to be a bigot. “Horsey’s column had said that Sanders “does not […]
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Palm Springs Election: 10% Gross Receipts Tax on Marijuana
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:19 pmCalPRS has caused the City of Oroville to cut the pay of cops by 10% to pay them off. Simi Valley has signed an SEIU and Police Union contract for ZERO increases—due to lack of money because CalPRS has taken it all—including reserves. So many cities are now looking at marijuana as saving them from […]
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Votes, Money, Politicians and Influence
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:16 pmI am shocked to find out, after more than 55 years in politics that elected officials have a sweet spot in their hearts for their donors—the bigger the donation, the larger the sweet spot. The good news is that thanks to the FEC and FPPC, we know who donates—then it is up to us to […]
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How Data Is Making California’s Water Wars Worse
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:11 pmOne side has data, the other side has data, all of us have data. So what. This is what we know: the recent water emergency was NOT because of the drought, it was because of government decisions. It was because Guv Brown refused to use allocated funds to fix the Oroville Dam or build new […]
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Finally Asked: To What Extent Can Gov. Brown Pursue Foreign Policy
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:08 pmJerry Brown is the President of the sovereign State of California. He has nullified Federal criminal and immigration law. Now he is out and about creating foreign policy. Next year he and the Nation of California are sponsoring a worldwide conference on the climate. Last week he spoke on behalf of the people of California […]
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Santa Clara County: We WON’T Jail Burglars/Thieves
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:05 pmIn Santa Clara County, thanks to Prop. 57, you can steal under $950 worth of goods and nothing happens. Now they have expanded it: “Santa Clara County is now advising police officers not to bring some criminal suspects to jail for holding, including some thieves and burglars. A committee of county executives, the district attorney, […]
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Mountain View: Tenants might get hit with fee for rent control
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:03 pmIn Mountain View, in the Bay Area, the city council and the city government gets it—if you want to steal from property owners, you have to pay for the ability to do it. Instead of foisting the cost of rent control on the landlords, it will be the renters that pay for their theft. “Currently […]
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San Diego State Professors: Erase History and Traditions
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 09:00 pmIf you take away symbols, traditions, books and history, than it did not happen. San Diego State professors believe you can erase history—who needs it? “San Diego State University’s academic senate, made up mostly of professors, recently passed a resolution calling on administration to abolish the Aztec warrior mascot. Attempts by the student government in […]
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Walters: Another reminder that there’s no free lunch
By Stephen Frank on Nov 09, 2017 08:58 pmWe know of the collapsing CalPRS and CalSTRS pension systems. California has the worst roads in the nation and its government school are crumbling. The Universities are headquarters for bullies, totalitarians and bigots. California homes are unaffordable. Now add to this the decline of the unemployment Insurance Fund. “By 2009, with the UIF once again […]
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