CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 01/26/2018

2013 Feinstein Amendment: Government Decides Who is a Legitimate Journalist

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:25 pm
The Left claims that President Trump wants to control and demean the press.  At one point the Left claimed he wanted to put CNN and MSNBC off the air.  They claim Republicans want to control the press.  Sound more like they have seen what the Socialist Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein wanted to do—wanted to do, […]

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Eber: “It’s the money stupid”

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:21 pm
My good friend Rich Eber has written an article about how the Democrats raise money.  Scare tactics, crying for illegal aliens, making outlandish statements about President Trump—all part of the hypocrisy of the Left.  While the Democrats denounce the GOP taking money from the Kochs, they take money from the ethically and legally challenged George […]

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Eating a Sandwich is WORSE Than Driving a Car to Work for the Environment

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:18 pm
This story is not a joke.  But it does show the need for therapy for folks that think Al Gore is the brightest bulb in the room.  A “study was made and here are the results.  Maybe Prozac will help them.  Certainly if they believe this they may be difference to themselves or those around […]

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California Needs to Keep Its Millionaires

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:14 pm
If President Trump read this article, he would call it FAKE NEWS.  The premise of the article is that the Trump tax relief/jobs bill will push the middle class out of California—due to high taxes.  Why is this Fake News?  The article does not mention that California, on its own, has the highest income, corporate, […]

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Nevada County Streamlines the Building Permit Process

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:12 pm
Fixing the process for building permits is just one of the problems facing developers and consumers.  But, it needs to be done.  In Nevada County they have streamline the process from 2-4 weeks to in many cases only one day.  Money saved and shows a government willing to work for the people, not against them. […]

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Sand: Too many kids are failing in California, and so is the education establishment

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:09 pm
In 2015 LAUSD gave 45% of its diplomas to students with a “D” average.  Santa Ana schools may be the most segregated in the State—3% white students.  In California 3% of students drop out before the 9th grade.  Hundreds of thousands of students statewide are trying to get out of the union controlled schools into […]

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Armendariz: The Despicable Efficiency of Markets…Part II

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:06 pm
In the early 1990’s I bought an IBM computer (almost no memory) and a printer.  The cost was $10,000—took me three years to pay it off.  Three years ago I bought a high powered laptop, for under $600.  And four years ago I bought a high powered tablet, for $21.00—a special from Verizon.  The tablet […]

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City Council staffer sexually assaulted on Metro, twenty-two percent of riders harassed

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:04 pm
If you use government transportation in Los Angeles you have a one in five chance to be harassed.  Yet, after all this time, the City Council never cared.  That is until a staffer of the council was harassed. Now they want reports, studies and actions.  This is more proof the hacks in L.A. really do […]

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L.A. County Government Transportation: Lowest Ridership in a Decade

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 08:01 pm
L.A. County has spent billions in the past five years expanding the light rail and other government systems.  The deficits and losses continue to go up—as ridership goes down, lowest in ten years—even before the massive increase of seats and trains. “Passengers on Metro buses and trains took 397.4 million trips in 2017, a decline […]

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Fiduciary Counsel Ashley Dunning Encourages CalPERS to Muscle Actuary to Change His Forecasts of Funding Needs

By Stephen Frank on Jan 25, 2018 07:58 pm
CalPers may be the most corrupt agency in California government.  It is now hiding facts from the Board of Directors, pressuring the Actuary to LIE about investment results and worse.  The Fiduciary Counsel for CalPERS may be violating numerous laws in how she is advising the agency.  Certainly hiding financial facts is corrupt and illegal.  […]

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