Thursday, February 1, 2018

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/01/2018

Drivers in California’s three largest cities spent $17 billion on gas in 2017 — and nearly $7 billion was wasted

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:13 pm
How much does gridlock on the freeways and roads cost the drivers of California?  Percentage wise, more that 25% of the cost of gas is wasted because Gov. Brown and the Democrats use tax dollars meant for roads on money losing buses and trains.  In real dollars that is a TAX of $7 billion on […]

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RecycLA: The Trashing of Los Angeles

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:11 pm
In a very short time since the L.A. City Council created a franchise operation for trash collection, there have been 28,000 complaints.  Of course there are more, but many people have given up on trash collection in Los Angeles. “Under the new franchise arrangement, the City entered into ten year contracts with seven private companies […]

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EPA, California must compromise in their fight over weakened fuel-efficiency standards, experts say

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:09 pm
Illegal aliens, marijuana and numerous other areas, California has declared itself a nation state, no longer needing the policies of the Federal government.  On environmental issues, it has also declared its independence. “The Trump administration will have to compromise if it’s serious about maintaining “one national program” for vehicle emissions rules and wants to avoid […]

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Walters: Los Angeles, San Fran in political turmoil

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:07 pm
San Fran and L.A. are fighting for the title of the city least hospitable to the middle class.  Both are fighting for the title of the city with the highest taxes and with the worst regulations to build housing.  Neither city likes the middle class—but both are fighting to be the city most hospitable to […]

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Feds Spend $302,331 On ‘In-Home Semen Testing’–Not a Joke

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:04 pm
The Federal government knows how to waste billions of dollars and makes it easy to waste hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Seriously, why is the Federal government spending tax dollars on home testing semen—why not allow the private sector create testing devices? “The National Institutes of Health is spending over $300,000 performing “in-home semen testing,” […]

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Riverside County has $3 Billion in Unfunded Pension Liabilities

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:02 pm
Riverside is just one County is deep economic problems due to CalPERS.  There is no way for the County to meet its pensions needs and provide public safety—so CalPERS demands the money and the public needs to defend themselves—can’t count on the over worked, under staffed Sheriffs Department. “The new 18-page report compiled by the […]

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Crime is Growing in California—Including Human Trafficking

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 08:01 pm
Thanks to Prop. 57 and 47 California has a crime wave.  While crime statistics are down, that is because many crimes are no longer counted as crimes—steal items under $950 and you do not get arrested or need to appear in court, just ignored it as an inconvenience. “More than 500 people have been arrested […]

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California State Senate “LEGALIZES” Tax Fraud on Federal Government.

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 07:58 pm
If legislative Democrats have their way, you will not have to pay State income taxes.  Instead, you can donate to a phony non profit run by the State, to provide State services.  The Secretary of the Treasury has already declared this a fraud and will prosecute anyone trying this scam.  Want to have a lien […]

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The Shipyard, San Fran’s largest development, faces years of delays after alleged fake soil testing

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 07:57 pm
In California you can not look at a city or a project without fraud, corruption or incompetence involved.  Project like the choo coo to nowhere have all three.  Now we find how easy it is to commit fraud in the San Fran area.  For twelve years fraudulent soil testing had been going on.  In that […]

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Federal, state visions for improving schools collide in California

By Stephen Frank on Jan 31, 2018 07:54 pm
Can a Cabinet Secretary from Michigan or Illinois (Arne Duncan or Betsy DeVos) run the government schools in Chico or Chino?  Should Sacramento have the final say over schools in Monrovia or Madera?  The fight today is whether the State or the Feds run the schools in your town.  Here is a novel idea—let the […]

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In Case You Missed It:

Assemblyman Jim Patterson Wins Approval for Audit of Choo Choo to Nowhere
Simi Valley Police and Other Cities Giving Info on Illegal Aliens to ICE
After Killing 20-Week Abortion Ban, Democrats Resume Lecturing People About Compassion
After Proposition 47: Crime and No Consequences in California
Did Botox Fry San Fran Nan’s (Pelosi) Brain?

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