Saturday, February 17, 2018

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/17/2018

Cal Berkeley: Student newspaper posts map of campus locations where students have had sex

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 10:12 pm
In November of 1970, I gave a tour of UC Berkeley to three students from SMU in Dallas.  One of them, became my wife of the past 45 years.  While going around the campus, we noticed a male and female on the steps of the Student Union, with a pancho hiding everything but their faces.  […]

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Greenhut: Read before signing: Fearing Janus case, unions try to trap workers into dues payments

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 10:09 pm
The ultra corrupt unions are trying to scam workers into paying them bribes, even when the law against that is changed.  Under the Janus decision fo the Supreme Court, due in June, NO teacher—and by extension any worker—will be forced to pay bribes to a union in order to work.  The unions calls the bribes […]

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Feds to Repeal 298 Tax Regulations–Treasury seeking to eliminate outdated regs dating back to 1941

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 10:03 pm
President Trump is rolling back regulations that kill jobs and those that are no longer needed.  The question is raised, if a regulation has not been used since 1940, why worry about it and repeal it?  Because a 1799 Act (not a typo, is the basis of the phony Mueller effort to indict President Trump:  […]

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State Gas Tax Increase Gives $10.5 Million For New COASTER Trains

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 10:00 pm
Government lies.  We all know that, but are shocked when we find another example.  SB 1 was a gas tax increase to fix our roads.  As expected, the money is NOT being spent on roads, but on money losing trains and government transportation.  The roads will continue to crumble as deficits go up on the […]

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CalPERS’ Big Move on Amortization: What Does It Mean for Cities?

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 09:56 pm
CalPERS has doubled down on creating dozens of cities being pushed into bankruptcy due to their mismanagement and corruption. “In a major decision Tuesday, the California Public Employees Retirement System voted to shorten the amortization period for new pension liabilities from 30 to 20 years. The move will speed up the rate of debt payments […]

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SAND: Grad rates have become the education establishment’s Potemkin village

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 09:49 pm
How does LAUSD keep its graduation rates growing?  In 2015 it gave diploma’s to 45% of its graduates that had a “D” average.  They give diplomas away.  A couple of years ago they spent over $24 million in credit recovery classes—no classes, just gave credits.  In 2017-18, they are spending $15 million to give students […]

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Ring: How to Restore Financial Sustainability to Public Pensions

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 09:44 pm
We all know that CalPERS is collapsing and taking your city down with it.  Thanks to two decisions of this out of control agency, your city is on the verge of bankruptcy.  First, it announced a five year doubling of mandatory contributions over five years—after raising rates by 19-20% this year.  Then they decided to […]

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Calif. School Features Classroom by IKEA: Bean Bag Chairs, Rocking Chairs, Padded Blankets…

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 09:42 pm
California is known as the “Flake and Shake State”, flakey and earthquakes.  This story about a teacher in Newport Beach, and by extension the Principal of the school and District, have determined to make the students California comfortable in the classroom. “Kids in her class can relax in bean bag chairs, rocking chairs, padded blankets […]

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Sonoma Based Government Transportation System Ends TWO Opportunities for Affordable Housing

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 09:37 pm
When will private development firms understand that government is mean, nasty and harmful to the economic health of the firm and community.  In the latest case, SMART, a government transit monopoly used as an excuse a missed conference call to end three years and millions of dollars of investment by a private firm to build […]

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ICE arrests 212 illegals, targets 122 businesses in LA sweep–Thanks to Mayor Garcetti Actions

By Stephen Frank on Feb 16, 2018 09:33 pm
The big news is not the arrest of 212 illegal aliens in Los Angeles.  The real news is that 122 business in the L.A. area received audit notices.  Unmentioned in this article is the list of 77 business in the Central Valley that also received audit notices.  This means the illegal aliens working for the […]

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