More Plaintiffs Join Hunters Point Shipyard $27 Billion Lawsuit
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:18 pmA multi-billion dollar housing and commercial project, to house more than 10,000 people and create thousands of jobs will never happen—at least in our lifetime. Hunters Point near San Fran had to have the toxics cleaned out. Tetra Tech was paid lots of money to clean it up—claimed it did, then the audit proved they […]
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Increase in Cigarette Tax Leads to Theft and Sale in Black Market in Fresno
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:16 pmIn New York, with high cigarette taxes, the city government estimates that 62% of all sales in the city are on the black market—and the City gets NO taxes. As expected when California and cities raised the tax on cigarettes, the black market will flourish. Now Fresno is feeling the results of free market economics. […]
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SLO enters talks with unions for a local worker preference on ‘most expensive project’ in city history
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:14 pmGreat news for unions—bad news for consumers and those that want no part of the unions. “Coming in at an estimated $114 million, the upgrades mark “the most expensive” and “most complicated” public project “in the history of the city,” according to SLO City Manager Derek Johnson. And local trade workers want first dibs on […]
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The Hollowing-Out of the California Dream
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:12 pmIf you are young, a minority or someone without skills—California is not for you. While the rest of the country has been growing jobs, since February the Confederate State of California has LOST 50,000 jobs. And, we have historically low labor participation rate—62%. “Minorities and immigrants have brought much entrepreneurial energy and a powerful work […]
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Who Should Pay for a City’s Homelessness Crisis?
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:10 pmGovernment policies cause the high cost of rent. Government policies on minimum wage causes the high unemployment of those without skills or experience. The government has created environmental mandates limited housing availability and affordability. The government decided to close mental institutions, forcing the emotionally ill to the streets. Now the question is, should taxpayer finance […]
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Is High-Density Housing Project Too Big for the Any Neighborhood?
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:08 pmThe City of Santa Barbara wants the downtown area of its once beautiful town to look like the slums of New York and Chicago—high rise buildings, folks living elbow to elbow, streets clogged with cars—and bikes. As we know, this type of density also brings crime to the community. Why does the city council hate […]
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Ring: California’s Transportation Future, Part Four – The Common Road
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:05 pmCalifornia has the highest gas tax in the nation—and it is going to go up another 72 cents on January 1, 2020, thanks to cap and trade. We might get a small benefit on November 6, if we repeal the 12 cent gas tax increase. Yet, look at the way we spend the gas tax […]
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Legislation helped create a Silicon Valley success–Using Ratepayer $$$
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:03 pmWere it not for government in Sacramento, allowing the theft of your energy rate money, a Silicon Valley company may not exist. “Between 2007 and 2016, Bloom received or will receive payments of $375.9 million, the Public Utilities Commission told me Thursday. The program was created by one obscure sentence in one piece of legislation approved […]
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UCLA fired a conservative professor last year. It’s still refusing to tell him why.
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 09:01 pmImagine being fired—and you are not allowed to know why? Then the answer given you is that the right to privacy should not be violated. The privacy of who? A person making the decision, in a back room? A kangaroo court not allowing you to answer the charges? Or has UCLA become no different than […]
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Mission Viejo Likely First California City to Use Cumulative Voting (Based on RACE)
By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2018 08:58 pmHere is a new one—for the purpose of electing “minorities” to public office. Instead of one man, one vote, how about one man, up to FIVE votes. The purpose is to defeat candidates that are not minorities—So, in Santa Ana, Hispanics should be disadvantaged, because the city is 90% Hispanic—so, based on this racist concept, […]
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