CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 10/16/2019

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HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 08:20 pm HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS/ Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 10/16/19   “A people that wants to remain ignorant and free … wants what never has been and never will be” ~ Thomas Jefferson.” CONTENTS  Endorsement of Newsom Recall? San Diego under Faulconer leadership: officials leaving GOP Simi Valley employees get massive increase in […] Read More and Comment: HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS   Colman: JOE BIDEN: MEET ED MUSKIE By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 08:16 pm The difference between Ed Muskie, the Democrat Senator from Maine and Joe Biden is simple—Muskie was honest.  He was wrong, but he was honest.  As we now know Joe Biden may have been birthed physically in Scranton, Pennsylvania—but politically born in Chicago. In 2008 Tom Brokaw—no Sean Hannity—decried the corruption of Joe Biden.  We have […] Read More and Comment: Colman: JOE BIDEN: MEET ED MUSKIE   Economic Illiterates run San Diego—Think “Free” Transit is “Free” By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 08:12 pm How ignorant are government officials?  How ignorant is the public.  Does anybody think that a “free” bus or train ride does not cost money?  Have the unions decided to declare a “pay-free” day?  Did government executives declare they will not take a salary for a day?  Are the vendors and suppliers of equipment and fuel […] Read More and Comment: Economic Illiterates run San Diego—Think “Free” Transit is “Free”   Is San Fran the future of America? We are in Trouble By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 08:09 pm Go to Cuba—then go to San Fran.  Can you tell the difference?  Yes.  San Fran has tall buildings, Havana does not.  Both cities are dirty, people sleeping on the streets, traffic gridlock and a both have residents that are very rich and very poor—the middle class has fled San Fran for other States and the […] Read More and Comment: Is San Fran the future of America? We are in Trouble   Why not bury California’s fire-prone power lines underground? The reason is sky high — $15,000 per Customer By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 08:03 pm Want to stop electric grid caused forest fires?  The first step, and cheapest, would be for government to allow the clean up of dead bushes and trees in the forests, along with clear cutting of areas to assure fires do not spread.  Or government can mandate that EACH energy company customer pay $15,000 (not a […] Read More and Comment: Why not bury California’s fire-prone power lines underground? The reason is sky high — $15,000 per Customer   How a massive Amazon wind farm promises to change a tiny town in rural America By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 08:00 pm Amazon has taken over retail sales in America.  Malls are closing, retailer are closing, Amazon is growing.  Now they want to take over the American energy industry.  They are starting with a massive wind farm in Tehachapi and solar farms throughout the Central Valley. “In April, Amazon announced three new wind farm projects — two […] Read More and Comment: How a massive Amazon wind farm promises to change a tiny town in rural America   California’s AB 5 will kill the gig economy and force more companies to leave By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 07:58 pm Guv Newsom in the Sacramento Bee a week ago announced that his 2020 budget that he will be providing the Legislature in January, will be based on California being in a recession.  While the rest of the nation is doing well or very well, California is looking like Venezuela on a bad day. AB 32 […] Read More and Comment: California’s AB 5 will kill the gig economy and force more companies to leave   Did Fresno Bee and Fresno State VIOLATE Federal Elections Laws? Yup! By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 07:55 pm The Federal law is clear—if you indulge in campaigning, for or against a candidate, you must report the expenditure as either an “in-kind” donation” or as an independent expenditure.  The Fresno Bee and CSU openly admitted they have partnered together.  And what was the purpose of the partnership?  To expose and defeat Congressman Devin Nunes.  […] Read More and Comment: Did Fresno Bee and Fresno State VIOLATE Federal Elections Laws? Yup!   UCLA Stands Behind Jew and Israel Hatred By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 07:52 pm Antisemitism is not just the venue of the Democrat Party—it is now rampant at UC Irvine.  At UCLA being a Jew means professors have the “right” to demean you, your religion and denounce you in front of a whole class.  Speak up against this hatred and you are called names by the terrorists loving professors—and […] Read More and Comment: UCLA Stands Behind Jew and Israel Hatred   More Freedom, Not More Government (or Persistent Blackouts), Needed to Fight Wildfires By Stephen Frank on Oct 15, 2019 07:49 pm It is a fact:  The intensity of recent forest fires is due to the government policy of not clearing our dead brush and trees or clear cutting trees in area susceptible to intense fires.  Now the government is mandating energy companies close down when winds are high—instead of fixing the cause of the problem.  In […] Read More and Comment: More Freedom, Not More Government (or Persistent Blackouts), Needed to Fight Wildfires   The California Political News and Views would like tips, suggestions and advance information of local and state government action and legislation. Send the information to Steve Frank at stephenfrank@sbcglobal.net or call 805-795-1271.   In Case You Missed It: Electric-Car Owners Hard Hit by Massive California Power Shutdown Eber: Local Communities and CalPERS What if we’ve had carbon taxes backwards all along? Instead Raise them by $100 TRILLION!! Beto basically wants to bankrupt churches who don’t believe in gay marriage San Jose: Three Evergreen elementary schools could close due to deficit