CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/18/2020

Scam Election: 15th State Senate District By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:46 pm Scott Lay in The Nooner gave a report on the State Senate race in the 15th—the San Jose area. He asked why is Charles Munger spending money on the candidacy of Ken Del Valle (Ruiz).  Here is my answer to Scott: “There is a real reason for the Munger PAC supporting Valle (Ruiz). He wants […] Read More and Comment: Scam Election: 15th State Senate District   A Car Free Dream: How They Want Us to Get Around Town—THEY ARE NOT JOKING By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:41 pm Is this the lifestyle you want?  These folks want to steal gas tax money to build bike lanes, crate gridlock and dangerous streets.  Attached to this article is a guy on a bike delivering a dozen mattresses!  Not a joke.  No trucks, bike deliveries.  Imagines a city without cars, just bikes, dirty buses and unreliable […] Read More and Comment: A Car Free Dream: How They Want Us to Get Around Town—THEY ARE NOT JOKING   Colman: A DANGEROUS, HIDDEN TAX–Inflation By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:36 pm Under President Trump inflation is running at about 2% a year.  This is the lowest, consist inflation rate in years.  The Federal Reserve is proud of itself—while the economy is booming, jobs are plentiful and wages are going up, inflation is down.  One major reason is that the cost of technology continues to drop.  But […] Read More and Comment: Colman: A DANGEROUS, HIDDEN TAX–Inflation   Why are people moving to Texas? By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:33 pm Why are people moving to Texas? This is why: In Culver City (next to the city of Los Angeles a 1600 sq ft home can be rented for $5200 a month—it just sold for $1,425,000. A 1500 sq ft home in Plano Texas—MUCH nicer—is assessed at $233,000 and rents for $1850 a month. Oh, Texas […] Read More and Comment: Why are people moving to Texas?   Frank: CalPERS Corruption? At the Very Top By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:30 pm As a friend would say, you just can’t make this stuff up.  CalPERS, which refuses to invest in oil, tobacco and other politically incorrect stocks, invested $3.1 billion, of our retirees money, in BLACK LISTED Chinese firms.  Which firms? Firms that help the Chinese Communist military.  So American jobs can not be part of the […] Read More and Comment: Frank: CalPERS Corruption? At the Very Top   6.1 Million Individuals Off Food Stamps Under Donald Trump By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:28 pm Economic success is shown in many ways.  Getting 6.1 million off the food stamp rolls is one of them.  President Trump has reduced the number of Americans receiving food assistance by 14%.  That is a product of higher wages and the lowest unemployment in 50 years. “Approximately 6.1 million individuals dropped off the food stamp […] Read More and Comment: 6.1 Million Individuals Off Food Stamps Under Donald Trump   School strikes to continue until future saved, says Thunberg By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:24 pm Put April 24 on your calendar. That is the date that high school drop out and science illiterate has called for the next STRIKE AGAINST THE EARTH  DAY.  She wants kids to stay home from school.  How illiterate is she?  April 22 is “Earth Day” in the U.S.  But that is a Wednesday.  She wants […] Read More and Comment: School strikes to continue until future saved, says Thunberg   California NEXT: NYC subway thief thanks Dems after his 139th arrest, release: ‘Bail reform, it’s lit!’ By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:19 pm This is what California is going to look like if the Referendum to repeal the “NO CASH BAIL” legislation is defeated. “A New York City man who’s now been arrested 139 times thanked Democrats for guaranteeing his immediate release despite repeatedly swiping hundreds of dollars from unsuspecting subway commuters since the state’s new bail reform […] Read More and Comment: California NEXT: NYC subway thief thanks Dems after his 139th arrest, release: ‘Bail reform, it’s lit!’   Federal Court Dismisses Charges against Hamid Hayat By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:16 pm A terrorist spent 14 years in jail—though he was sent4enced to 24 years.  Not because he was found innocent.  No, because of the “passage of time” “The case against Lodi man Hamid Hayat, convicted in 2006 on terrorism related charges and upheld in 2013 by the Ninth Circuit, are now being dismissed “due to the […] Read More and Comment: Federal Court Dismisses Charges against Hamid Hayat   Britton: The Tax Watchers: Old words of wisdom still smart By Stephen Frank on Feb 17, 2020 08:08 pm Bonds are taxes—they increase the State budget.  In the case of local government Prop. 13 on the March ballot forces local government to put school bonds up for a vote.  That is because Prop. 13 gives “matching” funds for local construction.  Moorpark schools have a $96 million bond on the March ballot—to get ahead of […] Read More and Comment: Britton: The Tax Watchers: Old words of wisdom still smart   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: HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS With DACA in Limbo, Dreamers Face Increased Costs and More Uncertainty Del Beccaro: California’s leading export is becoming people and many of them are conservatives Mayor Pete: Red Diaper Baby BART may give away 1 million free weekend tickets to boost ridership