San Fran Gov’t Shaking Down Home Buildings to Make Up for Failed Housing Policies
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 08:09 pmWhen is a tax not a tax? When the city of San Fran says that if you want to build housing you must include money losing affordable housing as part of the deal—or no deal. That is a tax. The tax is on the developers—and it is on the folks that buy market priced housing, […]
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Berkeley Cuts Cannabis Taxes, Others Expected to Follow
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 08:03 pmEven the old line Marxists running Berkeley understand the free market. If taxes are too high, folks will go to the black market to buy goods and services. The marijuana market is even more challenging. While the State has legalized marijuana, the lowest tax on the stuff is 27% –and that does nto include the […]
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Seeking to raise new revenues, Union City may declare a ‘fiscal emergency’
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:57 pmThanks to CalPERS and the on coming California recession hitting most of California, except for the Silicon Valley, Union City is about to declare a “fiscal emergency”. Watch as other cities—like Oroville start raising taxes, cut services and some will go into bankruptcy—thanks to the inaction of the old and confused Guv Brown and his […]
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Marijuana farmers sue the county (Calavaras)
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:55 pmThe marijuana industry in Calavaras County are suing for the right to operate. While this deals with pot, it is really a far reaching challenge to the irrational, subjective, often political environmental reports—based on junk science and possibilities, not truth. “Marijuana farmers have filed a number of challenges to the cannabis ban. Allegations include the […]
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Colman: ARE YOU MISERABLE?
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:50 pmRemember the Misery Index? It was made famous in 1980 when Ronald Reagan used it against Jimmie Carter—the worst president in American history—until Barack bumbled onto the scene. “The Misery Index is the sum of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate. For example, if the inflation rate is three percent and the unemployment rate […]
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Walters: Brown’s parole measure hits big legal snag
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:48 pmThanks to Jerry Brown, rape while the woman is under the influence of drugs or alcohol is NOT considered a violent act. Only in California, land of Weinstein, Spacey and the rest of vile predators, could rape not be considered violent. In fact, we know, now, that Brown lied to us about Prop. 57. “When […]
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Property-Tax Funding Plummets for Montecito Schools
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:46 pmFirst the fire. Then the rains and the floods. Now, the schools are harmed by a lack of property tax, in Montecito. “At Montecito Union — which operates under the same funding model as Cold Spring — Superintendent Anthony Ranii told boardmembers Tuesday that after numerous meetings with Santa Barbara County Auditor-Controller representatives, the K-6 school can expect a […]
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Justices Hold Detained Immigrants Not Entitled to Bond Hearing
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:44 pmShould an illegal alien, hiding from law enforcement for years, be allowed bond, to get out of the detention center? Are you crazy? This is the definition of a flight risk. Glad to the courts understand these are criminals, taking money, jobs, health care and housing from honest citizens, while pretending to be “good people”. […]
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CA Could Lose Political Clout: Climate of Fear Could Lead to Huge California Census Undercount
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:41 pmShould those here illegally, live a carefree life, not worrying about being caught and deported? Or should they and other law breakers always live in fear of being caught? But, in this article, the act of the Federal government asking those in the census if they are American citizens is supposed to strike fear in […]
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More California students graduate from high school, but far fewer graduate from college
By Stephen Frank on Feb 27, 2018 07:39 pmWhen you give kids with a “D” average in the largest district in the State, did you really think they were capable of completing college? California schools are filled with druggies, bullies and teachers preferring unions to education. Now we know the results of these views and policies—higher “graduation” rates and lower college graduation rates. […]
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