HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:35 pmHEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 3/11/20 “A people that wants to remain ignorant and free … wants what never has been and never will be” ~ Thomas Jefferson.” LEADERS LEAD The Big Story Curious. It seems the California Republican Party, by convention nor Board vote, has endorsed President […]
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Colman: April 15: America’s Permanent Day of Infamy
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:33 pmWe are about six weeks away from the permanent day of infamy in the United States, April 15. That is the date we pay our taxes. The taxes are set by congress and if you have a Ph.D in mathematics, economics and the quantum theory of physics, you might be able to fill out the […]
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ACA 1—to Weaken Prop. 13/Bankrupt Cities On Front Burner in Sacramento
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:30 pm(Thanks to State Senator Shannon Grove for bringing this to my attention). The Democrats are at it again. While most of us are paying attention to the proposed “Split Roll” property tax, to invalidate a major portion of Prop. 13 passed in 1978, to be on the November ballot, we have a bigger problem. That […]
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Report: High-speed rail contractor muzzled employees over bad news
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:24 pmThe scam of the century just got caught bullying and retaliating against whistleblowers. The train to nowhere says it will open its first link—Wasco (can you find it on a map?) to Madera—which will have almost no riders—by 2022. Those working on it say 2025 by the earliest and 2028 is more probable. Imagine the […]
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Bay Area mayors want to tax second homes to pay for homeless relief
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:21 pmDemocrats can not get enough in taxes—and kill the housing market at the same time. Now a bunch of Democrat Mayors want to create special tax on second homes. Once they do that, the values of those homes go down, forcing some to sell and others to lose equity. Bad for the economy. “San Francisco-based […]
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Lessons from California’s NIMBYs
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:12 pmFor many years the NIMBYS controlled the housing industry. They worked hard not to allow anything built. They demanded expensive studies and permits, to raise the cost of housing in California. Now we are reaping the whirlwind of the no build era—high prices and little affordable housing. “Ultimately, California’s NIMBYs won that debate. Since 1990, […]
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School Districts With Losing Bond Measures Plan to Try Again in November
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:09 pmIt looks like the government educrats can not take NO for an answer. On March 3, school bonds failed. Now, the promoters of the union/special interest bonds want to come back, in 240 days with MORE bond measures. “On the heels of uncharacteristic ballot box losses last week, leaders of several local school districts are […]
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Data Suggest 500,000 Government Employees Have Stopped Bankrolling Unions
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:05 pmThis is a start. About 500,000 workers have stopped the bullying unions from stealing from their paychecks. It will take time to get union membership to where it should be—totally voluntary. “Janus immediately freed civil servants who were already nonmembers to cease forking over any money to Big Labor. And by 2019, according to Hirsch-Macpherson […]
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California Wants To Carve Out Religious Exemptions to Its Insane Housing Laws
By Stephen Frank on Mar 10, 2020 08:01 pmDemocrats want to turn churches into housing projects. SB 899 by Weiner would allow churches to use church grounds to build affordable housing. Oh so can hospitals rehabilitation centers and nursing homes. The bigger deal is that local city councils and Planning Commissions would have no say—Sacramento has already made the decisions. “That means that […]
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