United Farmworkers Union (UFW) president Arturo Rodriguez recently sent a letter to several agricultural organizations, elected officials, and water groups intended to bully the recipients into supporting
Whether one is speaking of First Amendment-protected speech on university and college campuses or efforts of elected congressional representatives to conduct dialogues with their constituents,
Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) have been clear that they oppose California allowing the state
On January 20, 2017, when President-elect Donald Trump takes his oath of office, California officials should present him a delayed holiday present: The gift of
You couldn’t pick up a newspaper, channel surf television, or visit social media sites without tripping over the latest Planned Parenthood scandal this past week.
Enough already with this Occupy Wall Street nonsense. Don’t get me wrong, every month I write that check for my underwater mortgage, pay the car
As the Republican presidential campaigns begin to take shape and the political community gets its first glimpse of new redistricting maps, one of the most
For the past few months, Governor Jerry Brown and his Senate and Assembly Democratic leaders have been speaking off the same song sheet – “it would be ‘unconscionable’ to not let California voters decide the direction of the state.” Shouldn’t it also be “unconscionable” for the Democratic leadership to only have California voters decide on taxes and issues these legislators care about?
Well, I say, let the voters decide.
Let the voters decide whether $500 billion in unfunded pension liability is too much of a burden for our state.
Let the voters decide whether California should have a spending cap.
Let the voters decide whether newly hired state workers should be moved into a 401(k) type retirement plan.
(click to view full size)I am not here to defend the City of Vernon. They have enough people handling this for
them and the issues has already drawn enough of its own attention. Nevertheless, the issues with Vernon are
representative of other issues with Sacramento that deserve attention. How can any rational person look straight
into the camera and say with a straight face that handing over Vernon to the
County of Los Angeles won’t have a negative economic impact on the 50,000 jobs
and the families that depend on them?