Gavin Newsom is NOT a Progressive. He is not a MODERATE. Gavin is a one man Party—he is a member of the Newsom Party. No ideology, except getting himself elected to the next office. “Yet, progressives in California, Newsom included,
Author: Stephen Frank
Long time political activist. Served in Viet Nam, co-created the POW/MIA bracelet. Former State President of CRA, elected CRP Board member. Currently serves on Tea Party California Caucus Board and Ventura County Taxpayers Association board. Gives speeches statewide, and appears on numerous radio talk shows as pundit on public policy and politics. Lives in Simi Valley.
California Democrats won’t rule out new taxes to pay for health care for undocumented immigrants
Get real. Democrats love any excuse to raise taxes. They are giving $11.2 billion to Medi-Cal for free health care for illegal aliens—totally illegally. At the same time Newsom claims HIS deficit is $12 billion. In the back rooms the
‘We really need visitors’: Los Angeles tourism has fallen off a cliff
Visiting L.A. is very expensive. Last week, the city council decided to raise the minimum wage for workers in the tourist industry to $30 an hour. Only the very rich will be able to visit this slum of a city.
No funding allocated for Proposition 36 in Newsom’s $322B state budget, advocates push back
The people of California gave 70% of the vote in 2024 to pass Prop. 36. This was the measure to add mental health beds, prison cells and the incarceration of more criminals. To do this, Sacramento has to allocate tax
Cracking down on fare jumpers didn’t make BART safer or increase revenue, report finds
San Fran is a joke. Sadly, it does not have a punchline. “For years, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System has said that a big reason the system has lost revenue and gotten more dangerous is that a lot of people don’t pay fares.
Should California’s climate budget pay for high speed rail and firefighters? Newsom’s new plan triggers fiery debate
The climate change scam is being used to take billions out of the economy, transferring it from one company to another—while the State takes its cup to finance scams—like the train to nowhere. “Large polluters, such as oil refineries and
What Onshore Oil & Gas Production Ban Could Mean for Santa Barbara County
How do you kill well paying jobs, cause inflation, kill off needed government revenues and force people to people $10 for a gallon of gas? You do as Santa Barbara is doing—get rid of the oil industry. This kills the
‘Fight to keep these papers alive’: Student journalists react to print budget cuts
Big city newspapers are dying. No one watches CNN, MSNBC or the legacy networks. They are dead to viewers And America. It is no surprise the college campuses are de-emphasizing campus newspapers. It would be better if they spent the
Fleischman: Angelenos Pay the Price as Democrats Double Down on Failure
On Sunday, the Hollywood Slicky made it clear. He told the Marxist Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, that the State is not going to bail her out of the one billion deficit the city is facing. He told her
Eber: Things that bug me
We pay for the roads via our gas tax. But, cities want you to pay again, via parking meters and toll lanes. This really bugs me. School districts that have become housing developers instead of spending time and money on