Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
Voters understand pork. They love it on the plate but hate it in government.
“More than 55 percent of 600 Californians polled would vote no on the measure, according to a study released by Tulchin Research on Feb. 19. Further analysis of the findings by Tulchin shows that nearly three times as many voters strongly oppose [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
How dumb are those that run the city of San Diego?
“San Diego City Council has approved a refinancing deal that saves the city money in the short run. But it will cost San Diegans more in the long run.
Its a bit like taking out a second mortgage on your home to get some capital, except [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
The city of Concord has plenty of money.
“DURING THE past two years, no one in the Concord Police Department collected more overtime than Ron Bruckert, the president of the police officers association, who took home an extra $101,120.
City payroll data show that Officer Bruckert collected about 3 percent of all the overtime pay for the [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
The only way the SEIU gets a dime is through extortion. The SEIU tells people, either pay us a bribe (they call it dues) or you are not allowed to work for government or firms we control.
The pension crisis, the government over employment problem, the failure to cut employees–all of this because unions own local [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
Here is all the proof you need to show LA County has too much money.
“As Los Angeles County supervisors prepare to carve deeply into everything from public safety to social services, they also are spending millions in taxpayer dollars to burnish their public images, pay for chauffeurs, hold parties for friends and lobbyists and support [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
California is in a Depression. Thanks to high taxes and AB32, we will stay in a Depression for a generation, at least.
“New county-by-county figures released by the state Wednesday showed that in eight counties, more than 1 in 5 people were out of work. Moreover, revised numbers for last year show that fewer people were [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
Special interests spent a billion dollars over the past decade on politics in California.Two bribe takers,the CTA and the SEIU, spent about a third of that total.
Time to end the union corruption, don’t you think?
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Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
It is being proposed that the San Diego Board of Supervisors slush fund be cut in half. Stupid idea.
The slush fund needs to be totally cut. End the corruption of using tax dollars for re-election.
This is nothing but tax paid for campaign funds–the buying of votes.
Obviously San Diego County has too much money.
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Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
The San Jose Mercury is nuts. “Despite another month of good news for California’s slowly recovering tax revenues, finance officials are preparing to delay hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to the state’s trial courts, community colleges and universities.”
Since January the deficit of the State went up by $10 billion–but they call this “good [...]
Stephen Frank | March 11, 2010
FDR wanted bigger government, so does President Obama.
Roosevelt created make work projects–Obama has phony stimulus program.
FDR did not want an independent Supreme Court,nor does Obama.
FDR spent money not in the Treasury–as does BO.
FDR played footsies with Hitler–Obama apologizes to terrorists.
“In the three years following the implementation of Roosevelt’s policies, wages in 11 key industries averaged [...]