CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 10/17/2015

Lawsuit: LAUSD is a “Criminal Cabal” By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:23 pm We know that a few years ago LAUSD could not find one billion dollars. A couple of years ago LAUSD entered into a one billion contract, with no bid, to buy over priced iPADs that did not work right. This is a district with over 100,000 students in Charter schools and another 100,000 trying to […] Read More and Comment: Lawsuit: LAUSD is a “Criminal Cabal” Nestlé’s Expired (27 Years Ago) Permit Prompts Water Diversion Lawsuit By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:20 pm For 27 years Nestle has been taking water from the San Bernardino National Forest, without a contract or agreement. They have paid the government for the water they bottle at a rate determined more than thirty years ago. This is not a Republican or Democrat issue; it is proof of the incompetence and mismanagement of […] Read More and Comment: Nestlé’s Expired (27 Years Ago) Permit Prompts Water Diversion Lawsuit San Fran Housing Bubble Bursting? By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:18 pm Condo prices are down, sales of homes have declined. Median condo and homes prices have declined 4.5%. Looks like the bubble has burst and the media has not reported this as a problem. Once it does, watch for the spiral—and for local firms to look for a safe haven outside of the Bay Area and […] Read More and Comment: San Fran Housing Bubble Bursting? Think Tank Wants Students to go Broke Getting Wasted College Degrees By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:15 pm In todays business world you need a great grounding in computers and technologies. You do not need a college degree or education—think Bill Gates for instance. Want to run a hotel or restaurant? You need training in those fields, not necessarily need a UCLA or USC diploma. Great chefs need training not a piece of […] Read More and Comment: Think Tank Wants Students to go Broke Getting Wasted College Degrees In Sacramento, Limits Are Few On Revolving Door Between Government and Private Jobs By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:12 pm I have been traveling to Sacramento since the mid-1960’s. When I see my friends on the street I never know if they work for a legislator, as a lobbyists or for a special interest group. This is especially true of former legislators I know. Many are lobbyists today. The revolving door of staffers, lobbyists, legislators […] Read More and Comment: In Sacramento, Limits Are Few On Revolving Door Between Government and Private Jobs CSU Faculty Gears Up for Strike Vote at 23 Campuses By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:09 pm After January 1, the Winter break at the Cal State University campuses may last indefinitely. It looks like the unions are about to strike the students and taxpayers of the State. The Administrators of the system really don’t care—they still get paid, show up to work. If teachers don’t show, the work goes on for […] Read More and Comment: CSU Faculty Gears Up for Strike Vote at 23 Campuses Is It MORAL To Steal From Workers: Unions/Democrats Think it is OK By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:05 pm If you want to teach in the LAUSD you must pay a bribe to UTLA-=-the teachers union. Is that moral? Want to be a cashier at Von’s, a grocery store; you must pay a bribe to a union. Is that ethical? Imagine a company does not make the final decision on who they hire—it is […] Read More and Comment: Is It MORAL To Steal From Workers: Unions/Democrats Think it is OK Guv Brown Brings Back Redevelopment Agencies Under New Name By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 08:01 pm A few years ago our very confused Guv Brown, needing billions to balance the budget and to spend more on his payoffs to unions and special interests, he closed down Redevelopment Agencies—and took their money. That money belonged to the local community—but the Guv literally stole money from Simi Valley, Fresno and Danville—and the rest […] Read More and Comment: Guv Brown Brings Back Redevelopment Agencies Under New Name Elias: Latino education gap, dropout rates a big problem By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 07:58 pm My good friend Tom Elias has written an excellent piece about the problems of education for Hispanic children in California. He talks about a language problem, drop out problem and a lack of college graduates. He writes, “Fully 42 percent of Latino children entering kindergarten are in the bottom quarter of pupils in reading readiness, […] Read More and Comment: Elias: Latino education gap, dropout rates a big problem Is Technology Killing California’s Public Records Law? By Stephen Frank on Oct 16, 2015 07:41 pm Thanks to Snapchat, folks can send messages and photos that quickly disappear. Then you have Cyber Dust, which dies the same for text messages. Both are important to those in government trying to hide their tracks—just ask Hillary if she wished she used Snapchat or Cyber Dust instead of an old fashioned server. If more […] Read More and Comment: Is Technology Killing California’s Public Records Law?   In Case You Missed It: California “Moderate” Democrats Are Really Socialists LA water district owes San Diego nearly a quarter Billion dollars Professional” Educators ACCEPT Low Math Test Results Lawsuit to Stop Taxpayer Financing of GOP/Democrat County Committee Elections Silicon Valley Moving Toward Alliance With Big Labor