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Something Chuck DeVore Would Not Support

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

NEWS FROM BARBARA BOXER, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA
March 05, 2010
Dear Friend: I am pleased and proud to let you know that I am co-sponsoring new legislation to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 (S.3065) would repeal the discriminatory [...]

From Norma: 61st District Woman of the Year Nominations Needed.

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Assembly member Norma J. Torres Seeks Nominations for Women of Achievement
Please nominate a deserving woman!
To celebrate Women’s History Month in March, Assembly member Norma J. Torres is seeking community input for nominations for outstanding women to be recognized as Women of Achievement of [...]

Open Thread: Saving California 20 billion

Friday, November 20th, 2009

We are coming through another budget crisis all over again in California and we need to come up with ways to save our state so we do not have to worry about this for awhile.
Ideas big and small let us post them so we can share them to our state legislators so we can make [...]

A Useful Suggestion

Monday, November 16th, 2009

H1N1 and the regular flu are a big concern these days, and with a struggling economy people are coming to work instead of staying home risking the possibility of infecting co-workers, customers and or visitors. We should make public health policies that are fair and reasonable for both the employee and the employer.
For those [...]

Smart Water Policies

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Residents of Ontario are going to get tired of seeing hundred dollar water and trash service bills pretty soon, and we should do our best to alleviate the problem. How about reducing the lawns that lurk in our city. Offer incentives for people to use a non grass based landscaping solution.
I know people do [...]

Disneyland’s Health Care Problems

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Disney should relent to the hard workers who make their park and their hotels successful. Disney constantly raises their ticket prices and parking rates year after year, but they say they cannot afford to pay for the health care for their workers by shifting the costs and dumping part timers off the health plan. If [...]

Cash For Clunkers = sad

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Our auto industry is hurting due to a slow economy and our congress came up with a solution to stimulate the auto industry.
Cash for clunkers was the solution to trade in fuel guzzlers for a fuel efficent car, but the one fact that makes car lovers enraged is that these cars you trade in [...]

Have You Seen Me Lately?

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I was inspired by a post on hotair.com entitled, Who are Your Milk Carton Politicians? to post this post about Congressman Joe Baca. It is also a preview of a letter I wrote to the Sun /Daily Bulletin as well. The vacation that our senators and congress members have is not just to go to [...]

TAP Your Way to Foothill Transit

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

If you are a transit user not regularly taking trips on Foothill Transit you should be aware that transfers will only be given with the TAP card, a stored valued prepaid fare card. Gone is the paper metrocard and now you get a smart card which is free with a refill until the end of [...]

Scared of Dialogue

Friday, August 7th, 2009

The Democratic Party is afraid of the average American. During the August recess expect that town hall meetings will not become places of dialogue, but rather infomercials where only allies of nationalization of health care will be only admitted such as SEIU and ACORN members. It is not likely Congressman Baca will have a [...]