California Republicans Need To Face Reality

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California Republicans thought that Proposition 11 would become a breakthrough for the party’s representation compared to the redistricting of 2001 done by the Democratic Party legislators in Sacramento. Unfortunately the other partners in the Proposition 11 campaign, minority rights groups such as MALDEF and NAACP struck it big instead.

If you are wondering why there are not enough Republican districts, it is because we failed to reach out to minority communities such as in the San Gabriel Valley and the west end of San Bernardino County and they were not able to add cities such as Upland or Rancho Cucamonga to those districts.

Chairman Tom Del Deccaro said to the media “We are concerned that this appears to be a tilt towards Democrats.” Because there are not enough Republicans to make Republican leaning constituencies Tom. We have to become an electable party in order to be able to have more Republican districts and get them elected in Sacramento and Washington.

The platform is the first step in changing the party. The platform is a symbolic yet vital document for our state party. Wonder why our state party has no representation in the San Francisco Bay Area or Silicon Valley? We chased them away with the social issues that  have more priority than job creation agenda for the last two decades. Social issues are personal to all those involved and should be left to the region or district at a micro level. If voters in Temecula or Roseville want to focus on traditional marriage or right to life issues that is their choice.

The goal for our party is to make a party that can be elected in a state that is diverse as California. We need to work on what unites us than what divides us. Rohit Joy has stated “The CRP has got to stand for something or we’ll fall for anything”, the CRP is still standing for something, job creation and non-bloated government spending are the two main examples. Why fight for issues that divide people away from our party where we could figure out ways to improve the economy of California and make the lives of Californians better.

Our bench is empty, we elected 0 statewide officials from Governor, US Senate to Insurance Commissioner. I hear Mike Spence say over and over about minorities and their social conservatism, but they mostly want bigger government and higher taxes for you to pay. Even if African American voters in Oakland and Latinos in Pico Rivera voted for Proposition 8, they are certainly going to not side with us on the Amazon sales tax issue, or public pension reform to prohibit public pension spiking such as adding vacation time and fringe benefits to pension obligations.

Even though Proposition 8 was passed, the margin between Proposition 22’s victory in 2000 and Proposition 8’s victory in 2008 was substantial. Proposition 8 is ready to die either in the courts or on the ballot. Instead of being the party of limiting personal liberty, we should be known as the party as the party of opportunity and not as the party of the big wedge.

We are already a minority party and soon we will be eclipsed by the Decline to State Party, we tried the status quo for the last two decades and it is time for a message that can bring those voters back in the fold.

Guardian Angels Need Your Support

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Animal rescue volunteers need your aid to help take care of some critically ill animals in our back yard of San Bernardino County.

Animal rescue is a thankless and money draining activity and for these volunteers there has been so many sad cases money is getting very tight to get these animals taken care of and stabilized.

5 pups in danger of dying

We pulled 5 pups from Devore on Thursday. Everyone of them are extremely sick. We had to bring Tejava the parvo pup home because we don’t have the money to pay for him to be in the ICU. We have 2 others with pneumonia, 1 with kennel cough and Gracie the 6 mo pit bull girl with severe brain damage. Please help us save their lives, we have no money. We are doing the best we can, we can’t save these orphans without your help. We have had so many sick and injured dogs this year that we are totally broke. We want to continue rescuing but won’t be able to do it without your help. Please help us, for them.

If you want to help out please visit their site.

Thanks to Coty from the Patrick Community for the lead.

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Decline to Sign SB 48 Repeal

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The opponents of equality strike again with their latest production Abolish SB 48, the recently passed law that aims to repeal the inclusion of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered people in our social science curriculum.

When the opponents of equality strike back in our public school classrooms with condemnation and hostility it does not help with core academics because there is not an environment for all students to succeed at their very best where students drop out or at worse kill themselves.

Knowing about LGBT people is not going to turn someone LGBT, you either are or you are not. Even if you move to North Dakota on the road to denial there are still will be LGBT people. If SB 48 is retained it will do the following, it
will help LGBT youth realize they are not alone and there are great people in history like Banyard Rustin, Mark Bingham, Tammy Baldwin and Gerturde Stein. For our straight students knowing about these historical individuals would give them a better understanding of LGBT people and would help accept their LGBT classmates better.

Karen England and Brad Dacus, the proponents of the repeal could care less if LGBT students drop out of school or kill themselves the next day. SB 48 is not going to cost us extra money, Karen and Brad attack the LGBT community as monsters and children of lesser value in order to line their pockets with money.

I would encourage the general public to not sign the SB 48 petition from any paid signature gatherer in front of our local shopping centers. History should be inclusive and communities should not be erased from textbooks due to animus.

San Bernardino County Republicans in a Prop 14 World

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In a political party losing relevance in California and San Bernardino County in the last fifteen years where they could never reclaim Assembly District 61 or successfully beat George Brown before the seat became safely for the Democratic Party in 2001. San Bernardino County Republicans were in shock after Jim Brulte speaking to party activists recently.

Voter registration is still going down, in Supervisor District 4 we lost around 1000 voters in the last four years. It is admirable that restaurateur Ray Moors almost got 40% in District 61 in 2010. However we have to regain trust with the people of Latino heritage. No matter who we elect, a queer Latino moderate or a traditionalist Latino conservative, the majority of Latino voters do not trust us. We need a pragmatic policy in a county that’s getting brown by the next quarter century.

Also, I hear over and over like a broken record that because Latinos may practice traditional values like not believing in abortion and prefer male – female marriage to be dominant that they would want to support the Republican Party, but as like with the majority in the African American community, they will vote for candidates that support big government even though the candidates may also be against their values positions.

Just having our campaign flyers and websites in Spanish is simply not enough.

Our federal candidates should work on policies such as a guest worker program where people can earn citizenship and green cards while protecting the borders at the same time.

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Ugliness in Big Bear

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Just like any job where you are dealing with the public, you check your prejudice at the back door.

From the Big Bear Grizzly:

Bear Valley Unified School District, the school board, a teacher, principal and interim superintendent of schools have been named in a federal law suit. The suit charges that the defendants violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the equal protection clause of the 14 Amendment.

The suit was filed July 20 in U.S. District Court by MALDEF on behalf of Coral Alives. The Latina student claims she was harassed publicly and suffered racial discrimination in 2010 by a teacher at Big Bear Middle School. MALDEF is the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

During a press conference July 21, the student, her mother and representatives of MALDEF talked about the suit and the environment for racial discrimination in the country today.

Coral says she wore a Mexico T-shirt to school during the final days of the school year in June 2010 to show her support for Mexico playing in the World Cup soccer tournament. She said her teacher, Suzy Carpenter, after asking her if she was Mexican, asked Coral what the girl was doing in her country. Coral claims Carpenter said it was because of people like her (Coral) that she had to pay high taxes.

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Peepers Beware

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From the office of Norma Torres:
Increased Penalties for Peeping Toms Approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee

Assembly member Norma Torres (D-61) announced the approval of her Assembly Bill 665 by the Senate Public Safety Committee, which will create a higher penalty for repeat offenders of an individual’s right to privacy.

Currently, many “peeping toms” are not deterred by existing penalties. Often they can make considerable profit selling images to internet sites. Assembly Bill 665 will allow law enforcement to lock up repeat offenders for up to one year in jail, impose a fine of up to $2,000, or both. The bill also requires a higher penalty for any violation where the victim is a minor.

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Borders Is Dead

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Borders, the former leading bookseller before Amazon became popular in American society is finally pulling the plug. I previously wrote about the topic earlier about how the stores in Montclair and Chino went goodbye, but now the surviving stores such as the location at Rancho Cucamonga’s Victoria Gardens is going to shutter because the company’s bankruptcy reorganization plans failed.

If you are a bargain hunter they will likely do a store closing sale very soon at the Rancho Cucamonga branch.

Sadly Borders forgot to adapt to the times compared to Barnes and Noble.

Thank You to Dennis Saunders for the tip.

SB 48 Likely Going To Have Nasty Ballot Fight for Repeal

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The reason that they don’t want the contributions of LGBT people included is the same reason they don’t want us in the military, getting married, teaching school, etc.: It makes it much harder for them to demonize us when others learn of the contributions of LGBT people, serving our country, building a family, helping children, etc. And when you can’t convince others to hate, you can’t convince them to donate $$$ to support the hate of the Family Research Council, NOM, Traditional Values Coalition, etc. So, as usual with sleazy conservatives, it all boils down to they will do anything, say anything for a buck. –  SF Chronicle forum post

Karen England, the chairwoman of the Capitol Resource Institute strikes again, she uses ignorance, prejudice and fear to provide her meal check. When students become more knowledgeable that LGBT people are actual human beings and they do not need to be demonized then people like her will not have to make a living from her hate.

SB 48, the revolutionary bill to add the accomplishments of people who happen to be LGBT has received loads of public scorn from people who happen to live in the inland areas of our state. Parents think it’s a sensitive issue because they want to have the right to discuss this issue first and have the right to implant their children with their values no matter how ugly their beliefs may be.

Maybe if  many traditional values advocates were not taught to have ignorance, prejudice and fear of LGBT people we would not need bills such as AB 9 and SB 48. My high school bully was a raised in a home who was taught by his parents to dislike and torment people who are different than him. If students do not have to come to school or leave school in fear of being beaten up, then that would be very beneficial to academics.

I wish we all could come together in perfect harmony so we can learn to coexist. When you work in the business world such as a sales clerk at the local mall, to being a stock broker at the brokerage house you learn to respect all customers even if they are different than you.

Our public schools serve all students, the schools are not just for Christians, or even LGBT people. We have to be pluralistic to make sure they can serve all students. If you want a niche education you have to pay for it with your own money.

If the equality campaigners have to endure a ballot fight in 2012, we will need to define the issue before  Schubert-Flint who won the Yes on 8 campaign does. We need to have stories of actual students and humanize the issue so Karen England will no longer have the erasers to tell the people of California that LGBT people do not exist.

A Question For Compassion

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In today’s economic times people are suffering. I still may not be making six figures. However others are struggling to be making any money at all. The bus after my history class drops me off near a working class neighborhood and since I forgot to eat breakfast I decided to visit El Polo Loco.

I got approached by a destitute woman saying that she needs food because she has diabetes and needs something in her so she does not get in diabetic shock. Well I may not be wealthy, but when I try to do good for others I get fearful that people will more likely use the money for beer or anything that is not as savory like the unemployed man saying he wanted to yard work for my father, but ended up taking $90 from him and did not reseed his lawn for him.

It is the same thing when I see the stories of all the abused animals on Facebook. I would love to help all the poor creatures I see, but I can’t logically help them all. Maybe I need to have a compassion fund. $10 just in case if I see another poor soul begging for food. Then if no one asks for money from me, I could use the money for sick and helpless animals or use it for my family’s problems.

I know it feels dirty that I gave her cold silence, but I just wanted to be left alone. I would like to do the right thing. However if I did the right thing all the time, I would be just as destitute as that woman.