Comments on: The Battle for California’s Future

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:32:38 +0000

Unions are Non Profit, which means no politics. Non Profits (which is what SEIU is 501(c)5) may not campaign for a politician or for a specific bill. “Non Profit may not intervene in political campaigns or conduct substantial lobbying activities.” http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=139017,00.html This is something which no one seems to bring up! I am tired of Factions dictating our Government. SEIU is an has been breaking the law. For SEIU its about control an they pervert this in the name of their member. We need to get back to the beginning where we took care of our business and the employees. We need to get back to where Government stuck to creating laws that protect businesses an employees not operating them. We need to get back to having our not elected official being independent an not partisan, where votes are about the majority DNC/GOP. We need to get back to referring to our Nation as Republic not Democratic where the Mob rules.

By: SactoDoug

SactoDoug — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:23:03 +0000

“Share the pain”? I’ll take your 1.4% private sector pay cut if you will take my 14% furlough.

If you want to factor in the 6% increase in the unemployment rate, then that is a 7.4% pay cut. Now add in losing two holidays which is equal to 1% of pay.

If we were to “share the pain” then who is feeling more pain?

Private sector pain: 7.4%
Public sector pain: 15%

Thanks for “sharing”.

By: Eric Hogue

Eric Hogue — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:23:49 +0000

Let me help you in carrying that out…thanks, EH

By: Bill M

Bill M — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:16:48 +0000

First of Eric, I want to compliment you on this blog. You have done much to compile a proposal that should merit some discussion beyond this blog and into capital. This is a wonderful idea, but I don’t see it ever seeing the light of day…. our Democrat legislature will never move on it, and there will never be enough money to pass it against the overwhelming dollars the “purple shirts” will put behind it to pass it.

After some thought, and after being against it since first considered, I believe we need public funded campaigns for elections in California. The system has become so corrupt that we have to remove outside funding from the politicians. Already the taxpayer is funding the elections for the democrat party (through the enormous contributions made by the public employee unions), we might as well fund the republicans as well, and eliminate all outside funding. No pac money, no individual money (funding your own campaign), absolutely no money other than that distributed to the parties, which then distributes it to their candidates. I have idea if that is constitutionally allowed, but I feel that it has a better chance of that than to correct our corrupt legislature.

To me it is amazing the ways California has become bankrupted, beyond the cost of government. We have allowed our agricultural legacy to be ruined, we have allowed our technology centers to taken away by other states, we are running our “best and brightest” entrepenuers off to other locales. The nexis for all these troubles are in Sacramento. (I know that the smelt issue came from the Feds, but I do believe that Arnold had the opportunity to “commandeer” a pumping station and symbollically “turn the water on.” It would have made for a great photo op and boost the morale of a citizenry that does not believe that the Governor is standing up for his state.)

Our legislature and executive branches are broken. They have failed in their most important constitutional duties…. and there is not a one that is ashamed of their failure. They have harmed a great state, deeply wounded their consituents, and betrayed the legacy left to them. I believe they are all tainted with corruption be it active or passive, and guaranteed to have their short-lived minor celebrity status to be replaced with the infamy of failed governance.

With that final rant I close, as it is time take out the trash.