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| 2017-11-26 |
| [Spectator] It’s not easy watching California self-destruct. After all, my four sons are 6th generation Californians. One relative of ours journeyed here prior to the Gold Rush when the state population was just a handful of people. Family lore has it he was a gunslinger who, victorious in a gun duel, headed to California to avoid the law. He ended up ranching on what is now known as Mammoth Mountain. Other family members took part in the gold rush and one ended up discovering gold in 1895 in the Mojave Desert. My grandparents arrived in Kern County in the 1930s and worked as teachers educating the children of oil workers shortly after the discovery of oil in that region. Proud of my heritage, I had this urge to run for the state legislature, so I did and I won. I was hoping I could do something in Sacramento to slow the decline of the Golden State. But it was not to be. I quickly discovered that the legislature was so dominated by far left ideologues, there was nothing that could be done to reverse course. My Democrat colleagues were not concerned one bit about how their policies were destroying the economic golden goose that made California so famous worldwide. Indeed, they actually believe their big government and nanny state policies have made California the model of how progressives can succeed in governing. Seriously. The entire time I served in Sacramento, the Democrats were focused almost exclusively on legislation which either had to do with wealth redistribution or creating new “rights” for alleged victims such as illegal aliens, criminals, union members, homosexuals, transgenders and other “oppressed” groups. And it’s no different today. The reality is that the average middle class Californian hasn’t had representation in the halls of Sacramento for decades. Indeed, I predict the destruction of California will, unfortunately, be one of the great legacies of the progressive movement. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 I'm a fifth and last generation Californian in my family. Ancestors were in the second group on the Oregon Trail, did not take the shortcut to California, thank you very much. Settled in Oregon, then down to Yrekia, Dorris, and Happy Camp in North border of California. Did all right. It really pains me to see what the looney left has done to this once great state. Its going over the tipping point. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-11-26 21:13 |
| #6 The most annoying thing about the left is they abuse words. the first example is confUsing the word right to mean entitlement. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-11-26 20:55 |
| #5 Musk moved to Reno |
| Posted by: 746 2017-11-26 14:46 |
| #4 It's all true. :( That's why I want Trump to deport all illegal aliens. To hell with DACA. Deport them all. Jail the politicians who think they can get away with declaring the state and its municipalities to be sanctuaries for people who broke our nation's laws to get here. Arrest the marijuana growers and dealers and charge them with violations of federal laws. Cut off all discretionary federal grants to the state. Get serious about it or else you really will lose this state and, let me tell you, you don't want to lose it. If you think Mexico is dangerous now, think how bad it will be when they control San Diego Bay, San Francisco Bay, San Pedro, Camp Pendleton, Edwards Air Force Base, Elk Hills, etc., etc. It's no joke, people. You could lose it and then you would be sorry. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-11-26 14:24 |
| #3 Glad I had the opportunity to experience CA before it became "Crazyland." |
| Posted by: Anomolous Sources 2017-11-26 13:49 |
| #2 ...had to do with wealth redistribution... firms such as Apple, Google, and Facebook... California barely squeezes past impoverished New Mexico.. Well, Los Lunas, New Mexico is getting some of that 'redistribution' as Facebook opens a server farm there. At least their employees will not find hundreds of thousands of dollar shacks as their only housing opportunities. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-11-26 07:12 |
| #1 Those "high-tech" firms had better get out soon before California falls into the ocean. There is that climate change thing, as Californians know ALL too well. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2017-11-26 06:21 |