InlandPolitics: GOP Debate: Thinning out the crowd!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 -09:00 a.m.

It’s time to start thinning out the crowd.

Tonight’s second GOP debate, hosted by CNN (a.k.a. Clinton News Network), will begin the painful process of weeding out the empty suits in the current filed of 16 candidates.

The festivities will commence with the kid’s table of four ‘candidates-in-name-only’ at 4:00 p.m., followed by the main event at 6:00 p.m..

Tonight’s event, being held at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, was increased to accommodate Carly Fiorina, who nevertheless continues to perform poorly in the polls.

All the so-called experts say Trump has the target on his forehead. He’s purportedly going to be the focus of all the bottom-feeders, who are desperate to strike a chord with voters to jump-start their dying campaigns.

Expect illegal immigration to be the primary driver here.

Carson has started to make pro-amnesty murmurings, while Fiorina has come out against deportations.

In other words, most of the field won’t really do anything about the problem, especially the imaginary border, with its fake fences and walls.

If illegal immigration stays at the forefront, Trump will win hands down.

For decades, average Americans have been deluged with a plethora of campaign platforms, term papers, white papers, blah… blah….blah!

They now realize it’s been all false promises followed by myriad of excuses from the elected president as to why what was promised just can’t be done.

How many presidents have promised to balance the budget in ten years? It hasn’t happened yet!

Expect the moderators to pound on Trump. They’ll use everything they know fair and unfair to trip him up.

It may work! But then again it might not.

Just ask Megan Kelly from Fox News Channel.

Break out the popcorn and beverage…….

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Town of Apple Valley water company takeover

I’ve asked in the past for any information on the purchase of Apple Valley Ranchos by the Town of Apple Valley.  It’s one of those things that most of us understand is tainted by the corrupt five members of the Apple Valley Town Council, and probably their city manager and staff, but we cannot pinpoint the issues.

I’ve asked various sources who are close to the town council.  This is typical of the responses I have received:

Town of AV has been trying to be a water purveyor since day one. Their first attempts were with a water system that the town built around the airport back in or around 1990. They got all the property owners to pay a special assessment. the town built the water system, water storage tank on the side of Bell mountain pipe lines fire hydrants everything you need to start building a thriving industrial park around the airport. Except they didn’t design it with enough capacity to handle the fire flow or charge the fire sprinkler systems required in large industrial buildings. Property owners wound up with a tax bill with a monster assessment for a water system that was worthless for its intended purpose. Bottom line they got ripped-off and many of the property owners dumped the property. Which of course got picked up by Town of Apple Valley good ol boy Tom Rhubic(sp). expect more of the same if they do this.

And worse.

I’ve never had the time to research some of their pet projects such as the Apple Valley Golf Course, but insiders say that if I did, I would find family members, trusts, etc., that greatly benefited by its purchase.  Even Barb Stanton, who was so opposed to it until she was elected to the council, benefited.

Then you’ve got the two council members who live(d) together and there is a whole other mess of who is voting to help their “friends.”  Apple Valley is one dirty little secret after another.  It is almost an impenetrable cult of politicos and their friends using their influence and making money off the backs of its unknowing citizens.

Anyway, last night I received this email:

Could you pass this along to Sharon Gilbert? Too hot for me to handle and I think if you published it, they might link back to me.

The attached is a public records request from a law firm looking into irregularities with the way that the Town of Apple Valley has used Prop 218 to raise sewer rates.

The reason it’s a big deal is because this firm has one some pretty big settlements against cities in California that have violated Prop 218 to raise utility rates.

Here are a few examples:

• Pasadena: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/krause-kalfayan-benink–slavens-llp-achieves-72-million-settlement-of-prop-218-action-against-city-of-pasadena-273673491.html

• Riverside: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/krause-kalfayan-benink–slavens-llp-announces-settlement-of-proposition-218-case-with-city-of-riverside-209398311.html

• Burbank: http://www.burbankleader.com/tn-blr-me-burbank-hammering-out-settlement-on-utility-fund-transfers-20140926,0,6001956.story

Attached was this document: AV Water Takeover

We are still looking for information. This takeover stinks to high heaven but we don’t know the exact source. I’m sure glad I no longer live in town limits. I hate to think of what the water Nazis will do once they have control over our most precious resource.

The backlash on Bernie Sanders begins!

Despite the fact that this [barely functioning] blog has tried to be Wisconsin-centric, I’m going to try to do some more posts to help people keep up on Bernie Sanders news. —————————————————-   It appears that the establishment and its candidates have decided to quit dismissing Bernie Sanders and start attacking Bernie Sanders. The guy more »

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If Walker could see past his enormous ego, he’d realize he’s in 7th place and has no chance

Scott Walker only has 2% in the latest national ABC poll. The average of Scott Walker’s national polls put him in 7th place according to Real Clear Politics. The Republican Party only needs 1 nominee to run for president. I suppose it’s very difficult for a megalomaniac to quit looking in the mirror long enough more »

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The Sacramento Bee: Final rush of legislating follows Labor Day events

Capitol Alert
By Jim Miller
jmiller@sacbee.com
September 7, 2015

• Several Sacramento-area Democratic lawmakers attend labor council picnic Monday
• State Sen. Richard Pan says his tobacco tax measure has a chance
• Hundreds of bills eligible for floor votes in Democrat-controlled Legislature before deadline

Lawmakers soaked up the sun and applause at Labor Day picnics around California on Monday, a respite of friendly crowds before a final rush of legislating that begins Tuesday.

Four days remain before Friday’s midnight legislative deadline. Hundreds of bills await floor votes; lobbying is intense on multiple measures; and three of the Legislature’s four caucuses have picked new leaders or leaders-elect in recent days, possibly injecting a new dynamic into end-of-session negotiations.

Senate Bill 350 remains the most debated measure heading into the final week. The bill by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, and backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, aims to reduce motor vehicle fuel consumption and increase the use of renewable energy. After passing the Senate in June, the measure faces uncertain prospects in the Assembly, where more moderate Democrats representing inland districts have demanded changes.

“How do we do it right and do it smart?” Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, said in an interview Monday during the Sacramento Central Labor Council’s picnic at Raley Field, where hundreds of union members and their families turned out for a barbecue, speeches and the River Cats game. “There’s been some movement on it, but we still don’t have the full picture. Negotiations are still taking place.”

Other major outstanding issues include legislation that would help clear a path for the unionization of child-care providers, a possible road-repair funding package and whether programs that serve nearly 300,000 people with developmental disabilities will receive more money, possibly from higher taxes. Tax increases would require two-thirds votes, meaning they would need the support of every Democrat and at least some Republican lawmakers.

State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, the author of a health special session bill that would raise taxes on tobacco products, said he was “cautiously optimistic” it will pass before Friday’s regular-session deadline. Special-session work could extend into the fall, but there is little sign that will occur.

“There’s nothing that focuses the mind like a deadline,” Pan said at the Raley Field picnic. “We’re committed to making this happen.”

Cooper is among the Democrats who have publicly remained on the fence about SB 350. Cooper said he supports the goal of clean air, but said he wants assurances that the legislation will not saddle disproportionate costs on residents of his district and other inland areas.

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