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Author: Thomas Buckley

Thomas Buckley is the former mayor of Lake Elsinore, CA, a Senior Fellow at the California Policy Center, and a former newspaper reporter.  He is currently the operator of a small communications and planning consultancy and can be reached directly at planbuckley@gmail.com. You can read more of his work at his Substack page.

Bi de Leon: President and LA Councilman Following the Same Path?

July 11, 2024   9:33 amJuly 11, 2024   9:33 am
At the Harold Stassen Tavern on the Island of Misfit Pols, former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez is most likely right now sitting at the end of the bar and slowly and gently and methodically banging her head...
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Murder by Policy: New Zealand Tourist Robbed, Murdered by Repeat Offenders

July 10, 2024   11:22 amJuly 10, 2024   5:10 pm
Eight days ago, a tourist from New Zealand was murdered at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. And last year, one of her alleged killers got the plea deal of a lifetime, courtesy of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. ...
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DA Gascon’s ‘Lower Crime’ Claims False – State Stats Show Increases

July 9, 2024   4:38 pmJuly 9, 2024   4:40 pm
Throughout his re-election campaign, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has claimed that violent crime is actually down, though he has admitted property crime has increased a teensy bit. Because of these “facts,” Gascon and his backers – like...
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California Air Resources Board vs. Reality

July 8, 2024   10:18 amJuly 9, 2024   6:29 am
There is a reason the California Air Resources Board known as “CARB” is not actually called the California Air Reality Board. The very recent past has seen CARB try to mandate anti-pollution technology on boats, trucks, and trains. The problem...
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Soros PAC Has Spent Zero on Gascon

July 7, 2024   2:30 amJuly 7, 2024   2:31 am
That fluidy sound you hear in Los Angeles politics is not a tap being turned off – it’s a toilet being flushed. The George Soros-funded California Justice and Public Safety political action committee has spent exactly zero dollars so far...
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UC Gascon? Rampant Antisemitism Alleged in LA DA’s Office

July 5, 2024   12:33 pmJuly 5, 2024   12:33 pm
The nation watched as campus after campus, seemingly inexplicably, fell victim to repugnant outbursts of open antisemitism.  Pro-Hamas demonstrations ended classes around the state, Jewish students were harassed and barred from entering classrooms, and vile and historically ignorant displays of...
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Bass Ackwards: LA Mayor Wants Another Term

July 5, 2024   8:52 amJuly 5, 2024   8:52 am
Just a few days ago, you may have noticed an odd little ripple in California politics.  Or – considering the megaphoney grifty cowardly lunacy taking place in the state house taking place in the state house  – you probably didn’t....
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