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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.

Planners Plan: It’s What They Do, Even When They Shouldn’t

February 13, 2024   12:24 pmFebruary 13, 2024   12:24 pm
It’s in the job title: Planner. Most government planners – pretty much the transport and housing sectors are what we are discussing today – became planners to meet their personal need to impose order on chaos, to improve society, and,...
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Los Angeles DA Candidates Low-Key Square-Off

February 12, 2024   8:45 pmFebruary 13, 2024   6:36 am
Eleven of the twelve declared candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney squared off Monday night in a debate at Los Angeles City College hosted by the League of Woman Voters. The event was comparatively polite, with few (if any) directly...
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From the River to the Sea… Sure, Sounds Good Baby, Want Another Beer?

February 12, 2024   2:45 amFebruary 12, 2024   2:46 am
The truly talented PJ O’Rourke once observed – we’re possibly in paraphrase territory here – that you could tell how successful a public movement or protest or rally was or would be by counting the pretty girls involved. More pretty...
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The Cult of Safety

February 7, 2024   2:11 pmFebruary 7, 2024   2:11 pm
It was the 1970s. Dry cleaning bags lurked quietly behind couches waiting patiently for the opportunity to pounce on the hapless child who dropped a Lego nearby. Unguarded five-gallon buckets stood brazenly in the middle of basement floors hoping to...
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Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Five

February 6, 2024   3:48 pmFebruary 6, 2024   5:27 pm
This is the final installment of a series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney.  Thank you for reading and we hope the series has been informative. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has not...
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Los Angeles Deputy DAs Sue Their Boss Gascon – Again

February 6, 2024   3:20 amFebruary 6, 2024   3:21 am
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA) of Los Angeles have sued their boss George Gascon again, this time charging him with brazenly refusing to turn over what should be public records. In refusing a number of separate requests, Gascon...
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Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Four: On Strikes and Reform

February 5, 2024   11:41 amFebruary 5, 2024   11:41 am
This is part four of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. California has a “three strikes” law.  That should mean that if you do three very bad things you can go...
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