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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.

Did Julie Su Do California a $32 Billion Favor?

September 30, 2024   6:27 pmSeptember 30, 2024   6:27 pm
Earlier this year, Julie Su’s federal Department of Labor essentially forgave California its $32.6 billion  debt caused directly by the massive defrauding of the state’s unemployment agency, the EDD. That debt was created when Su was the state’s labor secretary...
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LA Lights the Way

September 29, 2024   5:00 pmSeptember 29, 2024   5:02 pm
Tonight is the last night when “Angelenos” will be able to see their most noted structures lit up like – well, not a Christmas tree because that would be, um colonialist? From those giant LAX thingies at the airport to...
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Ester Lim Lands Job with LA County District Attorney George Gascon

September 29, 2024   2:45 amSeptember 29, 2024   2:46 am
Esther Lim has a new job – she’s now a “special assistant” to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Lim is not an attorney. What she is a “social justice warrior” par excellence. And why could Lim’s name be...
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Decades Late, Billions Short: EDD Getting New Computers

September 27, 2024   12:20 pmSeptember 27, 2024   12:20 pm
Took long enough. During the pandemic, California’s unemployment agency – the EDD – was looted to the tune of at least $50 billion dollars. Last month, more than two years after the end of the worst of it – the...
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Shanice Dyer Kills, Gascón Frees, Another Person Dead

September 24, 2024   2:55 amSeptember 24, 2024   2:56 am
In the fall of 2019, Shanice Dyer murdered two people in cold blood. There is no question about that – she pleaded guilty to it. A few months ago, Dyer allegedly helped murder another person. She was out and on...
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House Passes Campus Free Speech Bill

September 20, 2024   11:48 amSeptember 20, 2024   11:49 am
Over the objections of all but four Democrats, the House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill designed to protect the concept of freedom of speech on college campuses. Entitled the “End Woke Higher Education Act,” H.R. 3724 lays out guidelines...
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‘Emerge’ With Kamala

September 16, 2024   2:00 pmSeptember 16, 2024   2:01 pm
Unless you are an active politically progressive woman, you most likely have not heard of Emerge America or its local (actually, it’s founding group) Emerge California. But you should know about them, in part because they – along with Willie...
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