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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.

California Teachers Association or Cover Their…?

March 16, 2023   7:48 amMarch 16, 2023   8:14 am
Those who can’t do, teach.  Those who can’t teach, administrate.  Those who can’t administrate, consult.  Those who can’t consult, donate. The eye-watering amount of money the California Teachers Association (CTA) has spread around the state like so much fertilizer has...
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Garcetti Confirmed, Heading to India as Ambassador

March 15, 2023   2:03 pmMarch 15, 2023   2:04 pm
By a vote of 52 to 42 this afternoon, former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was confirmed as the new ambassador to India. This was only made possible by seven Republican senators crossing the aisle and voting yes on Garcetti’s...
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No Garcetti Vote, But No Love Either

March 14, 2023   3:41 pmMarch 14, 2023   3:45 pm
Though the U.S. Senate vote on his nomination will not take place until Wednesday, ex-Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti still found himself the center of attention with multiple sources decrying his potential India ambassadorship. Sen. Chuck Grassley – who investigated...
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Garcetti, China Scandal Exposed, Just Hours Before Ambassador Vote

March 13, 2023   4:16 pmMarch 13, 2023   4:22 pm
Maybe it won’t be Rick Jacobs – Eric Garcetti’s “all hands on dick” political fixer – that will sink the ex-mayor’s quest to be the next ambassador to India after all. It just might be China. More specifically, it might...
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SVB Depositors Made Whole by Fed

March 12, 2023   8:26 pmMarch 12, 2023   9:47 pm
Silicon Valley Bank was closed Friday by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, with the FDIC in charge of liquidation, the Globe reported. SVB was one of the largest banks in the country and one of the premier banks...
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Garcetti’s Ambassador to India Vote Expected Tuesday

March 9, 2023   4:34 pmMarch 9, 2023   5:54 pm
In what could be a sign the votes might astonishingly be there to confirm former Los Angles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the next ambassador to India, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed for “cloture” on the nomination today. The move...
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Garcetti Squeezes Through Committee Vote

March 8, 2023   3:55 pmMarch 8, 2023   4:05 pm
Despite being called “unfit to represent our country” by his own former communications director, erstwhile Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti squeaked through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today and his 600-day-old nomination to become ambassador to India is now headed...
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