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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.

If You Actually Do the Crime, Do Not Do the Rhyme

October 21, 2022   8:10 amOctober 21, 2022   7:18 am
There’s stupid. There’s felony stupid. And then there is actually literally felony stupid. Meet rapper Nuke Bizzle. Bizzle – real name Fontrell Antonio Baines, 33, hometown Memphis, TN – shot to infamy in the summer of 2020, posting to You...
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Robbing Grandma to Pay Gaia

October 16, 2022   2:30 amOctober 15, 2022   8:20 pm
This may come as a shock to some, but if one plans to eliminate fossil fuels from the production equation, that energy creation capacity must be replaced. But there is a problem – a big one.  With the green energy...
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Resign Now LA City Council Members, Forget Never

October 11, 2022   4:37 pmOctober 11, 2022   4:49 pm
Los Angeles City Council members Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo, and Kevin de(ish) Leon should follow the lead of Ron Herrera – erstwhile head of the LA Federation of Labor – and resign immediately. Obviously, if the trio ever want to...
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This Time, Everything Really Is Racist…and Corrupt…and Head-Spinningly Awful

October 10, 2022   2:43 pmOctober 10, 2022   3:17 pm
Racism, corruption, political scheming, and rank stupidity – just another day at Los Angeles City Hall. The by-now infamous recording of LA Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León (or whatever his legal name is), and president...
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Time to Face Reality – It’s Over, Eric

October 6, 2022   7:20 amOctober 6, 2022   7:03 am
It seems as if Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s parents should have spent their money on a retirement cruise rather than a lobbyist for their son. With Congress out until after the November election, the already dim likelihood that Garcetti...
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Norms are Karens

October 2, 2022   10:03 amOctober 2, 2022   12:37 pm
“Norm!” “How’s the world treating you, Mr. P?” “Like the media treats a conservative.” “Oof – I’ll have the second one on stand-by.” We all know who “Norm” is, but we can be forgiven for not knowing what “norms” are,...
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California’s EDD – Same As It Ever Was

September 26, 2022   6:56 amSeptember 27, 2022   2:17 pm
This article has been updated to explain a correction. “In response to pandemic problems, EDD unveils massive reform initiative.” A headline that anyone has seen?  Nope. A headline that should have been seen?  Yup. A headline Governor Newsom and the legislature...
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