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The Triumph of Intimidation & Violence in PC Monument Erasure

June 26, 2020 3:26 pmJune 26, 2020 3:53 pm

In 2017 I wrote commentary explaining that since the days of the Egyptian Pharos, totalitarian regimes have used the chiseling away of historical monuments, like the burning of books, to re-write history for the purpose of controlling public thought. I...

Our Assemblywoman: Absent When You Need Her, Always Present For Tax Increases

June 23, 2020 7:34 amJune 23, 2020 2:59 pm

On Monday this week, the California Legislature and our own Riverside County Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes, a Democrat, approved Governor Newsom’s proposal to raise taxes again on already struggling businesses. Cervantes missed nearly 6 months of votes this year and over...

Lenders – and Pensions – Are Salivating at Californians’ Pain

June 11, 2020 3:14 pmJune 12, 2020 6:22 am

Californians have weathered several storms the last few months. Due to COVID-19, close to 5 million Californians have been put out of work. With so many people impacted by unprecedented job loss, more and more consumers will reach out to...

Lawyer’s Swift Action Forces Gov. Newsom’s ‘No Eviction’ Order to be Rescinded

June 10, 2020 5:01 pmJune 13, 2020 4:46 pm

“No State shall … pass any … law impairing the Obligation of Contracts” (Article 1, Section10, US Constitution)…” Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation” and…Violations of Substantive Due Process (5th Amendment US Constitution). ...

Are Politics & Fear of Criticism Driving Gov. Newsom’s COVID-19 Decisions?

May 29, 2020 11:00 amMay 29, 2020 11:07 am

It appears the governor’s decisions are not science-based. It is becoming increasingly clear that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 decisions are a hodgepodge of executive orders and decisions based on factors other than empirical data or science. In the...

Seeking to Change How Bail and Criminal Justice Works, Advocates Have Turned the System on its Head

May 28, 2020 2:20 amMay 27, 2020 7:06 pm

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results,” is a saying widely attributed to famed physicist, Albert Einstein. Sadly, we are seeing the manifestation of this concept in the misguided efforts...

San Diego City Attorney Elliott and Union Tribune Editorial Board Team Up to Defeat Voters

May 27, 2020 2:28 amMay 26, 2020 9:52 pm

SDSU, fed up with Elliott’s obstructionism, decided it could wait no longer and opted instead to submit its own Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) for the City Council’s consideration. City Attorney Mara Elliott and the Union-Tribune‘s editorial board have...