Apr 9 2017 - 11:15am
The families I represent drive too far to jobs that pay too little. Imposing an additional gas and car tax on them would disproportionately affect some of the poorest and hardest working families in the state. This weighed heavily on my mind on April 6th as the California Legislature debated Senate Bill 1. Keep reading...
As I sat lazily in my comfortable easy chair Sunday morning, gingerly sipping coffee and clinging to my beloved Marilyn Monroe mug, I held my television’s remote control close, and while patiently thumbing through my Sunday copy of The Fresno Bee, I watched the morning talk shows, while reviewing my favorite online newspapers via my IPad: The Washington Post, New York Times, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and of course The Leader. Keep reading...
I met with a pair of old friends the other day to ask them their thoughts on the political climate in 2017, their opinions on President Donald Trump, and of course the state of the world. The two Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, come equipped with a unique perspective, considering they both served in the same office that Trump now sits, an institution they were instrumental in establishing. Keep reading...
As we stumble into a new year, we are reminded of a world teaming with uncertainty, from the tragedy of Aleppo to the undermining of American democracy by an organization of overzealous internet hackers – zealots born in the suburbs of Moscow – or a 400-pound New Jersey man relaxing in his living room – ensconced on a very large couch. Keep reading...
What is there to say about Donald Trump that hasn’t already been uttered, spoken, yelled, expressed, articulated, said, or groped? A lot it turns out! Keep reading...
Oct 3 2016 - 3:49pm
In June, Kings County voters narrowly failed to pass what some might say is the most critical long-term public safety funding measure in the Kings County’s history. Of the 19,700 voters who weighed in on Measure K, 66.29% voted yes. In most cases that would be a landslide and overwhelming mandate. Keep reading...
I learned recently that our president is the founder of ISIS, and Hillary Clinton is ISIS’s Most Valuable Player, and that she had to beat out Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez for the honor. Rodriguez got the last laugh though, besting Clinton in career home runs, 696-0. Hillary claimed she had the record, but she inadvertently deleted it when changing her Internet server. Keep reading...
Donald Trump’s ongoing “bromance” with Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin may be more than meets the eye. The two just can’t say enough positive things about the other, leading me to believe that Putin could be Trump’s best man at his next wedding. Keep reading...
Donald Trump has already chimed in with a solution to Lemoore’s feral cat problem. He wants to build a wall around Lemoore and make the SPCA pay for it. Keep reading...
John F. Kennedy, in addition to serving as this country’s 35th president of the United States, once put pen to paper and wrote a fairly impressive and important book, which eventually became a classic treatise on an array of Americans, who during their remarkable careers as representatives of the people, managed to place country ahead of self and party. Keep reading...
