by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 10/16/2017 at 09:23
by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 10/16/2017 at 09:23
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I have to drive to SF this afternoon (180 miles). I will be in mediation there all day tomorrow, and then I will drive back home. Wednesday, I will wake up and drive to LA (220 miles) for an afternoon settlement conference in federal court. Then I will drive home.
Thursday, I recover. Friday morning, back to SF for a trade association “retreat” that runs through Saturday and will be boring as fuck and costs me too much money (I take mmy associates as a perk to them). Yes, I am cranky thinking about this schedule.
On the more interesting side, I get to meet Travis Allen, Republican candidate for governor, at my office this afternoon. I am likely to donate and vote for him.
California’s politics are a bit different. A woman’s right to choose and basic civil rights are not really in danger here. I think our Democratic party is corrupt and out of control, and has not delivered on its promises.
Despite decades of Democratic control, Californians pay among the highest taxes in the nation yet have the highest poverty rate, a horrific wealth gap, crumbling infrastructure, poorly ranked public schools, an affordable housing crisis, shitty roads, and violent and corrupt police departments. We also have a massive and ineffective state bureaucracy, and a looming pension crisis that could affect the national economy - when you all bail us out.
So it is time for a different way, especially for those of us in the rural center of the state that has been ignored by Sacramento for too long. I’d rather go third party, but I can’t have more of the same.
Sorry for the rant.
"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
10/16/2017 at 10:02, STARS: 0
I was watching a Carson rerun the other night where Johhny Carson and Dinah Shore were discussing Gov. Jerry Brown running for president in 1980 (the show was from 1977). I had a bit of a chuckle thinking about what the looks on their faces would be if someone told them Jerry Brown would be governor in 2017.
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
10/16/2017 at 10:13, STARS: 2
I can only imagine how much weight is on that poor LeSabre.
I can’t fault you for voting for another candidate if it’s going to be just more of the same. People that vote solely on the party line I feel are doing a great injustice to the political system. I came to a similar conclusion in NJ’s upcoming gubernatorial elections. You have to look at the individual candidate to see how they stack up, and their vision for what they want to accomplish (and if it’s even feasible).
One of my top annoyances about politicians are those that have grand ideas but no clue on how to implement them. At least be realistic. I’ll appreciate them more if they are. Just as a hypothetical, when they say something like “I”m going to give an xyz% tax cut”, but have no plan or way to move forward. If you tell me instead that taxes are too high and you’ll try to see where the fat can be trimmed from a budget, I appreciate it.