Comments on: Analyzing the 2006 Primary http://www.californiaconservative.org/california/analyzing-the-2006-primary/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Wed, 23 May 2012 10:20:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Scott in CA http://www.californiaconservative.org/california/analyzing-the-2006-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-188550 Scott in CA Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=3294#comment-188550 A word or two about Jerry Brown: Surprisingly, Brown has been a rather successful mayor of Oakland. In his eight years, he has brought a huge amount of development to downtown Oakland, including thousands of apartments and condos. The downtown actually looks good now, and it's cleaner and has far less "homeless" people that San Francisco. The Port of Oakland is in a major expansion. Jack London Square, near the port, is expanding and is still a major night-life venue. The state took over the Oakland schools several years ago after the local school board bankrupted the district with absurd pay increases to pacify a radical-controlled teachers' union. Brown has quietly supported the takeover by essentially never talking about it, much to the dismay of the local school board. The crime issue is a serious problem. Ninety percent of Oakland's serious crime involves drug gangs and turf wars. The police have tried everything to stem this violence, but as usual, the local community will not cooperate with the cops in solving these crimes. There has been a serious increase in daylight burlaries and robberies, even in the affluent areas in the Oakland hills. The police are understaffed and constantly harrassed by complaints from "community groups" about racial profiling, alledged set-ups by the cops, etc. Many cops spend their day in useless "community policing" where they listen to a long litany of gripes about the "racist" cops and their "harrassment" of the black community. In short, the usual nonsense that keeps cops from being on the street and dealing with bad guys. There are also a number of consent decrees with prohibit the cops from sting operations and infiltration of criminal groups. There isn't much Brown can do about all this. Oakland is still counting the ballots from last week's election for mayor. More than likely, Oakland will take a stunning leap into the past by electing Ron Dellums, former Marxist member of Congress in the 60s, to be mayor. Dellum's stated agenda is to make sure that Oakland retains "ethnic and economic diversity", which is liberal code-speak for more sudsidizing of the poor, more racial pandering, and more excuses for black-on-black crime. Businesses in Oakland are bracing for the onslaught of new taxes to pay for the usual "social programs" for the ever-troubled "urban youth". Well, I guess there is the possiblity that a 25-year-old career criminal will be deterred from a life of crime by more recreation centers and rap contests. A word or two about Jerry Brown: Surprisingly, Brown has been a rather successful mayor of Oakland. In his eight years, he has brought a huge amount of development to downtown Oakland, including thousands of apartments and condos. The downtown actually looks good now, and it’s cleaner and has far less “homeless” people that San Francisco. The Port of Oakland is in a major expansion. Jack London Square, near the port, is expanding and is still a major night-life venue. The state took over the Oakland schools several years ago after the local school board bankrupted the district with absurd pay increases to pacify a radical-controlled teachers’ union. Brown has quietly supported the takeover by essentially never talking about it, much to the dismay of the local school board. The crime issue is a serious problem. Ninety percent of Oakland’s serious crime involves drug gangs and turf wars. The police have tried everything to stem this violence, but as usual, the local community will not cooperate with the cops in solving these crimes. There has been a serious increase in daylight burlaries and robberies, even in the affluent areas in the Oakland hills. The police are understaffed and constantly harrassed by complaints from “community groups” about racial profiling, alledged set-ups by the cops, etc. Many cops spend their day in useless “community policing” where they listen to a long litany of gripes about the “racist” cops and their “harrassment” of the black community. In short, the usual nonsense that keeps cops from being on the street and dealing with bad guys. There are also a number of consent decrees with prohibit the cops from sting operations and infiltration of criminal groups. There isn’t much Brown can do about all this. Oakland is still counting the ballots from last week’s election for mayor. More than likely, Oakland will take a stunning leap into the past by electing Ron Dellums, former Marxist member of Congress in the 60s, to be mayor. Dellum’s stated agenda is to make sure that Oakland retains “ethnic and economic diversity”, which is liberal code-speak for more sudsidizing of the poor, more racial pandering, and more excuses for black-on-black crime. Businesses in Oakland are bracing for the onslaught of new taxes to pay for the usual “social programs” for the ever-troubled “urban youth”. Well, I guess there is the possiblity that a 25-year-old career criminal will be deterred from a life of crime by more recreation centers and rap contests.

]]> By: Michael Ejercito http://www.californiaconservative.org/california/analyzing-the-2006-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-188540 Michael Ejercito Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:13:33 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=3294#comment-188540 <blockquote>McClintock will face Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in the race for lieutenant governor. Garamendi won his party’s nomination after what was another bitter, mudslinging fight.</blockquote> I recall that Insurance Commissioner Garamendi once proposed a regulation that states that auto insurance companies can not use ZIP codes to determine premiums. It may seem unfair that people would have to pay higher insurance premiums because thety live in 90210 instead of 92311.

McClintock will face Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in the race for lieutenant governor. Garamendi won his party’s nomination after what was another bitter, mudslinging fight.

I recall that Insurance Commissioner Garamendi once proposed a regulation that states that auto insurance companies can not use ZIP codes to determine premiums.

It may seem unfair that people would have to pay higher insurance premiums because thety live in 90210 instead of 92311.

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