Author: nick
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The Ghastly Remnants
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – August 25, 2022 Next Tuesday at midnight is the year’s legislative deadline. Any bill that hasn’t passed by then is dead, so the next few days are make-or-break for the ghastly “Vaccine Work Group” package. For months we’ve spoken out and fought back. We’ve rallied and organized. We’ve marshalled evidence…
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Thumbs Down on Burger King
By Donna Westfall – August 24, 2022 Do you ever get those coupons in the mailbox for places like Burger King, Pizza places or Subway? Ever use them? We do. Matter-of-fact, we’ve used several in the last month at Burger King. All coupons were honored. However, yesterday we tried a Croissan’wich coupon at Burger King…
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The Crescent City Harbor: A sad legacy of broken promises, bad faith practices and public indifference
By Roger Gitlin – August 23, 2022 For the past 16 months, I’ve observed operations at the Crescent City-Del Norte County Harbor. My one word description of the Harbor District is: DISAPPOINTMENT. My original interest in Harbor operations involved the factual lack of any appreciable progress on inner harbor basin dredging in and around the Fashion Blacksmith pier.…
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Highlights on Trade Between Israel and Arab Countries
Credit to The Algemeiner Staff – August 18, 2022 – Picture credit to Israel Science and Technology Department Bilateral trade between Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached $1.407 billion in the first seven months of 2022, surpassing the $1.221 billion of trade recorded between the two in all of 2021. Israel and the UAE…
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The California Reshuffle
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – August 22, 2022 LA Public Health is offering free COVID tests for pets, and the New York Times is encouraging masks to stop monkeypox. They just can’t let go. Such nonstop nonsense has brought the California Exodus to a breaking point. New IRS data shows we just lost 260,000 taxpayers…
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MEET BRIAN DAHLE
August 22, 2022 Senator Brian Dahle is a voice for public safety, lowering taxes, and reducing homelessness. He opposes onerous government regulations that are driving up the cost of living forcing many to leave California and businesses to shutter their doors. A longtime advocate of building a better business climate in California, Brian Dahle was…
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The School Board Takeover
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – August 19, 2022 A staggering 50,000 kids were absent on the first day of school for Los Angeles Unified. I’m sure the relentless mandates, shutdowns, testing, and other insanity have nothing to do with that. The good news is things are about to change. An army of pro-parent, pro-student candidates…
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The End of Mandates
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – August 15, 2022 Hi Donna, I’ve just published a new blog post: The End of Mandates Today, I sent an official letter to the Chancellors of the UC, CSU, and Community College systems demanding an end to vaccine and booster mandates. You can see the letter at this link. Here’s the…
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: La Capellas
By Donna Westfall – August 13, 2022 We trudged into La Capella’s 10 minutes to noon weary from weeding and painting. We rolled out 40 minutes later stuffed and energized. The food was fabulous. We ordered everything on the “Specials” menu plus more: Split Pea Soup, Bruschetta, Chicken Marsala with rice pilaf along with a…
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“Inflation Reduction Act” Passes
From Heritage Action For America – August 12, 2022 On Sunday, the Senate passed the “Inflation Reduction Act,” which will RAISE taxes on hard working Americans during a recession! The vote was simple, though: all 50 Democrats voted for the bill, and all 50 Republicans voted against it, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the…