Fireworks, hotdogs, barbeques, family, sodas, picnics, sand and ants I wrote a poem that starts out with these words, then delves into the sacrifice of our military in Iraq. That was nearly 20 years ago. Iraq is far from our minds today … Continue reading Fourth Celebration
Tell your City Council Member NO on Independent Civilian Oversight Ordinance Proposal This Proposed Ordinance was specifically designed to provide the strongest possible oversight allowed under state law. Section (d) granted the Oversight Commission “the power to subpoena and require attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent to its investigations and to administer oaths.” Section (e) provided for the hiring of independent contractors to conduct the investigations for the Oversight Commission. This would not only be less expensive than hiring permanent city employees, but it would also be more effective, as non-city employees would have a greater degree of … Continue reading NO on Independent Civilian Oversight Ordinance Proposal
Santa Clarita, Calif. – Because of AB 860, ALL California voters will be sent a mail-in ballot. ALL voters. This raises many concerns, among them the number of ballots that went missing in the March primary. Hundreds of thousands! To be sure … Continue reading Where is My Ballot-SOS
Sightline Institute contends that voting by mail-in ballots is secure and safe from fraud. If…. And that is a big if. States follow “best practices” and keep their voter rolls clean. (11 counties in California have voter registration rates exceeding 100 percent … Continue reading Best Practices
On three key principles for mail-in ballot voting, California gets a solid F grade, and the jury is still out on the fourth. A best case scenario gives California a GPA of 0.5! States dedicated to election integrity are incredulous at … Continue reading National Task Force—2020 Election Security Standards
Actually all eyes (and ears) on your every word and deed. Say the wrong thing, slight some person’s feelings, unmask your past—you’re Doxxed. Somewhere in the ether-yesterday, today, tomorrow you have or will slip-a slip of your tongue, a gesture, … Continue reading Eyes on you
Prayer is simply communicating with God—listening and talking to Him. Believers can pray from the heart, freely, spontaneously and in their own words. Mark 11:24: Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will … Continue reading Prayer
Mekhi James, a name to a death. I can understand that, I can feel emotions, concern, grieve for this 3-year-old killed by an errant bullet. He was riding in a car driven by his father in the 600 block of North Central … Continue reading Mekhi James
Death of a loved one, of a friend, of an acquaintance, evokes sadness, grief. I know, I have lived such a death—it wrenches the very gut from the bowels of life. Death by the thousands evokes what? A glimpse and then you … Continue reading “Comparing these things is absolutely ridiculous.”
Weather forecasts will be kind to the terraced vineyards: rain and sun promised a bountiful harvest and the Federweisser would titillate palates of the multitudes as well as the noblesse. It promised to be a good year. Oh, there were some dark … Continue reading Open Books, Closed Books
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