Response to "How Occupy Will End" Part III

I am not aware of any "right-wing" narrative to cast the Occupy Everywhere phenomenon beyond what most people with common sense have perceived on their own.Occupy Everywhere does not have a cohesive, coherent strategy. Even the protesters themselves have...

Response to "How Occupy Will End" Part II

I do not find that our country is in the hands of big corporations or Wall Street Bankers. They are a convenient strawman, and they have benefited from government handouts at the expense of the taxpayer.Yet the fault for government run amok, heedless of the will of...

Response to "How Occupy Will End"

For the left, anyone who makes large sums of money, whether person or corporation, is labeled as part of the "plutocracy" exaggerating the inequality of wealth in this country.There are two problems with this charge:1. Corporations, oil companies in...

Hermosa Beach Business License Tax

Ballot Box Taxation is as bad as ballot box budgeting.Laws need to be crafted by experts or committed members of government in partnership with civic leaders. Why force a city to waste money on ballot measure voting, when the proposals so conflict and contradict each...

MBUSD Budget Cuts without Cutting Staff

Congratulations, Manhattan Beach Unified School District, on winning the "Award for Energy Stewardship"It is good to read about school districts that are making every effort to cut excessive spending and waste without having to lay off teachers or limit...