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========== Money is the mother's milk of politics. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/11/the-numbers-are-in-a-massive-wave-of-out-of-district-cash-helped-california-democrats-flip-gop-seats/ == topic ca-politics ===== comments 1 impact 20 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2018-12-30 ratio 4 react 20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Money is the mother's milk of politics. topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 779302015747653 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/779302015747653 audclicks 10 audreach 10 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 118 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 98 likeusers 9 likeuusers 76 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 118 oreach 83 posted "12/30/2018 03:03:54 PM" postotherclicks 10 reach 83 type Link ========== California Republicans are too far behind the state to have much influence here. https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-ppic-immigration-republicans-20181213-story.html California Democrats are too far ahead of the nation to have much influence there. https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-california-president-20181217-story.html The rest of the country will catch up to California eventually, but it's not there yet. See the article by Epstein, following Tauscher's - https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/democrats-won-big-in-ca-but-face-big-challenges-nationally/ One progressive way of tackling the future all over the country - a Green New Deal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-the-time-has-come-for-a-green-new-deal/2018/12/18/aa4c712a-0226-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html == topic ca-politics ===== impact 133 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2018-12-18 ratio 3 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title California Republicans are too far behind the state to topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 70 ID 772058066472048 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772058066472048 audclicks 11 audreach 10 engaged 14 impress 99 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 7 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 99 oreach 66 posted "12/18/2018 01:55:05 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 8 reach 66 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Employers shouldn't promise benefits without a plausible plan to pay them - and they shouldn't back out of benefits they have promised. But if the employer goes bankrupt, benefits will be reduced. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article222581865.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article222674660.html == topic ca-politics ===== comments 1 impact 151 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-12-06 ratio 2 react 43 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 36 title Employers shouldn't promise benefits without a plausible topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 35 ID 764138587263996 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/764138587263996 audclicks 36 audreach 11 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 160 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 106 likeusers 3 likeuusers 81 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 29 oimpress 160 oreach 117 posted "12/06/2018 07:12:46 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 4 reach 117 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Nunes is on notice! https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/democrats-won-big-in-ca-but-face-big-challenges-nationally/ == topic ca-politics ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-12-03 ratio 3 react 17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title Nunes is on notice! topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 7 ID 762526524091869 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/762526524091869 audclicks 13 audreach 5 engaged 7 impress 76 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 57 likeusers 4 likeuusers 51 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 76 oreach 54 posted "12/03/2018 03:29:19 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 54 type Link ========== Why bother trying to eke out a living based on boring facts? Ridiculous conspiracy theories are much more profitable. The Russians don't even have to make them up any more - Americans will do that job for them. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/03/golden-state-of-paranoia-internet-conspiracies-link-wildfires-to-takeover-schemes/ Conspiracy theorists always need a bogeyman - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/of-course-its-george-soross-fault-its-always-george-soross-fault/2018/12/03/ddc929a0-f743-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html They eventually fizzle out when most people realize they are as ludicrous as the anti-Masons - the first conspiracy party and the first third party https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/10/21/how-an-abduction-by-mysterious-freemasons-led-third-political-party-nations-first All the men on your paper money - except possibly Jefferson - were Masons or intended to become Masons. Still the anti-Masons held the first presidential nominating convention so they had more of an impact than most conspiracy theorists.. == topic ca-politics 1 ===== comments 2 impact 316 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2018-12-03 priority 1 ratio 6 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title Why bother trying to eke out a living based on boring topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 113 ID 762353110775877 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/762353110775877 audclicks 18 audreach 12 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 15 impress 247 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 76 likeusers 5 likeuusers 64 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 247 oreach 174 posted "12/03/2018 08:10:01 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 10 reach 174 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== It really was a blue wave in California http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-blue-wave-congress-20181115-story.html And votes are still being counted. == topic ca-politics 1 ===== impact 121 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 0 posted 2018-11-16 priority 1 ratio 2 react 67 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 45 title It really was a blue wave in California topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 18 ID 751810631830125 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/751810631830125 audclicks 45 audreach 11 engaged 20 impress 195 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 108 likeusers 17 likeuusers 85 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 44 oimpress 195 oreach 141 posted "11/16/2018 09:20:23 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 11 reach 141 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== who might have won and who might have lost in California Campaign consultants + Republicans - County Registrar of Voters -- https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/big-campaign-spending-for-status-quo-outcome/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/07/house-of-representatives-democrats-lead-in-half-of-contested-california-races/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/07/why-bay-area-counties-still-have-so-many-votes-to-count/ At least they were able to find staff for the polling places Tueday. == topic ca-politics ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-11-08 ratio 27 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title who might have won and who might have lost in California topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 37 ID 747176392293549 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/747176392293549 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 42 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 28 likeuusers 24 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 42 oreach 27 posted "11/08/2018 01:24:33 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 27 type Link ========== Income inequality in California - from Hilmar https://calmatters.org/articles/california-school-bonds-favor-richer-communities/ to Huron https://www.apnews.com/1e4138436b4b48f38cae7a068ac0012d == topic ca-politics ===== negative 0 posted 2018-11-05 rate 14 title Income inequality in California - topic ca-politics words 12 ID 745469549130900 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/745469549130900 impress 52 likeuimpress 29 likeuusers 24 oimpress 52 oreach 35 posted "11/05/2018 03:25:15 PM" reach 35 type Link ========== Don't worry about California Republicans climbing out of third place behind the independents - They're doing everything they can to keep the independents from coming back to the Republicans. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/03/trump-immigration-border-citizenship-california-congress/ == topic ca-politics ===== comments 2 hide 1 impact 22 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2018-11-05 ratio 6 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Don't worry about California Republicans climbing out of topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 32 ID 745307215813800 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/745307215813800 audclicks 4 audreach 4 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 5 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 73 likeclickusers 4 likeuimpress 52 likeuusers 37 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 73 oreach 48 posted "11/05/2018 08:01:04 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 48 type Link ========== California's initiative-industrial complex How a tool of the people against corrupt organizations was converted into a tool of corrupt organizations against the people. Just follow the money. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/opinion/california-ballot-initiatives-direct-democracy.html It seemed like such a good idea at the time - https://journals.openedition.org/siecles/1109?lang=en Now it's just another problem to fix - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#no%20confidence == topic ca-politics ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-11-05 ratio 30 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title California's initiative-industrial complex topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 49 ID 745227412488447 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/745227412488447 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 51 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 27 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 51 oreach 30 posted "11/05/2018 05:24:11 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 30 type Link ========== Californians rush to register to vote - while landlords rush to raise rents to market levels https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/02/californians-register-to-vote-in-record-numbers-for-tuesday-midterms/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/03/as-prop-10-looms-some-landlords-raise-the-rent/ ===== comments 1 impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-11-04 ratio 8 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Californians rush to register to vote - topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 16 ID 744669035877618 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/744669035877618 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 6 impress 78 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 48 likeusers 4 likeuusers 38 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 78 oreach 51 posted "11/04/2018 06:14:32 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 51 type Link ========== Cruel reality of unfunded defined-benefit pensions https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article220698755.html topic ca-politics ===== comments 5 impact 28 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-11-02 ratio 1 react 35 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title Cruel reality of unfunded defined-benefit pensions topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 8 ID 743456215998900 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/743456215998900 audclicks 28 audreach 6 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 1 engaged 7 impress 112 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 71 likeusers 2 likeuusers 54 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 25 oimpress 112 oreach 63 posted "11/02/2018 06:36:25 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 5 reach 63 type Link ========== No wonder the Republican Party is third in California - behind independents Running on bumpy roads isn't working https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/02/prop-6-struggles-in-polls-an-omen-for-california-republicans/ and Trump isn't helping - https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article218604550.html Who's going to save them now? Maybe they can retire to Idaho. https://www.fightbackca.com/ topic ca-politics ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 44 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2018-11-02 ratio 5 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title No wonder the Republican Party is third in California - topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 37 ID 743455635998958 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/743455635998958 audclicks 7 audreach 6 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 8 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 103 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 2 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 5 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 103 oreach 61 posted "11/02/2018 06:34:58 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 61 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived We forgive John Adams his mistake - he didn't live long enough to be Lieutenant Governor of California http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-lieutenant-governor-20181025-story.html As for John Adams - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/03/a-brief-history-of-vice-presidents-bemoaning-the-vice-presidency/ ===== impact 350 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-10-30 ratio 0 react 103 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 98 title the most insignificant office that ever the invention of topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 34 ID 742010512810137 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/742010512810137 audclicks 98 audreach 8 engaged 9 impress 100 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 65 likeusers 4 likeuusers 55 matchedotherclicks 98 oimpress 100 oreach 64 posted "10/30/2018 03:02:12 PM" postotherclicks 8 reach 64 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Trying to decide on California ballot initiatives? You can find out where the major players are lined up - parties, unions, non-profits, newspapers - here https://www.californiachoices.org/ballot-endorsements-2018-11 ===== likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-10-25 priority 1 rate 0 ratio 25 react 1 title Trying to decide on California ballot initiatives? topic ca-politics words 25 ID 739367696407752 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/739367696407752 engaged 1 impress 55 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 32 likeusers 1 likeuusers 22 oimpress 55 oreach 25 posted "10/25/2018 09:18:45 PM" reach 25 type Link ========== So what if you haven't accomplished anything in Congress You can always run on a local issue that has nothing to do with what you were elected to do - http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-proposition-6-transportation-funds-20181022-story.html Foreseeing the need, California Republicans spent a lot to get the gas tax repeal on the ballot. Then nothing to get it passed, since they don't care about that, only about getting Republicans to get out and vote for their endangered Congressional representatives. https://www.fightbackca.com/ As far the gas tax, if the Republicans ever got control of the state, they'd have to come up with some kind of plan to pay for roads. A one ton car does the same road damage whether it's a 60's muscle gas guzzler, a hybrid gas sipper, or an electric car. So gas tax is really not a very fair method to pay for roads. Better to have a fixed annual fee according to weight, for private passenger vehicles, and according to weight times mileage for commercial vehicles and for private vehicles that don't mind whatever intrusive method is adopted for measuring private mileage. ===== comments 1 impact 623 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2018-10-23 ratio 5 react 35 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title So what if you haven't accomplished anything in Congress topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 178 ID 738096386534883 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/738096386534883 audclicks 26 audreach 17 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 18 impress 257 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 93 likeusers 5 likeuusers 76 matchedotherclicks 26 oimpress 257 oreach 184 posted "10/23/2018 12:41:42 PM" postotherclicks 17 reach 184 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== It's not bribery if it's about an initiative https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/pay-to-play-ballot-measures-are-flourishing/ It's an example of modern electoral technology perverting the original intent of the direct democracy movement 100 years ago. The idea then was to allow the people to bypass a corrupt legislature. Now the idea is for organization with enough money to bypass a legislature that isn't corrupt enough. Initiative works when the measures are simple enough that ordinary voters can understand what they say and what they mean. Too many of those on recent California ballots are way too long, complicated, and technical - too hard for voters to understand, and pretty tough for legislators too. And when a bad idea slips by, often by means of deceptive advertising, it's pretty hard to undo. So voters have to rely on outside expertise - which is what the legislature is supposed to provide in drafting complicating legislation. So if you're trying to decide what to do, you could do worse than start with the League of Women Voters - https://lwvc.org/vote/elections/ballot-recommendations ===== impact 668 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2018-10-21 priority 1 ratio 2 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title It's not bribery if it's about an initiative topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 167 ID 736970243314164 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/736970243314164 audclicks 26 audreach 15 engaged 17 impress 154 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 80 likeusers 8 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 24 oimpress 154 oreach 95 posted "10/21/2018 12:38:38 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 15 reach 95 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== None of the politicians want to talk about the elephant in the room - and for once, the elephant is not Republicans - https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/17/walters-why-property-tax-gains-arent-solving-cities-budget-woes/ Unfunded defined-benefit pensions, particularly for public employees, are a national, indeed a global, problem, but one that's becoming acute right now in California. Unlike the Feds, state and local government can't print money, so they have to tax or borrow now. Fair compensation for public employees is a good idea, but making future generations pay for current benefits is not. Nor is obscuring the reason for the necessary tax increases. ===== impact 56 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-10-17 priority 1 ratio 8 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title None of the politicians want to talk about the elephant topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 93 ID 734563016888220 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/734563016888220 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 82 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 42 likeusers 1 likeuusers 32 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 82 oreach 50 posted "10/17/2018 07:03:55 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 50 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Democratic optimism for California Congressional seats https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/16/democratic-fundraising-california-congressional-races/ Want to help? https://www.fightbackca.com/ Democrats are thinking about what they will do with a majority https://apnews.com/401fe3a08fe4413092e13b69a25ea97d Since impeachment would lead to President Pence, who would be much more effective than Trump in working with a divided Congress, Pelosi doesn't want to talk about that until it can't be avoided. ===== impact 48 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2018-10-17 priority 1 ratio 5 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Democratic optimism for California Congressional seats topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 53 ID 734557053555483 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/734557053555483 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 6 impress 79 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 44 likeusers 5 likeuusers 33 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 79 oreach 47 posted "10/17/2018 06:55:15 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 47 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Devin Nunes is not a farmer. And American agriculture depends on illegal immigrants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/02/just-how-politically-explosive-is-devin-nunes-secret-esquire-uncovered/ None of this is news. If all employers had to hire only legal workers, they'd have to pay more for less productivity that can't be as easily abused. So when will the Trump organization apply e-verify to all the workers in their hotels and resorts? https://www.fightbackca.com/bonus-ca-22 ===== comments 4 impact 360 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2018-10-02 ratio 1 react 62 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 40 title Devin Nunes is not a farmer. And American agriculture topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 58 ID 726768001001055 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/726768001001055 audclicks 40 audreach 32 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 37 impress 159 likeclickusers 31 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 108 likeusers 13 likeuusers 84 matchedlinkclicks 21 matchedotherclicks 19 oimpress 159 oreach 114 posted "10/02/2018 07:24:15 PM" postlinkclicks 20 postotherclicks 16 reach 114 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Solutions for the working homeless https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/19/bay-area-cities-take-first-steps-to-deal-with-rv-dwellers-and-parking/ These are people with jobs who can't afford rent. In this case the RV's are required to be registered and insured and operable. The next level down is people who have RV's but can't afford repairs, insurance, or registration. And below that - people with nothing but a stolen shopping cart. Diffferent solutions required at each level. It seems just that people who work here should be able to live here somehow. But what about people who don't work - whether due to injury, illness, old age, or lack of motivation - who decides, and on what basis, which of these people have a right to live in an area they can't afford? ===== comments 6 hideall 1 impact 531 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 1 posted 2018-09-19 ratio 2 react 45 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title Solutions for the working homeless topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 118 ID 719922648352257 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719922648352257 audclicks 28 audreach 20 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 3 engaged 21 hideallclicks 1 hideallclicksusers 1 impress 159 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 79 likeusers 6 likeuusers 66 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 26 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 159 oreach 116 posted "09/19/2018 06:55:39 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 18 reach 116 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Kicking the can down the road doesn't make it go away https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/political-expediency-worsens-long-term-consequences/ It's a recurring problem of democratic government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-we-dont-prepare-for-the-future/2018/09/09/cb91cc34-b2c3-11e8-aed9-001309990777_story.html Politicians who refuse to acknowledge future threats and prescribe present defenses are usually more popular than those more far-sighted. But what if the far-sighted see things that turn out to not be really there? ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 156 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 1 posted 2018-09-19 ratio 2 react 30 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 22 title Kicking the can down the road doesn't make it go away topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 52 ID 719918928352629 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719918928352629 audclicks 22 audreach 10 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 90 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 73 likeusers 5 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 20 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 90 oreach 65 posted "09/19/2018 06:44:33 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 10 reach 65 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Proposition 13 - still popular in spite of itself https://calmatters.org/articles/california-proposition-13-approval-rating/ It's a success at its original goal - reducing property taxes for businesses and rental residences. It wasn't sold that way - and it's still popular with people who have been able to live in the same place ever since, including lots of elderly - even though most voters, asked about specific provisions of Prop 13, are not in favor. In a way it's the mirror image of Obamacare - most voters used to be against it but in favor of any particular benefit it contained. Now red-state Democrats run on Obamacare without using its name. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/us/politics/manchin-west-virginia-healthcare.html So Californians might think they are smarter than West Virginians, and vice versa, but they are both just dumb about different things. But back to Prop 13 - a better way to achieve the something-for-nothing benefit homeowners crave would be to allow them to defer property taxes and capital gains on their primary residence until they are no longer home owners (or death). The details might be complicated but it would be fair to all homeowners, no matter when they bought their homes. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/544385532572637 The sad big picture is that people will stubbornly cling to a supposed benefit even when the benefit is to somebody else. Meanwhile most of the technologists who come to California to create the future - will have received their primary and secondary educations elsewhere. ===== impact 303 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-09-10 ratio 4 react 13 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Proposition 13 - still popular in spite of itself topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 233 ID 715149225496266 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/715149225496266 audclicks 10 audreach 8 engaged 8 impress 93 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 39 likeusers 2 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 93 oreach 63 posted "09/10/2018 12:44:31 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 7 reach 63 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== In the Central Valley, "farmer" sounds better than "professional politician" https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=f65aadfb32&u=31b479dbea5973b27a9d19670&id=691a6ecf99 "professional Trumpist" would have been another honest description ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-08-28 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title In the Central Valley, "farmer" sounds better topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 18 ID 707997612878094 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/707997612878094 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 53 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 2 likeuusers 23 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 53 oreach 24 posted "08/28/2018 04:48:56 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 24 type Link ========== Trump administration delivers on another campaign promise California agribusiness $upported his campaign and his confederates, and he promised he'd reward them - and punish all those Democrats in LA https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/delta/article217160295.html ===== comments 5 impact 133 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-08-24 ratio 1 react 46 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 37 title Trump administration delivers on another campaign promise topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 29 ID 705158923161963 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/705158923161963 audclicks 37 audreach 8 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 4 engaged 11 impress 170 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 159 likeusers 3 likeuusers 73 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 32 oimpress 170 oreach 82 posted "08/24/2018 06:55:00 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 6 reach 82 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Getting to a data privacy law in California https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/magazine/facebook-google-privacy-data.html ===== negative 0 posted 2018-08-15 rate 4 title Getting to a data privacy law in California topic ca-politics words 8 title Getting to a data privacy law in California ID 695135930830929 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/695135930830929 type Link posted "08/15/2018 06:43:44 AM" reach 33 oreach 33 impress 42 oimpress 42 likeuimpress 40 likeuusers 31 ========== Charter schools in California https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-california-election-that-might-actually-matter/2018/07/31/6a046e70-94e8-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html As Will observes, it's family structure rather than school structure that is most determinative of success. So it's almost automatic that any optional system of education that requires parental involvement and choice is going to have better results than public schools that have to do something with all the children burdened by absent or disinterested parents. Being a public school teacher in California is a pretty tough job, and not paid very well for new teachers. If they can persist until retirement, they can do pretty well - but the retirement benefits are underfunded and something is going to have to change about that sooner or later. ===== impact 89 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-08-02 ratio 5 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Charter schools in California topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 111 ID 680979258913263 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/680979258913263 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 64 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 57 likeusers 1 likeuusers 38 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 64 oreach 44 posted "08/02/2018 07:28:34 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 44 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Remembering Culbert Olson, a progressive California governor 80 years ahead of his time: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/26/opinion-a-california-governor-80-years-ahead-of-his-time/ Yet his Republican successor, Earl Warren, actually accomplished more of a progressive agenda. His fellow Republicans showed their gratitude by printing "Impeach Earl Warren" bumper stickers after he was elevated to the Supreme Court. ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-05-31 ratio 38 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Remembering Culbert Olson, a progressive California topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 47 ID 626149444396245 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/626149444396245 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 67 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 59 likeuusers 31 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 67 oreach 38 posted "05/31/2018 07:05:02 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 38 type Link ========== Ranked choice (preferential) voting is taking hold in San Francisco. The following report came from http://www.fairvote.org Voters across the state are already turning in their ballots for an election that’s just 5 days away! We’re ready for an historic election not just in San Francisco for the mayoral race, but a ballot measure in Santa Clara as well. Ranked choice voting (RCV) in San Francisco has become a national story. Stanford political scientist Larry Diamond wrote an excellent case for RCV in the San Francisco Chronicle, while an Atlantic analysis featured Pedro Hernandez and FairVote's president Rob Richie was on NPR's 1A program. We’ve also seen Top Two primary critics like Lee Drutman in Vox, Andrew Gumbel in the Los Angeles Times, Davis Faris in Huffington Post, and defenders at IVN.US author Dan Howle suggesting ranked choice voting should be a part of any reform solution. RCV is also impacting SF’s political culture. Most major candidates have come out with videos explaining RCV that show they are embracing the incentives the system creates to make connections with more voters. If you’re in the Bay Area, join us as we’re educating voters about ranked choice voting on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday on Election Day. Sign up to volunteer here! If you’re not in the Bay Area, not to worry, you can still get involved! We just released a new video sharing testimonials about why ranked choice voting (RCV) works. Special thank you to our friends Lila Carrillo, Eric Mar, Tom Ammiano, Rose Aguilar, Shaun Haines, Tom Temprano, and Charlotte Hill for appearing in the first video! If you're a voter in SF, tell us about your experience during this election. If you live outside the Bay Area, tell us what you think about RCV and what it would mean for your community. We’re also proud to announce the release of a new report! This report illustrates that RCV is working as intended in San Francisco with positive voter experiences and an increase in voter turnout and the use of rankings. This report looks at the facts, and challenges the narrative from certain media outlets and politicos. We know that with RCV, voters have a more powerful voice in our elections. Jennifer Pao will be speaking about this at the Women's March Power to the Polls: Finding Common Ground event on Sunday, June 3 from 1-4pm at the Women’s Building in SF. You can attend this free event by registering on Eventbrite. Come by our table! Also, in case you may have missed it, check out our RCV voter education videos in English and Spanish. Share with your friends and family! ===== impact 131 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-05-31 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Ranked choice (preferential) voting is taking hold in topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 438 ID 626104687734054 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/626104687734054 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 50 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 44 likeuusers 21 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 50 oreach 26 posted "05/31/2018 04:39:17 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 26 type Link ========== It's happened... Republicans now come in third in California: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/30/no-party-preference-overtakes-republican-in-democrat-dominated-california/ ===== comments 4 impact 44 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 0 posted 2018-05-31 ratio 2 react 49 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 29 title It's happened... Republicans now come in third in topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 9 ID 625922524418937 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/625922524418937 audclicks 29 audreach 14 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 19 impress 211 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 84 likeusers 13 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 23 oimpress 211 oreach 100 posted "05/31/2018 06:49:42 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 13 reach 100 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Orange County top-two chaos https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/in-southern-california-democrats-play-the-blame-game-as-house-races-loom/2018/05/30/fedae90e-636d-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.html Evidently the California 7 project was too successful. All this could be avoided if preferential voting were used. As many Republicans, Democrats, and independents could run, without diluting their party's strength, and candidates with the broadest support would win. http://www.fairvote.org ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-05-30 ratio 5 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Orange County top-two chaos topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 43 ID 625689397775583 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/625689397775583 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 56 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 1 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 56 oreach 30 posted "05/30/2018 06:07:09 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 30 type Link ========== States rights works both ways If the Feds can't regulate state gambling laws, then they can't regulate state emissions laws. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/30/walters-supreme-court-bolsters-doctrine-california-is-using-to-battle-trump-on-immigration-climate-change/ ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-05-30 ratio 6 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title States rights works both ways topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 20 ID 625600851117771 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/625600851117771 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 64 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 60 likeusers 1 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 64 oreach 33 posted "05/30/2018 01:14:48 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 1 reach 33 type Link ========== Endorsements for California June 5 Primary Still having trouble deciding how to vote? Here are some sources of recommendations and analysis - the reasoning behind the recommendation is more important than the result. Newspapers: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/25/our-recommendations-for-the-upcoming-california-election/ https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2018/voter-guide/endorsements-list/ http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/election-endorsements/ http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-endorsements-20180518-story.html http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/endorsements/ Political organizations: https://www.cadem.org/vote/endorsements https://www.uniteamerica.org/candidates Non-partisan: https://lwvc.org/news/our-positions-june-5-2018-election-ballot-measures Special interest: https://www.sierraclub.org/loma-prieta/2018-primary-election-endorsements https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/California this one requires special decoding: grade A means you'll be Able to shoot up any place any time grade F means you'll be Free to go any place any time without getting shot up And for another view on the state propositions: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/29/skelton-why-californians-should-vote-for-the-5-propositions-on-the-june-ballot/ ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-05-30 ratio 17 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Endorsements for California June 5 Primary topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 81 ID 625539791123877 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/625539791123877 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 78 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 1 likeuusers 32 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 78 oreach 35 posted "05/30/2018 10:47:46 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 35 type Link ========== Even though you can't believe any political advertising in the mail or on tv or radio or.... https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/campaigns-try-to-fool-california-voters/ You might still like to know who's paying for it and why. ===== comments 1 impact 38 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-05-23 ratio 3 react 13 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Even though you can't believe any political advertising topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 29 ID 622495278094995 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/622495278094995 audclicks 11 audreach 7 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 7 impress 65 likeclickusers 6 likeuimpress 51 likeuusers 32 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 65 oreach 43 posted "05/23/2018 09:12:48 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 3 reach 43 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== California Gubernatorial Primary Ruben Navarrette Jr. points out a couple of interesting things: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/20/navarrette-california-voters-seeking-sanctuary-from-stupidity-as-primary-nears/ 1) California's top-two open primary is not a particularly good way to reflect the will of the people. 2) And although many hispanics are naturally conservative and attuned to some traditional Republic pitches, the Republican Party in California seems determined to outdo even the national party in driving hispanics away. (Note: the top-two is a Jesse Ventura mistake waiting to happen: https://archive.siam.org/news/news.php?id=674 preferential balloting would minimize that chance) ===== comments 44 hide 2 impact 5672 impactrate 0 likeimpress 21 negative 2 posted 2018-05-20 ratio 4 react 709 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 633 title California Gubernatorial Primary topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 80 ID 621067298237793 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/621067298237793 audclicks 645 audreach 490 bimpress 3387 blikeimpress 21 blikeusers 11 breach 2839 commentsimpress 44 commentsusers 26 engaged 509 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 3699 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 21 likeuimpress 90 likeusers 19 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 558 matchedotherclicks 75 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 312 oreach 232 posted "05/20/2018 05:12:33 PM" postlinkclicks 429 postotherclicks 58 reach 3081 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 6 type Link budget 20 budgettype Lifetime cadname "Post: ""California Gubernatorial Primary""" ccleantitle California Gubernatorial Primary cclicksall 878 cclickslink 502 ccpcall 0.02277904 ccpclink 0.03984064 cdelivery rejected cend 2018-06-30 cimpressions 3388 clicksunique 449 conversionrank - cost 0.036496350364964 cpm 5.90318772 creach 2791 cstart 2018-04-01 ctrall 25.9149941 ctrlink 14.817001180638 ecomments 23 ecpclink 0.03984064 ends 2018-06-03 engagedrank - ereact 15 eshares 8 frequency 1.213901827302 indicator actions:post_engagement qualityrank - results 548 spent 20 ========== Who's going to pay for the past - much less the future? Some major unmet funding challenges for Medi-Cal and retired public employee pensions and health care are coming due for California: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/18/opinion-the-big-three-killing-californias-public-services/ California's tax revenues are strongly correlated with the economic cycle, a fact that will be remembered whenever the next recession gets going. But as with Federal, so with state: nobody wants to do the hard political work to solve the problem and sell the solution. https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/jerry-brown-once-again-shuns-tax-reform/ California, like several other states and many local governments and Federal territories, has painted itself into an uncomfortable corner over defined benefit pensions for public employees. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/22/walters-california-cities-school-districts-pushed-to-the-brink-of-insolvency/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/business/pension-finance-oregon.html It's not the case that public employees are making out like gangbusters everywhere: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/business/economy/public-employees.html There's nothing inherently wrong with defined benefit pensions - many people expect benefits from one called Social Security. The problem is making sure that the money is there when the benefits are due. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit It's going to be a problem for Social Security - when it was set up, nobody expected pensioners to live for 30 years of benefits - but at least the Federal government could print money if it came to that. State and local governments can't do that. So a simpler approach is to have the Feds provide the basic funding for general state and local government and public education: http://www.one-flat-tax.net ===== comments 47 impact 5385 impactrate 0 likeimpress 31 negative 0 posted 2018-05-18 ratio 6 react 247 reactrate 0 shares 16 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 153 title Who's going to pay for the past - much less the future? topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 218 ID 619939535017236 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/619939535017236 audclicks 154 audreach 125 bimpress 1454 blikeimpress 33 blikeusers 17 breach 1273 commentsimpress 47 commentsusers 21 engaged 155 impress 1910 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 31 likeuimpress 109 likeusers 30 likeuusers 49 matchedlinkclicks 90 matchedotherclicks 63 oimpress 456 oreach 360 posted "05/18/2018 07:53:32 AM" postlinkclicks 77 postotherclicks 48 reach 1573 sharesimpress 16 sharesusers 14 type Link budget 16 budgettype Lifetime cadname "Post: ""Title: Who's going to pay for the past - much...""" ccleantitle Who's going to pay for the past - much cclicksall 250 cclickslink 83 ccpcall 0.064 ccpclink 0.19277108 cdelivery not_delivering cend 2018-06-30 cimpressions 1454 clicksunique 76 conversionrank - cost 0.11428571428571 cpm 11.00412655 creach 1257 cstart 2018-04-01 ctrall 17.19394773 ctrlink 5.7083906464924 ecomments 14 ecpclink 0.19277108 ends 2018-06-03 engagedrank - ereact 27 eshares 16 frequency 1.156722354813 indicator actions:post_engagement qualityrank - results 140 spent 16 ========== Kicking the can down the freeway - state taxation California's tax revenues are strongly correlated with the economic cycle, a fact that will be remembered whenever the next recession gets going. But as with Federal, so with state: nobody wants to do the hard political work to solve the problem and sell the solution. https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/jerry-brown-once-again-shuns-tax-reform/ Another approach, certainly simpler, is to have the Feds provide the basic funding for general state and local government and public education: http://www.one-flat-tax.net ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-05-17 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Kicking the can down the freeway - state taxation topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 76 ID 619749725036217 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/619749725036217 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 49 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 45 likeuusers 22 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 49 oreach 26 posted "05/17/2018 08:58:45 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 26 type Link ========== California - Liberalism's Golden Dream? There is a school of thought that California's present socio-political structure represents the end game to which the rest of the country and world will eventually evolve. But there are a lot of reasons to doubt that: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/opinion/california-democrats-trump-republicans.html Income inequality is the biggest - which is getting worse on practically a daily basis: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/25/nightmare-90-minute-super-commutes-more-common-housing-shortage-intensifies/ If the people who do less exalted work than architecting the future can't afford to come to work here any more - and there is already a small segment of the homeless population that has jobs but can barely afford to live in their car - then the architects of the future are going to have to also tend their own gardens, cook their own food, wash their own dishes, make their own beds... And that might reduce the pace of future architecture. Already every restaurant has a Help Wanted sign, and even the post office can't hire enough workers... And it's all because they don't get paid a living wage. To be paid more, that means higher prices and higher taxes. But suppose we solved all that. Would we still have a harmonious just society? Just ask Macron or Merkel - a strong economy isn't enough to get political stability: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/opinion/trump-macron-merkel-economy.html Somethings else are going on: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/23/17233952/trump-democracy-decay-decline-coup-war-collapse-impeachment It's not like the rise of fascism during the economic distress of the 1930's. Trump is the symptom, not the root cause. It may be that dramatic revolutionary change (like impeachment) would provoke the worst possible results (revolutions usually do), and that future generations will be more likely to be around to thank us if we muddle through our problems incrementally. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative ===== comments 13 impact 5617 impactrate 0 likeimpress 34 negative 0 posted 2018-04-25 ratio 11 react 205 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 152 title California - Liberalism's Golden Dream? topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 274 ID 609884602689396 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/609884602689396 audclicks 152 audreach 120 bimpress 2264 blikeimpress 21 blikeusers 16 breach 2225 commentsimpress 13 commentsusers 7 engaged 158 impress 2519 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 34 likeuimpress 124 likeusers 33 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 45 matchedotherclicks 107 oimpress 255 oreach 169 posted "04/25/2018 04:57:54 PM" postlinkclicks 33 postotherclicks 95 reach 2344 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 5 type Link budget 39 budgettype Lifetime cadname "Post: ""California - Liberalism's Golden Dream?""" ccleantitle California - Liberalism's Golden Dream? cclicksall 299 cclickslink 35 ccpcall 0.134336 ccpclink 1.49845 cdelivery rejected cend 2018-06-30 cimpressions 2265 clicksunique 6+28 conversionrank - cost 0.596466 cpm 17.1731 creach 2202 cstart 2018-04-01 ctrall 13.2089 ctrlink 1.54938 ecomments 5 ecpclink 3.85632 ends 2018-06-03 engagedrank - ereact 32 eshares 4 frequency 1.02861 indicator actions:post_engagement+actions:link_click qualityrank - results 76 spent 39 ========== Why California Republicans can't be parodied https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/16/california-travis-allen-gas-tax-repeal-ads/ It's amazing how much can be packed into one little article, including abuse of campaign finance laws. Get the big money out of politics! http://www.americanpromise.net/ (And incidentally, require documentation of the percentage of signatures procured by paid procurers to get initiative/referendum/recall measures on the ballot. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#no%20confidence ) The reason California Republicans are in such a tizzy to get the gas tax initiative on the ballot? They are afraid their demoralized base won't show up to vote in June and November and a bunch more of their state and Federal legislators will get an early retirement present from the Democrats: https://www.ca7project.com/ But the Republican base here can be counted on to show up to vote against taxes, even as they complain about the state of the roads they drove on to get to the polling place. As for the gas tax, there probably are fairer ways to pay for much-needed transportation infrastructure maintenance. Since a 2000 pound electric vehicle does as much road damage as a 2000 pound gas vehicle driven the same mileage, they should be sharing the bill equally (there remain a number of other incentives to electric vehicle ownership). So in principle, the road tax should be proportional to weight times mileage, and indeed the DMV has been running voluntary trials based on measuring mileage: http://cbslocal.com/2017/12/12/california-considers-mileage-tax/ That's kind of intrusive for private passenger cars, so it might be more broadly palatable to just tax all private passenger cars based on an average mileage number like 12,000 per year, and just do measured mileage on commercial vehicles. Even without considering electric and hybrid vehicles, which are going to become increasingly necessary to meet mileage requirements to achieve greenhouse gas goals, improving gas mileages for conventional engines is also drying up highway funding, so something has to be done. ===== comments 32 impact 16104 impactrate 1 likeimpress 47 negative 0 posted 2018-04-17 ratio 6 react 535 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 448 title Why California Republicans can't be parodied topic ca-politics wordrate 0 words 301 ID 606237666387423 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/606237666387423 audclicks 451 audreach 372 bimpress 3574 blikeimpress 8 blikeusers 6 breach 3221 commentsimpress 32 commentsusers 15 engaged 414 impress 3872 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 47 likeuimpress 110 likeusers 47 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 264 matchedotherclicks 184 oimpress 298 oreach 201 posted "04/17/2018 12:09:47 PM" postlinkclicks 222 postotherclicks 159 reach 3365 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link budget 39 budgettype Lifetime cadname "Post: ""Why California Republicans can't be parodied""" ccleantitle Why California Republicans can't be parodied cclicksall 680 cclickslink 238 ccpcall 0.0610984 ccpclink 0.23428 cdelivery rejected cend 2018-06-30 cimpressions 3565 clicksunique 34+195 conversionrank - cost 0.130785 cpm 10.9805 creach 3257 cstart 2018-04-01 ctrall 19.0575 ctrlink 6.65704 ecomments 9 ecpclink 0.656863 ends 2018-06-03 engagedrank - ereact 46 eshares 8 frequency 1.09457 indicator actions:post_engagement+actions:link_click qualityrank - results 295 spent 39