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Passage of New Bill Pleases Karen Bass
Let me share with you an email from our Congresswoman the Honorable and much respected Karen Bass. Washington, today, Representative Karen Bass (D-California) Ranking Member of the House Africa...
Wall Street Journal Has Problems To Solve
My ears nearly fell off my head when I read in the Wall Street Journal the postal service has drained its $15 billion line of credit with the Treasury and defaulted on $34 billion in retiree benefit p...
Vietnam War Veterans Get Their Day
It’s official. March 29th is permanently recognized as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The statute was signed into law by President Trump. Please don’t be upset when I tell you the Council and sta...
Affordable Care Act Needs Enrollment
I am sharing an email from Congresswoman the Honorable Karen Bass. The Trump Administration has cut funding for ads encouraging enrollment for the Affordable Care Act and pulled out of assisting...
Martin Luther King Celebration Coming January 13
The City of Culver City will present the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Saturday, January 13, 2018 noon to 3 p.m. at the Culver City Senior Center 4095 Overland Avenue. Opening...
Inglewood Bans Commercial Marijuana Sales
In Inglewood the City Council confirmed an earlier decision to ban the commercial sales of marijuana in the city following a public hearing September 26, at City Hall. A discussion about the proposed...
Neil's Rebuttal To Anders' Letter
Here’s my attempt at a rebuttal to Bruce Ander’s letter written November 30-December 6, 2017.With so many dozens of brand-new teachers with little or no real classroom experience having been hir...
Karen Bass Reports
The following message is from an email to me from the offices of Congresswoman Karen Bass Do you know how many members of Team Trump have left or been forced out? Since Donald Trump took office in...
Marijuana Growth Isn't Slowing Down
Constellation Brands Inc. has agreed to take a 9.9 % stake in Canopy Growth corp., a Canadian marijuana company, and plans to work with the grower to develop and market cannabis-infused beverages....
National Police Week Is A Good Idea
Many police departments throughout our country took part in celebrating National Police Week. In 2016 one hundred and thirty-five officers were killed in the line of duty according to the National...
Bass Issues Statement on Worst Bombing in Somali History.
On October 14 Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement after twin explosives were detonated in Mogadishu, the capital...
Did You Pay For A Traffic Ticket? Get It Back
Are you like everybody else seeing everything go up except wages? Can I mention the price of food, clothing, medical and let’s not forget gasoline or housing? Fortunately, Cousin Neil was driving on O...
The Focus Honoree Will Be Karen Bass
The Los Angeles Focus 20th Annual First Ladies High Tea will take place on Saturday November 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, 9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills. Our Congresswoman the Honorable Karen...
Council Delays Cherness Vote For A Year
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse the City Council’s pitcher threw a spitter high and outside. Most of us who knew his Honor Judge Harold Cherness to be honest, fair and just; a person who...
California Pays Other States To Take Our Solar Power
Congresswoman, the Honorable Karen Bass will hold a meeting at Holman United Methodist Church on Saturday, October 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at 3320 West Adams Blvd, Los Angeles. RSVP at (323) 965-1422....
Columnist Thinks Power for Homes Is Being Wasted
I enjoy reading my copy of Bloomberg Business Week but the March 27, 2017 – April 2, 2017 was just full of surprises. For example, the F.B.I. gave a guy that just agreed to be an informant several h...
Columnist Suggests Pickle Juice For Leg Cramps
I am just sick and more than a little angry when I found out Ole Miss imposed a bowl ban for 2017 on herself. Just because the Rebels might be facing more penalties when the NCAA says their program...
Coffee Prices on the Rise
According to the New York Post, Wells Fargo’s reputation took another hit on Friday, April 22, 2017 when the bank admitted its practice of opening phony customer accounts started back in 2002 not i...
$2.5 Billion Needed To Protect An Oil Company Blowout?
Sometime in Mid-September Culver City is planning to put out an Oil and Gas Drilling Regulations Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Public to review and comment on, Citizen Activists...
Boeing Hires Caroline Kennedy
What is the only thing Democrats and Republicans; right wingers and left wingers; progressives and conservatives can agree upon? Without a doubt, everyone who knew his Honor Judge Harold I. Cherness...
Traffic Ticket Amnesty Program Has Ended
Did anybody at DMV, the courts or city hall tell us about the California traffic ticket amnesty program that expired on Monday, April 1? The program which started October 2015, eighteen months ago...
Beware Of Some Baby Food Samples
Has anyone told you about the Environmental Defense Fund and their analysis of eleven years of federal data found detectable levels of led in twenty percent of 2164 baby food samples? The toxic metal...
Council to Consider Hal Cherness Tribute
In Georgia WE do have a new Sam’s Club with a gas station. Just recently the price was $2.11 for a gallon of regular. The Rubensteins do prefer Costco but the closest warehouse is over 60 miles a...
Columnist Suggests Pickle Juice (Really)
I am just sick and more than a little angry when I found out Ole Miss imposed a bowl ban for 2017 on herself. Just because the Rebels might be facing more penalties when the NCAA says their program...
It's Getting Worse: Postmen Are Being Attacked By Dogs
Just remember, Our Gasoline Tanks should not be Sacramento’s piggy bank.!!! Perhaps you’ve heard, but I haven’t; what is happening with the prison at Guantanamo? Unprecedented, misguided, count...