The radical sexual agenda in California and elsewhere has mothers and fathers furious, and ready to act. When I speak to groups in California about the problems with public education and parents ask what they can do to change things, I advise them to speak to their kids daily about what they have learned in...
America’s most dysfunctional school district has stepped in it again. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), apparently coming to the shocking realization that there was no way they could pay for the horrible deal they just cut with the unions, has hurriedly placed on the ballot for June a new property tax that leaves...
Mary Eyde’s Bendy Man Tweet wins week 31. The combination of a clear readable warning, a picture of the product itself, illustrations of the ways the product can be used, a funny quip, and a strong social media score, are attributes CPC’s judges are seeking. One can only wonder how a lighted product intended to...
“The ruling is also an implicit endorsement of the state Public Employment Relations Board’s conclusion that the employees hired since the measure took effect must be made whole and get a pension equivalent to what they would have received pre-Proposition B.” – Editorial, San Diego Union Tribune, March 18, 2019 The ruling in question is the...
Instead of American history, students now learn about the evils of capitalism, airplanes and cow farts. “‘Education is Political’: Neutrality in the Classroom Shortchanges Students” read a recent headline on the National Education Association website. What the teachers union is essentially saying is that an objective approach to controversial subjects does a disservice to the...
In the birthplace of high tech, government financial statements exist only in PDF format. Last year, California’s state Senate and Assembly passed 1,217 pieces of legislation. Governor Brown signed 1,016 of them into law, and most took effect January 1st. Included were predictable acts of liberal zealotry – sanctuary for the undocumented, gender equity on corporate boards, gun...
The recent ruling by the California Supreme Court in the case CalFire vs CalPERS has garnered much attention from pension reformers. While falling short of being a landmark ruling, the result was nonetheless encouraging. The court left open the possibility that vesting does not protect prospective benefits of current employees. The implications of that are left to related, still...
The teachers union is coming after more of your money. The American Federation of Teachers is on a bender, having launched a six-figure advertising campaign in which it bemoans the fact that – per its own study – 25 states “spend less on K-12 education than before the Great Recession” and that there are “massive...
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Contessa Mendoza’s (the_barefoot_contessa14) winning entry for week 29 has to be seen to be believed. Girl Scouts are the latest purveyors of cancer! Really? Only in Crazy California. View this post on Instagram It’s Girl Scout Cookie time. Don’t touch my cookies! How many boxes of cancer-causing cookies are you going to buy? Me? I...
Earlier this week the California Supreme Court ruled in the case CalFire vs CalPERS. The case challenged one of the provisions of California’s 2014 pension reform legislation (PEPRA) which had eliminated the purchase of “Airtime.” This was the practice whereby retiring public employees could purchase “service credits” that would lengthen the number of years they worked,...
California’s teachers unions, a compliant legislature and an anti-choice governor do not bode well for the state’s charter schools. Yet another group of angry teachers has made charter schools the focus of their wrath. The seven-day teacher strike, which ended in Oakland last week, was replete with typical teacher union demands like higher pay and...
Proposition 65’s infringement of free speech is wonderfully illustrated by Shanae Chester’s winning Week 28 entry featuring Jiffy Lube. How ironic is it that side by side with the Jiffy Lube pitch “Give the Gift of Peace of Mind” is a Proposition 65 warning? Apparently the price for peace of mind is cancer or birth...
Crony capitalism is an economy in which businesses thrive not as a result of risk, but rather as a return on money amassed through a nexus between a business class and the political class. This is done using state power to crush genuine competition in handing out permits, government grants, special tax breaks, or other...