Five Solutions to Some of California’s Woes! By Ted Gaines

Five Solutions to Some of California’s Woes!  By Ted Gaines

El Dorado Hills, CA…California’s biggest problem is up for debate. Sadly, there are many contenders vying for that dubious distinction. But instead of focusing on the problems, we need to be focused on solutions. Without rank, here are five, chronic California problems where state leadership has completely failed and one simple idea for each to […]

Lahaina’s Horrifying Fire Tragedy Can Happen in Calaveras County ~ Christopher Buttner

Lahaina’s Horrifying Fire Tragedy Can Happen in Calaveras County ~ Christopher Buttner

Murphys, CA…Emerging facts are revealing the continued escalations that lead to the staggering loss of lives and property from the Maui wildfires that, as of this date and time, have resulted in 111 deaths and a staggering 1,300 still missing, along with the near complete devastation of the historic town of Lahaina. In a RawStory.com […]

The Arnold Tesla Supercharger Station ~ Lisa Kramer

The Arnold Tesla Supercharger Station ~ Lisa Kramer

Arnold, CA…Letter To The Editor below regarding the Tesla Supercharger station being constructed behind the Meadowmont Shopping Center in Arnold. I am a concerned citizen who has watched in horror as other high risk areas in California burn, nearly to the ground, I don’t want to see that happen to the town I love and […]

Letter to the Editor: Calaveras County’s EVCS Ordinance – Repeal and Replace. ~ Christopher Buttner

Letter to the Editor: Calaveras County’s EVCS Ordinance – Repeal and Replace.  ~ Christopher Buttner

Murphys, CA…My name is Christopher Buttner and I have been a full time resident of Murphys since mid-2015. I am the son of a firefighter. I have over three decades of experience in event safety protocols for arenas, amusement parks, convention centers, and cruise ships. The Butte Wildfire of September 2015 was a PG&E causation. […]

Letter to the Editor: Meadowmont EV Charging Station ~ Sarah Jones

Letter to the Editor: Meadowmont EV Charging Station ~ Sarah Jones

Arnold, CA…As a homeowner in Arnold, I’m deeply concerned about the placement of Meadowmont Shopping Center’s new electric vehicle charging station behind the complex, in the woods, adjacent to residences. To be clear, I fully support bringing electric vehicle charging station infrastructure to Calaveras county, and I recognize that the state is accelerating progress with […]

America’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Moment Has Already Arrived, New IRS Data Show ~ Jonathan Miltimor

America’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Moment Has Already Arrived, New IRS Data Show ~ Jonathan Miltimor

Atlanta, GA…It’s not just high taxes that are driving people out of cities. There are other costs—moral, social, and cultural—associated with spurning property rights and celebrating looting. Last September, billionaire Ken Griffin announced he was pulling up stakes and moving Citadel—his gigantic hedge fund—from Chicago to Miami.  The Windy City was out of control, he told Bloomberg, […]

On The County Strategic Plan ~ Albert J. Segalla

On The County Strategic Plan ~ Albert J. Segalla

San Andreas, CA…We are fortunate in how well the Supervisors work together and with the CAO. There is some public concern about expanding government with subsequent loss of human rights to life, liberty and property. Also, loss of home rule. One way this expansion seems to occur is the funding of our needs by government […]

Unemployment Fraud Climbs to $32 Billion with No Accountability in Sight

Unemployment Fraud Climbs to $32 Billion with No Accountability in Sight

Roseville, CA… Opinion Piece By Ted Gaines. If giving unemployment benefits to criminals sitting behind bars or fraudsters in foreign countries wasn’t enough to make your stomach turn, recently, we learned that California’s unemployment fraud initial estimate of $20 billion is closer to $32 billion and counting. During the pandemic, millions of Californians sought unemployment […]

Looking for Upward Economic Mobility? Make Friends at Church. ~ By Ted Gaines

Looking for Upward Economic Mobility? Make Friends at Church.  ~ By Ted Gaines

Roseville, CA…It’s tough to survive in California if you’re poor. Green-energy schemes drive our electricity rates 80-percent above the national average. Gas prices make every trip to the gas station gut-wrenching. The median home price is above $800,000 and our state sales and income taxes are the highest in the nation. It’s a state that […]

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa ~ John Hamilton

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa ~ John Hamilton

Arnold, CA….Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. The mistakes and miscues around last Thursday’s Candidate Debate at Independence Hall were mine and mine alone. It was not GABA’s and certainly not Martin Huberty’s, Lisa Muetterties or their campaigns it was mine. Mine alone….Period. It was my responsibility to communicate in a timely and fair […]

Who Pays for the Woke? ~ Congressman Tom McClintock

Who Pays for the Woke? ~ Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…During the Trump Administration, Republicans passed one of the biggest tax cuts in American history and the greatest regulatory relief ever. The result was the biggest economic expansion in our lifetimes. Before the lockdown left took a wrecking ball to our economy, Americans were prospering with the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years – […]

James “Jimmy” Vincent Pisano 1959 – 2021

James “Jimmy” Vincent Pisano 1959 – 2021

Jackson, CA…James “Jimmy” Vincent Pisano 6/26/1959 – 7/28/2021. James “Jimmy” Vincent Pisano, 62, returned to his heavenly home on July 28th of 2021 after a valiant battle with Cancer and Dementia. His devotion to Christian Faith and deep belief in God supported him in his struggle and ultimately gave him peace. James was born to […]

CA Homicide Up 31%: Legislative Democrats’ Solution: Reduce Penalties for Criminals Convicted of the Most Heinous Murder

CA Homicide Up 31%: Legislative Democrats’ Solution: Reduce Penalties for Criminals Convicted of the Most Heinous Murder

Sacramento, CA…Crime is spiking and what do Legislative Democrats want to do? Revisit a bill that reduces penalties for criminals convicted of the most heinous crimes.   Days after Los Angeles experienced a bloody weekend and media is reporting the staggering uptick in crime, legislative Democrats are revisiting Senate Bill 300 (SB 300), legislation that would reduce […]

Earmarks: A Monumentally Bad Idea By Congressman Tom McClintock

Earmarks: A Monumentally Bad Idea By Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…Ever since the Magna Carta, it has been a settled principle of good governance that the power that appropriates public funds should not be the same power that spends them. This principle is at the heart of our Constitution: the separation of powers. Simply speaking, it is mother’s rule writ large. Mother has one […]

Republican Chairman’s Comments and Article

Republican Chairman’s Comments and Article

Altaville, CA…Ed Langan, Chairman of the Calaveras Republicans Central Committee wants to share this article with the parents and grandparents of school-aged children in Calaveras County. The author Bob Unruh analytical view of the original article by James Dobson is very telling, as he views our educational failures and distractions that we should have challenged […]

Observation from the Chairman on Election Integrity, We Only Need to Look to Our Southern Border for a Solution!

Observation from the Chairman on Election Integrity, We Only Need to Look to Our Southern Border for a Solution!

Altaville, CA…The 2020 Presidential election was a charade and a travesty of justice shaking the very foundation that made America great. Our fair and honest election system of one-person-one-vote, the bedrock of our free Republic was corrupted. The corruption and deception allowed to creep into our once golden national election system has created monumental distrust […]

The Racist Left ~ Op-Ed By Congressman Tom McClintock

The Racist Left  ~ Op-Ed By Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…Racism is the practice of according rights and privileges to an individual not based on equality under the law, but rather according to what race that person was born. It is antithetical to every principle our country was founded on, from the promise of our Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” […]

Should All Government Officials Learn about Our Founding Documents? ~ Al Segalla

Should All Government Officials Learn about Our Founding Documents? ~ Al Segalla

Copperopolis, CA…Should our children and their children be allowed to live in a free and independent America? Long established trends in politics and media seem to promote marxism and international control, but not our Constitution, which supports a free society. If this is true, what can we do? Why not encourage all government officials and […]

Cornyn-Sinema Proposal Rewards Biden’s Open-Borders Agenda

Cornyn-Sinema Proposal Rewards Biden’s Open-Borders Agenda

Washington, DC…Heritage VP for national security and foreign policy James Carafano and DHS veterans Lora Ries, Ken Cuccinelli, Mark Morgan, and Mike Howell released the following statement Monday in response to a new proposal from Senators John Cornyn and Kyrsten Sinema which would enable the Biden administration to process and release illegal aliens into the United States more rapidly, provide illegal aliens with legal […]

Hindus Urge Netflix to Rethink Hosting “Record of Ragnarok”, as it Trivializes Lord Shiva

Hindus Urge Netflix to Rethink Hosting “Record of Ragnarok”, as it Trivializes Lord Shiva

Reno, NV…Upset Hindus are urging Netflix to seriously reconsider hosting of anime TV shows “Record of Ragnarok”, which they have called as “highly inappropriate” as it trivializes immensely revered Hindu deity Lord Shiva. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Lord Shiva was meant to be worshipped in temples […]

Marijuana Legalization Has 3 Life-Saving Public Health Benefits, New Study Finds ~ By Brad Polumbo

Marijuana Legalization Has 3 Life-Saving Public Health Benefits, New Study Finds ~ By Brad Polumbo

Atlanta, GA…Harkening back to the days of “Reefer Madness,” proponents of marijuana criminalization have tended to frame their arguments in terms of protecting the public from a supposedly dangerous health hazard. But new research concludes that, in reality, legalizing marijuana improves public health. In a paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists D. Mark Anderson and […]

Calaveras Democrats are Disappointed with Congressman McClintock

Calaveras Democrats are Disappointed with Congressman McClintock

Murphys, CA…Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee sent the following to Representative McClintock. “We write to express our disappointment with your recent vote against HR1319, otherwise known as the American Rescue Plan. You have characterized your opposition as concern for the financial future of American families, and as fiscal responsibility. It is our view that this […]

No Borders, No Country ~ By Congressman Tom McClintock

No Borders, No Country ~ By Congressman Tom McClintock

Roseville, CA…Before the lockdown left took a wrecking ball to our economy last year, we were enjoying one of the greatest expansions of economic opportunity in our lifetimes.  Unemployment was at its lowest rate in 50 years, the poverty rate was at its lowest in 60 years.  Wage growth was the strongest in 40 years.  The wage gap was narrowing for the […]

Is Servant Household Income of $151,800 & Master Household Income of $28,074 Sustainable?

Is Servant Household Income of $151,800 & Master Household Income of $28,074 Sustainable?

Washington, DC…If you believe the constant drum beat from talking heads of all political persuasions we are a deeply divided country. I don’t believe we’re as divided as they would like to have us believe as they make money and gain influence by having us at loggerheads. There are however some discrepancies that are just […]

Lockdowns are Killing Us ~ Congressman Tom McClintock

Lockdowns are Killing Us  ~ Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…We are now nearly a year into the most self-destructive social experiment in the recorded history of human civilization. On this day a year ago, we enjoyed the greatest economic expansion in our lifetimes.  The poverty rate was the lowest in 60 years.  The unemployment rate was the lowest in 50 years.  Wage growth was the strongest in 40 years.  […]

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