taxes death and trouble....

ok we smokin' (sumthin!) now!

so Lanny Ebenstein continues to write editorials in the News-Press about money woes, interest rates, taxes, inflation, double dip recession (is that like a double dip chocolate ice cream cone?) and a few other things...this must be the reason why the News-Press circulation numbers keep dropping!!

Today, the News-Press had a Monday-Friday combined average circulation of 25000, in 2009 it was 27,576, in 2007 it was 38000 ..in 2000, circulation was 45,389 daily according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation Publisher's Statement.

good job Wendy!!

anyhoo, Lanny says we shouldn't raise taxes then says we should increase taxes on people whose pensions are over $100000....he worries about inflation and rising interest rates...look, Lanny, if you had any brains, your houses in Eureka wouldn't be in foreclosure! I bet you bought them, not knowing the value of a dollar, and got an ARM , then when the interest rates rose, you couldn't afford to pay right...well interest rates are low so anyone buying can get in, but make sure it's a fixed rate or you'll end up like Lanny!

Now, the only reason he writes these editorial recitations about money is to show his economist daddy how much he loves him!! well the economy is on the upswing..Ford and GMC are showing profits, people are buying cars..those cars have Sirius XM satellite radios installed..if you bought SIRI at 80 cents, it's now at about $2.00 a share....that's how you make some money baby!!!

or you can get it from mommy and daddy, like Lanny does and mommy Wendy says Lanny is president of the new California Center for Public Policy..a non-profit that needs your donations....I wonder where those donations really go...so I see among the CCPP board members are Joe Armendariz, Frank Hotchkiss, Tom Watson, Dan Secord and Mike Stoker..hey, all members of TEAM WENDY.....no surprise there...

and this is the strategy: write anti union editorials in the News-Press to push their anti-worker initiative

and here's their proposed amendment
INITIATIVE
Proposed amendment to the California state constitution by Californians for Public Union Reform reads as follows:
Article 14, Section 6. Prohibition of Collective Bargaining
No state, county, municipal, or like government officer, agent, or governing body is vested with or possesses any authority to recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, or to bargain collectively or to enter into any collective bargaining contract, memorandum of understanding, or other agreements with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to public officers or employees or their employment or service.

..and if the CCPP raises enough money to put it on the ballot, the fun will have just begun....I'll keep an eye on these punks, but the initiative sounds like it was written by a hack lawyer..maybe Stoker wrote it because it says that municipalities possess "no authority to bargain with employees"... sure they do...otherwise it's discrimination! and you don't need special authority.. the initiative doesn't say the cities can't negotiate contracts! doesn't say anything about strikes which can happen without collective bargaining..if this thing passes, it will unleash a Pandora's Box of trouble for the conservatives as they lose support of cops, deputies..they already lost the firefighters, teachers, nurses and other public service workers..

good job, Lanny!!!