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Random thoughts Another tragic death because of an auto accident ...
My most sincere condolences to the family and friends of 30-year-old Karamdeep "Kam" Dhaliwal who died on Feb. 9 from injuries suffered in an accident on Feb. 1 at the inter- section of Jensen and Del Rey avenues.
A celebration of life for Sequoia Elementary's Terry Payton - another auto accident victim - was held just last Saturday.
Dhaliwal was part of SUSD's after school LEAP program. (LEAP stands for Literacy Enrichment After school Program.) So, technically, she was not a district employee because LEAP staff are hired through the California Teaching Fellows Foundation, said SUSD's Mandy Chacon who oversees the LEAP program.
"Dhaliwal had worked for LEAP for four plusyears. Shewasaleader,withaclass of 20 students first at Reagan, then at Quail Lake. Thenlastyearshewaspromotedto Madison coordinator, in charge of the whole program at Madison," said Chacon.
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Mea culpa. I'm sure it was my fault a
member of the planning commission thought a recent Random Thoughts editorial was picking on planning commissioners.
That was not my intent when I repeatedly accused planners of lacking transparency
In my OPINION
'A lie can be spread half way around the world
while the truth is still putting on its shoes'
SANGER HERALD 3A THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 EDITORIAL & OPINION
By Dick Sheppard
Happy Valentine's Day!
"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
- Charles M. Schulz •••
Another popular member of the school district family has died as the result of an auto accident.
Dick Sheppard
because they repeatedly failed to involve or properly communicate with the public about an attempt to comply with the state's man- dated "housing element."
Maybe if I had been more specific and written "city planners," like development director Tom Navarro, senior planner David Breletic and their boss, city manager Teflon Tim Chapa, it would have been easier to understand that I was not including the vol- unteer planning commissioners in my criti- cism.
I believe the planning commissioners were doing as good a job as possible under the ugly circumstances created by Chapa's usual procrastination and Breletic's frantic attempt to finally rush through a zoning project - that should have been completed more than two years ago - in order to meet a state ordered "get it done or else" deadline.
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I can't think of a better, more appropriate
use of Measure S public safety money than to buy body cams for Sanger police. The city council last week gave chief Silver Rodriguez the okay to buy the tiny video cameras for each on duty officer.
So, gangbangers, better start primping, it won't be long before you'll be on candid cam- eraeverytimeyougetbusted.
••• EsmeraldaHurtadoisbrandnewonthe
city council so, in my opinion, critics should cut her a little slack. She was appointed to the council to fill the vacancy created when her sister Melissa moved on to the state senate.
A few audience members wondered out loud after the Feb. 7 council meeting if Esmeralda is going to be her own person or just another shill for Teflon Tim Chapa, the procrastinator.
That was a result of what appeared to be a very rehearsed, but very awkward, exchange between Hurtado and Chapa that went some- thing like this - paraphrasing only slightly:
Hurtado: "Does this treasurer's report (on the consent calendar) about the city's invest- ment portfolio of more than $31 million mean (long pause) ..."
Chapa: "Yes counclmember Hurtado, it means the city is in a very solid financial con- dition."
By the way, those who were cynical about
that exchange are also pretty cynical about the city being "... in a very solid financial con- dition."
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"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
- FranklinD.Roosevelt
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"Everyone is talking about the Green New Deal, and how it would end domestic airline travel, the internal combustion engine, fossil fuel usage, most electricity generation and even ban cow flatulence.
"You have groups guessing what the cost of the Green New Deal would be in terms of dollars on an annual basis coming up with figures in the trillions of dollars.
"To everyone seeking to normalize this Green New Deal, please just shut up.
"TheGreenNewDealisthebaringofteethbythenewAmericancommunist. Anew breed unleashed that we have seen in the streets attacking people attending Trump rallies, screaming at teenagers wearing Make America Great Again hats, shouting down and riot- ing against conservative speakers on college campuses."
Rick Manning
President of Americans for Limited Government
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lecture or dissertation by a college professor thanasensibledocument. Beyondassigning virtually every part of our lives to the control of politicians and bureaucrats in government, it provides cradle-to-grave support—includ- ing a government education-- for everyone even if they refuse to work at a job to care for themselves.
One doesn't have to be an accounting
or economics major to realize that it won't take long to run out of other people's money to support those who refuse to accept any responsibility for themselves. This added form of socialism will certainly exacerbate an already extreme problem created by open borders. What greater magnet can there be than when everything is free, including medi- cal?
Want to know something that makes this even more scary? There are already at least 64 Democrats who have asked that they be allowed to sign on to this as co-sponsors. Not frightening enough? At least four of those people who profess their belief and support of this have already announced they intend to seek their party's presidential nomination for 2020!
How is it possible that anyone as naive, uninformed and uneducated can win an elec- tion to such a high office and enjoy such a sycophantic, adoring audience? Somehow she has become the poster child for the future of the Democrat party. The head
of the Democrat National Committee has already pronounced her as such! Obviously the young Congresswomen has tremendous support from the media partners of that political party. Although there were indica- tions beginning on the horizon, I had no idea that this was where the Democrat party
was headed back when I voted for John F. Kennedy.
If one didn't know better, there would be a tendency to swear that the original lie was invented by California politicos—or maybe it's just that our politicians, bureaucrats and political advisors have perfected prevarica- tion to the point it is almost an art.
Let'sstartwithHighSpeedRail. That was a lie which was so inventively sold to California voters that it was approved on a ballot. It's been nothing short of a mess and a boondoggle ever since. This big lie has caused us to throw money down a rathole on a project which is neither feasible nor desir- able.
Propositions 47 and 57 were both major lies which were foisted on the voters for approval by disguising their true intent. These did nothing but release criminals back on the streets of California. Voters even turned down a repeal of an onerous gas tax in the last election because of a lie in Sacramento in the wording of the issue as it appeared on the ballot. "A lie can be spread half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes."
But, as always, that's only one man's opin- ion.
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During World War
II the Nazi propaganda
machine, under the direc-
tion and leadership of one
Joseph Goebbels, believed
the bigger the lie and the
more often it was repeated
increased its believability.
He bore the title of Reich Ministerofpropaganda. Hissuccesswith shaping the thinking of the German people was undeniable and his prowess at such is renown.
Since that awful period there has been a collection of jokes dealing with the subject oftheworld'sbiggestlie. Whateveryour answer might have been to that one, it has been supplanted by the biggest whopper ever told in modern day America. “Diversity makes us stronger and immigration makes usmoreprosperous.” Onewilloftenhear that line being espoused by our mainstream media without an iota of data which would supportsuchapronouncement. Ifanyoneis in possession of any information which would support that position, now would be a good time to speak up.
One need look no further than California for an example of what a swelling illegal immigrant population can do to an economy. We have become the number one state in the unionintermsofpoverty. Onehasnobet- ter example than our own Valley cities for reference. Thatis,innoway,intendedto denigrate these immigrants. One can't blame them because they are unable to compete for, not fill, jobs that provide a path upward in theAmericaneconomicsystem. Iblamethe politicians who use them for political advan- tage.
Roughly 40 percent of the entire coun- try's 11 to 20 million immigrants now call Californiahome. Thisisastatewhereone in four were not born in The United States. Further exacerbating the problem is the fact that there is little or no attempt to assimi- lateorlearntheEnglishlanguage. Weare becomingacollectionoftribes. Thatisa position whichistacitlybeingencouraged and supported by government regulations and directives.
One must have a greater grasp of facts in order to make a more realistic appraisal of whether or not diversity makes us stronger and immigration makes us more prosperous. Truth is that we are reaping the “benefits” of the uncontrolled migration wrought by about three generations of massive influxes of poor and impoverished.
If the people of this country truly believe that we need more under-educated, low income workers which would result in a per- manent underclass, we would prefer they tell us so instead of proffering lies about how we benefitfromtheirpresence. Equallyimpor- tant is a universal knowledge of the unin- tended consequences which come with illegal immigration.
Another example, in our opinion of being spoon-fed large doses of a big lie would
be the recently released New Green Deal. Anyone who has read this "vomiting of gar- bage” by Representative Ocascio-Cortez
of New York realizes it sounds more like a
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