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I might agree with "who" mattering a lot, but not what, who being the individual and what being the party. Anyway, let's go with a high level issue like "crime" since we all hate that one pretty passionately. There will be red states and blue states with high and low crime, so does that mean that the red/blue states with high crime haven't listened to their counterparts in the states with low crime? Why not? The low crime red/blue states have obviously sorted it out due to their amazing right/left policies, so why would another state refuse to adopt them?
Wyoming and Vermont have some of the lowest crime in the country and they're also some of the most red and blue states in the country. This alone tells me that red/blue has nearly zero meaning to this issue, but what does it tell you? And I can tell you right off the bat that any reply which attempts to pigeonhole one state into being better/worse due to the party itself and the other having to do with something along the lines of being luck or unlucky, is probably going to sound like red/blue programming excuses to me.
Mail is Federally controlled. State entities like local police, county sheriff, etc. can clean up addicts and hobos by simply getting in their vehicle and enforcing laws already on the books, but they can't make the mail go faster.
Though, I do agree with the underlying sentiment about how this state is a big facade. Not that it's unique to California, but it doesn't make it any less true.
Ha, ha ha ha, is that douch-nozzle still a wanna-be in politics?
When I heard about the AMA finally coming to their senses and making chest protectors, mandatory, I thought of Cox having sleepless nights. 😅
He will take it to his grave that they serve no purpose other than roost protection.
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Take it to the city level and try that comparison. While laws are passed at the state level, crime is almost always dealt with at the city or county level. I would like to see a red city with the same crime rate as Memphis, Oakland or Detroit.
That presents a slightly different set of problems. If a red state is blaming their inability to solve crime with their blue city, then it means the red state entities are weak, lazy, etc., somehow being overpowered by the lesser legal entity. Federal law trumps state law and state law trumps local law. They can blame the cities if they want to, but they're just stating out loud their own weakness and/or ineptitude. They're blaming someone else for their own failures.
Now let's just occam's razor this....which do you think is more likely, that every time a red state that can't fix their problems is due to the blue local cities that are lower on the legal hierarchy, or just that they suck at their job and don't want to own it?
Yep, that is 100% true. The amount of Californians that have moved to Arizona is crazy and yes I know I'm one but I don't try to change this state's policies by voting liberal like a lot have.
I will not go to a sporting event when the Dodgers or Lakers are in town, because half the stadium are LA fans and they are obnoxious! 🤬
What entity trumps another only matters in a dispute about a particular law. The fact is, law enforcement is almost always at the local level. Not the state. Who blames who is irrelevant. Politicians sling that shit around like free air.
I don't agree. Say what we want about Trump, he is showing everyone that the hierarchy of legal entities matters a lot and can make a difference, which means that entities which choose not to.....*choose* not to.
What a joke! Unbelievable…🤦♂️
I heard they accept mail in ballots with hand written dates. No post mark is required. Seems fair.
Pratt lost his home and all of his family possessions in the fires, so he certainly has skin in the game. Did Newsom's, Karen Bass's homes burn down? What about any other congressmen or senators for that matter? If someone with Spencer Pratt's mindset of came along sooner, maybe we wouldn't be seeing mass exodus from the state of California (meaning you).
You asked for the winner, singular.
That comes in the general election!
is it still illegal to show an ID to vote in CA?
I just voted for the governor of CA. I did not try and show them an ID, but funny story back in 2020 I broke my right wrist and had surgery and a cast put on. Needless to say, I am right-handed. Went to vote for the 2020 election and they verify it is the person based off their signature. Basically, I tried to do my signature with my left hand and of course it looked like a 3-year-old signed for me. They almost didn't let me vote and I even asked if I could show them my ID and they said that wouldn't work. Bonkers!
That's one of the reasons that mail in ballots take so long to count. They have to do a sig verification on every one.
You one of the few. Az especially phoenix is quickly becoming a shit hole. Anything Thunderbird and south is garbage
Give me Sedona or give me death.
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I'm not gonna argue with you about that. But if you really think about it pretty much every state in the country has its cities and sections that as you say, are shitholes.
Where I grew up in southern cal, I actually love going back to visiting family and friends.
I just don't understand with a state that has so much money that the politicians just seem to be lining their pockets and mayor bass is a complete joke with the way she handled the fire situation, or should I say lack of.
If I was a homeowner and lost everything, I would be pretty damn upset at people like newscum, who decided having a reservoir EMPTY of water and water hydrants turned off was a good idea in the height of fire season.
That's my neighborhood, and you ain't wrong.
I picked this area over 20 years ago because it was affordable, mature, middle class. Most of my neighbors were elderly, empty nest, original home owners. It felt safe, small town-like. I didn't have a family at the time, but I thought I was in a good place to start one.
Then Sheriff Joe got voted out. No more tent city, no more consequences. They made basic law enforcement like traffic stops a "racial profiling" issue.
Then the public light rail train got extended to mid-town. Then all the way up to Metro Center. Metro Center area had already fallen from glory since the Bill and Ted days. Bringing the light rail to that area just sealed the deal. It is now a haven for low-lifes and criminals. If they can't catch a free ride on the light rail, they just use the canal system to travel on their stolen BMX bikes. There are homeless camps all along the canal, inside the tunnels, and every bush is used as a bathroom. I used to ride my bike 30+ miles along the canal, not any more. I don't want to ride through human feces or get stabbed if I drop into the wrong tunnel.
The Phoenix marathon was a few months ago. Their plan to "clean up the route" was impossible, so they just changed the route to avoid (hide from) the bad areas.
My point relating to the topic here is, my area of town was great at one time. Then the socialist programs allowed all the freeloaders to find a new home in my neighborhood.
Now I have a family, and I am concerned about their safety. Why are my concerns on safety overridden to help people who have no concern for my safety?
My wife won't get gas at our nearest gas station any more unless it mid-day and too hot for the zombies. There have been 2 shootings and a stabbing at that gas station in the past 9 months, each time around 7am. That's when the withdrawal starts and they have to find their fix for the day before it gets hot. She carries CCW, but it's best to just avoid the possibility of being some fentanyl fiend's target.
A few of our neighbors (me included) have gotten together to form and neighborhood watch. We've ran out more than 6 attempted homeless camps in the past 2 years. I love my neighbors for sticking together. But it's only a matter of time before it's too much to handle. It will only get worse.
We are looking to move. It's almost not a choice at this point if I want my family to feel safe.
Sorry to hear that 45.🤦
I don’t know what to think here…..
It’s pretty obvious what is happening. To me the sickening part is people going with the status quo simply because.
So they finally got to the predetermined outcome?
What a frickin' joke, the people of LA have truly lost their minds. Let's hope there's not another emergency crisis, because Bass will flee the country once again! 🙄
I agree that Spencer Pratt had almost no chance of winning, even if he advanced to the November election. The same is true of Steve Hilton for the governor's race. Basically, whatever Democrat didn't make it in would have his or her voters glom onto the candidate in their party who advanced. These votes far outweigh the the same effect from any leftover, non-qualifying Republican.
However, you've heard the phrase, "Looks like a duck, swims like a duck - it's probably a duck?" In this case, it sure seems to me like, "Looks like a duck, swims like a duck, flies like a duck, eats bugs like a duck, lays eggs like a duck, has a bill like a duck, shits all over your back yard like a duck."
Edit: (In this case, 'being a duck" = "Someone is adding fraudulent ballots to prop up Nithya Raman.")
You, sir are a modern-day philosopher.
Of the eligible voters for mayor of Los Angeles only 15% are Republican. WTF did you think was going to happen?
Why does Cali even hold a vote anymore?
Fraud across the board. Any sane person can see what's going on there.
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