EDITOR: The California recall is valid. Soon to be ex-Gov. Davis
claims there are no
“specifics” to warrant a recall action. Here are two specific
examples of why the recall is justified and an absolute
necessity.
EDITOR:
The California recall is valid.
Soon to be ex-Gov. Davis claims there are no “specifics” to warrant a recall action. Here are two specific examples of why the recall is justified and an absolute necessity.
During the “energy crisis” two years ago, California consumers were paying exorbitant prices. In Northern California, the primary provider of electric service subsequently went into bankruptcy.
Yet during this period, the company has spent countless amounts of money to produce and run paid television commercials that are a frivolous waste of money when the information could reach every customer by printing it directly onto the bill. This has been in lieu of reducing the cost for service to the end consumer … and it has all been taking place on Davis’ watch.
The California Public Utilities Commission has the responsibility to oversee the utilities firm and regulate electric rates. At the top of the state ladder with the ultimate responsibility … where the buck stops … has been you know who.
A specific thing contributing to the enormous budget deficit in California is the failure (once again … on Davis’ Watch), to insure that the state receives all appropriate sales tax revenues from E-commerce activity sales by California-based online merchants to California consumers for hard goods shipped. The majority of online shopping cart programs used by California merchants do not accurately provide for the collection of sales tax revenues pursuant to the California State Board of Equalization policies and rules.
Resulting shortfalls in these revenues at various county levels place unnecessary additional burdens on the state. There appears to be little or no monitoring of the situation by state officials. This continues to take place now … on Davis’ watch.
One thing California needs to get out the current predicament is for the “Top Dog” to bring in a group of computer and software “gurus” to hack away at each and every area of inefficiency and unnecessary redundancy in the state’s operations. Every state operation needs to be streamlined and dead wood heaved out. That is one primary thing which will help insure that no funds are cut from education. It just takes some smart, high-tech people. Gee … what a coincidence … “Silicon Valley” is in California. Have all the brains there been tapped yet? Apparently not.
The ACLU’s attempt to thwart the recall election is based upon an illogical smokescreen that only demonstrates the absurdities of the ACLU, IMHO. They are attempting to say that because some California counties still use a “punch card” balloting system, that this would be unfair. Well, well, well. These are the same systems by which Davis’ was elected in the last election.
Therefore, the ACLU’s position is ridiculously flawed, because this premise would, in and of itself, be grounds for the ACLU itself crying out for a complete re-election process for every California official elected in any election that has ever taken place in California involving the “punch card” ballots.
One can only surmise that had the ACLU been in existence, it would have probably tried anything to prevent the “Boston Tea Party” from taking place … and we would now still be slaves of English colonial rule instead of enjoying our status as free Americans.
Just when you think you have seen stupidity at its greatest, IMHO, along comes the ACLU again with another one of their frivolous, illogical, meaningless attempts to degrade democracy at its finest. That is, the ability of citizens to “run the rascals out of office” … as the recall petitioners have successfully demonstrated to date by the number of signatures obtained to proceed with such a democratic, due-process event.
Eric Hilding,
Morgan Hill
