Tag >> California Politics
Aug
06
Raising the Debt Ceiling: How Will It Effect Real Estate?Unfortunately, our most recent events have all been rather negative, to say the least. So, we are once again hearing that mortgage interest rates are at all-time, historic lows. I would not want to give our Washington elites too much credit for being the reason for these low rates. But the truth of the matter, is that due to our debt issues, our financial
Oct
29
Live Election Coverage on Community TV Nov 2
Tune into Community Television of Santa Cruz County on Election Night for
the best and most extensive local coverage of election results and analysis. Beginning at 7:30pm on Comcast Ch 26/Charter Ch 72, and live streaming at http://communitytv.org/ctv2, CTV’s election coverage will feature special hosts and guests from around the county, including Fred Keeley,
Oct
26
Sam Farr Visits Cruzio's New BuildingOur very own Congressman, Sam Farr, paid Cruzio Internet and building partner Ecology Action a visit last week to tour our new building. Cruzio's founder and CEO, Peggy Dolgenos, showed Representative Farr around. He learned about our plans to pull fiber Internet into the building, examined the bones of our forthcoming state-of-the-art colocation center,
Jul
24
Isn't it Obivous? State Budget, Great Gas Tax TheftAll over California, city leaders, local governments, and special interest groups are gathering to decry the proposed “Gas Tax Redistribution”. According to the Sentinel, 109 cities have already pledged to support a lawsuit against the state, a lawsuit that is tentatively set to be filed once the budget is signed. The Great Gas Tax Theft, as I like to call
Jul
14
California: Safe Space or haven for ignorance? ***Love is love is love is love. Whether it’s straight, bent, crooked or broken. Love is love is love is love. And all the hate, greed, ignorance and poison in the world will never change that.***
Safe Spaces As I was walking to work this morning, I saw two beautiful, down to earth women walking hand in hand, smiling and laughing against the morning sun.
Mar
11
An image of Santa Cruz: New Leaf adjacent to SafewayI wish I has a picture for you all, I really do, becuase the image it left in my mind hasn't gone away. A friend and I parked up on the hill somewhere like Miramar or sommat, where we drank our tea and ate our Ferrell's chocolate old fashoineds. It was close to midnight, the city was quiet though her lights still burned underneath a star spangled sky and
Feb
26
Thank You, Tom Ammiano |
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At last, legislation has been introduced into our state legislature that will decriminalize cannabis so it can be sold and taxed like alcohol. This will start the dominoes falling that will one day topple prohibition. It sucks up our resources, our civil liberties, and other things I can't mention because this is a family website. It just plain


