A Hale Media Company

Menu
Email SDGLN
(888) 277-4253

Commentary

In blatant violation of state law, Caltrans work crew caught stopping traffic to distribute campaign fliers opposed to Prop 6 Gas Tax Repeal initiative

  • by
Caltrans work crew caught stopping traffic to distribute campaign fliers opposed to Prop 6 gas tax repeal initiative

California state law expressly prohibits the use of taxpayer money to engage in a political campaign, but that’s exactly what happened on a busy California highway this week when a Caltrans work crew being paid taxpayer funds to work on a road project decided to use the project traffic calming process to stop traffic and hand out “No on Prop 6” campaign fliers. Traffic was delayed 18-24 minutes

Does the GOP have a racist cut-off point?

  • by
The n-word is one of the most odious of words deriving from this country’s original sin of slavery.

Since his first year in office, Trump’s displays of xenophobic, misogynistic, LGBTQ-phobic, and racist remarks (to name just a few from his laundry list of bigotries) appear to have no cutoff point.

The Republican Party under Trump doesn’t seem to have one, either. 

Hillcrest Fire Station No. 5 opens

  • by

Marking the fourth new fire station to open this year and the ninth to be built or renovated since he took office, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer today continued his commitment to investing in public safety infrastructure and neighborhood services with the grand opening of the new Fire Station No. 5 that will better serve Hillcrest and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Bill to encourage gender neutral pronouns in statute and other policies passes assembly judiciary committee

  • by
ACR 260 also calls on California departments and agencies to engage in similar efforts when drafting policies, regulations, and other guidance.

Legislation to establish gender neutral pronouns in statute and state policies and regulations passed the Assembly Committee on the Judiciary by a bipartisan vote of 7-0. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 260 is authored by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus, and co-authored by all members of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus.

Faulconer vows to continue protecting taxpayers following Supreme Court decision

  • by
Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer issues statement on Supreme Court decision for pension reform.

Following the California Supreme Court decision to send the matter of Proposition B, the pension reform initiative approved by 66 percent of voters in 2012, back to the Court of Appeal for further proceedings and to defer to a previous ruling by the Public Employment Relations Board, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer issued the following statement:

Helix’s first book & author to hit Hillcrest; Blake Mitchell to appear

  • by
Book signing of "His Own Way Out" on Saturday, August 18, from 7-9 pm at Manfest.

 Parent company of Helix Studios (13 Red Media Ltd), known for the hottest models and videos, released the first novel in their new Rise Up series on July 19, 2018.                         

Rise Up is a new series of adult novels that illuminates pivotal moments in the lives of LGBTQ youth.

That n-word, again

  • by

Papa Johns is the latest to use the n-word and then apologize.

Concerns about the afterlife in this life with Trump

  • by

A pall hangs over many Americans since Trump has taken office. One sign of this dark cloud has been an uptick in dystopian novels. Classics like George Orwell’s “1984”, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here,” and my favorite, Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale,” a drama web television hit on “Hulu” are now all horrifyingly prescient.