Schaper Derangement Syndrome: President of Torrance Democratic Club Has Shirts With My Name

This is quite a compliment, actually.

Again, I don't know whether to laugh, or laugh out loud and keep laughing at this point.

Beneath Jen "Karen" Graham's Facebook post targeting me in the "Torrance Community Group," Jimmy Gow, the failed city council candidate, the failed former member of the Torrance Social Services Commission, and the current (really ongoing, because no one else wants the job) president of the failed Torrance Democratic Club, had some things to share about me, too!

There's living in people's heads rent free, and there there's having the penthouse! With Jimmy Gow, I think I have the penthouse view of Fifth Avenue.

Check out what he had to share:

Here's a closer view:

And here's one more:

Frankly, I would love to have this shirt. It's a badge of honor for me.

And don't think that this is some isolated novelty. Other people have this shirt, too!

Wow! This is "Schaper Derangement Syndrome" on a whole other level! WOW! I am starting to wonder if this is a cry for help or something. These people really do need counseling, therapy, something! Why would anyone want my name on a T-shirt, and then they would wear it?

Now, Jimmy Gow claims that because I blog about him by name, he has "made it in local Democratic politics".

Does he define "making it" as losing one city council race after another? He was the bottom vote-getter in the 2018 Torrance City Council elections, and he barely eked out of last place in his latest bid for Torrance City Council in the 2022 Torrance City Council elections for District One. (Once again, he did not win.)

Does he define "making it in local Democratic politics" by having every major endorsement from local and county Democratic officials, only to lose one election after another? It's hard to believe but it's true: Gow had endorsements from both Congressmen (Ted Lieu and Maxine Waters); our state assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, who even walked precincts for him!; and LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn.

And Gow still lost! 

Does "making it" include having members of the Torrance Democratic Club shutting out people who want to speak their Congressman, to petition him for a redress of grievances? That happened in 2013. Click here for information about that.

Does "making it" including trespassing on a veterans hall, and associating with progressive minions who spit at veterans, push people to the ground, and steal their property? For more information, click here.

Does "making it" include getting thrown off a commission? Check here for the whole story.

If that is "making it in Democratic politics," then please count me out. I would rather the clubs I joined have their charters revoked or something ... In fact, that's exactly what happened to me! LOL! (See here for more info)

At any rate, Jimmy Gow clearly has a bad case of Schaper Derangement Syndrome, and all I can say is "WINNING!"

Schaper Derangement Syndrome: Leah Nora Smith-Enciso Called the Police, Begged Journalists for Help

Some of the comments beneath Jen "Karen" Graham's post attacking me, Mayor Chen, and Councilman Mattucci (click here for details) were too funny to ignore.

A number of the remarks from established leftists Leah Nora Smith-Enciso were quite entertaining!

Leah Nora Smith-Enciso
doubling doubling with toil and trouble

Check out the remarks from Leah Enciso, another hater in the city of Torrance who shamed me because I stand up for natural marriage, life, and secure borders for a country:

I can case you cannot read the comments above, I will reprint and comment on them for you below:

Not sure anything can be done. He's paid to do what he does.

There are a few things that can be done. Leah Nora Smith-Enciso can stop promoting violent hate groups like The Southern Poverty Law Center. She can stop promoting the degeneracy of youth with her push to normalize LGBT ideologies onto children. She can also stop publishing Left hate and stop defaming people who disagree with her. Of course, such efforts would mean that she would have to reflect on her own wrong believing, wrong thinking, and wrong doing.

And no leftist wants to do that.

When he targeted me on his blog, I tried reporting him to TPD and they laughed at me on the phone.

I laughed so hard when I read this, I thought I was going to have a stroke! This admission was one of the funniest I have read in a long, long time. 

She actually called the police on me?! Really?!

For the record, here's the post that I wrote about Leah Nora Smith-Enciso. Click here.

Leah continues to cry, play victim, and make a fool of herself:

His bullying and targeted attacks are well known and have been going on for a long time and it seems no one wants to do anything to stop him.

First of all, calling out people's hateful ideas and defaming remarks is not "bullying or targeted attacks." It's called "calling people out," and if Mrs. Smith-Enciso has a problem with that, then she should learn some manners are stop shaming and villifying people who disagree with her.

Second, for her to call the Torrance Police Department over a blog post?! Seriously?! No wonder the Torrance Police Department laughed at her! I have even more respect for the men and women in uniform who are protect our community. I feel so vindicated that Torrance Police officers refused to go along with Leah's self-serving sob story. That comment alone really made my day.

Thirdly, I am not surprised that "no one wants to do anything to do stop him." You want to do know why no one wants to stop me? Because they appreciate the fact that I am standing up to the real bullies, haters, and hatemongers in the city of Torrance, i.e. the small coterie of leftists and local agitiators and keyboard warriors who think that they can write nasty things about people and get away with it, with impunity. I run into people every week who are grateful that I speak up at city council meetings and report on what is going on in the city. Many of those same people also voted for Jon Kaji, George Chen, and Aurelio Mattucci for city council.

This next admission from Smith-Enciso was also quite vindicating for me:

I reached out to local journalists and newspapers and no one wants to write about him after all the harassment he did of the woman who wrote the LA Times article on him.

It's amazing how these hateful liberals love playing victim, and they love labeling anyone who exposes them as "harassment." But I digress. What is really vindicating is that reporters in the South Bay and in the greater Los Angeles area have learned their lesson and do not defame or shame or attack or vilify me in the press. Strangely enough, though, there are a number of a local reporters in the Southern California News Group who have written respectful statements about me and others I work with.

This revelation from Smith-Enciso, that local press will not attack me, is proof that everyday people can fight back against the corporate media and win. For too long, press at the local, state, and even national level have gotten away with targeting and shaming ordinary people simply because of their politics or their differences of opinion on local or national issues. Now that the larger conglomerate of corporate media no longer has the power they used to, in large part because people can be their own press, they have learned not to systematically target and harass people.

I do think anyone who has endorsed him and has been endorsed by him is not a good fit for any position in local government. However I just don't know what else we can do besides continuing to talk about how dangerous he is and spreading the word.

This last sentence is also laugh-out-loud funny. How do they plan on spreading the word if they insist on making posts and sharing comments in a private group that one else can read? These "Torrance Community Group" haters have a long history of throwing people out of the Facebook group who disagree with them, too. Who are they going to talk to?

And what do they mean "dangerous"? I must say that liberalism, leftism, progressivism, whatever is truly a mental illness in and of itself. They really believe that speech is violence, and that words alone can kill. The truth is that they do not like the fact that someone in the community is calling out their crap, and that drives them crazy.

The fact that they want to continue talking and spreading the word (about what, exactly?) is another symptom of their Schaper Derangement Syndrome. It's quite sad, really. I hope they get help soon.

BREAKING: Torrance Community Group in Panic Mode, Members Hide Identity After Exposure for Defaming Local Residents

Well, that didn't take too long.

Today, (June 24th, 2022), members of the "Torrance Community Group" are already panicking because I have exposed their secretive hatefest (and very serious cases of "Schaper Derangement Syndrome") for the public to see.

Check out their latest post:

"A history of being a stalker ..." really?!

I don't whether to laugh or cry at this point. This small cadre of individuals are truly mentally ill, or emotionally immature, or both, or something far worse.

What it all really amounts to, of course, is that they do not like the fact that common-sense residents in the city of Torrance are rising up and fighting back. They do not like the fact that conservatives and constitutionalists generally are not putting up with the social media bullying, hazing, and hating. They simply do not like the fact that everyday citizens are fighting back and giving these hateful leftists a taste of their own medicine.

Check out the comments beneath this post, too:

My  property of "free rent" just got bigger.

This Judd Rose guy comments, "Dude makes himself a public figure."

Funny how he and others can say that, when they have spent much of their time on social media making public comments about me and attack me. They are responsible for making me a public figure, really.

Susan Niemeyer, who promoted hate group "The Southern Poverty Law Center" when she was defaming some of the city councilmembers, says that I am "a complete waste of a person."

They why did she spend time attacking me in the first place? Wouldn't that make her a waste of a person, too? Or at least that she is wasting her time?

There is a price to "Schaper Derangement Syndrome," no doubt, and they are all paying the price. If they just went back to taking care of their own little lives and stopped defaming others who disagree with them, they would not have so much pain and suffering. It's their own fault, and yet one of the core problems with SDS is that they refuse to take responsibility for their thoughts, their feelings, their actions. It's really sad, but in some ways, it's quite funny to see so many people melt down just because I call them out for all the hateful, dishonest things that they write and do.

Schaper Derangement Syndrome: Torrance Community Group Admin Jen "Karen" Graham Attacks Me as "Local Agitator"

 

Jen Graham is one of the Administrators for the "Torrance Community Group."

Here's here profile picture:

You can visit her Facebook profile here.

I have no idea who this lady is, and I really don't know what her problem is, but she is really fixated on me. It's kind of weird, even a little disturbing, but in the end, it's pretty funny. I must live in her head rent-free, and she is a classic example of "Schaper Derangement Syndrome."

In case you cannot read the full comments on her Facebook books in the "Torrance Community Group," I will reprint them below for you (Here's the original link on Facebook):

I know that several of you are familiar with local agitator and bigot, Arthur Schaper. He is known to post libelous posts of local residents on his blog, and is a paid agitator for a national hate group.

 

The stories of Arthur are foul and far too numerous to add here. But I will say, he has done hit pieces on some local teachers, and the fall out was pretty awful. I have been told that at least one of the teachers went out on mental health leave.

 

More recently he posted yet another libelous hit piece on a friend of mine, and I hope that something will finally be done to stop him from his campaign of hate.

 

Why am I mentioning this you ask? Well, did you know that both Aurelio Mattucci and Mayoral Candidate George Chen supported Arthur on his last failed bid for state Assembly? Arthur also proudly supports George Chen, including donating to George's current campaign for mayor.

I don't know about you, but I would have serious doubts about a mayoral candidate who support Arthur Schaper, and I think you should too. This alone in my mind makes it clear that Cliff Numark is the only valid candidate for mayor.

In the comments I will link to an LA Times article that a journalist wrote about Arthur,. (Arthur's response to the article by the way was to harrass [sic] and torment the journalist in such a way that the LA Times will never do an article about him again.

There is so much to unpack here. Where do I start? Right at the beginning, of course!

"I know that several of you are familiar with local agitator and bigot, Arthur Schaper."

Wow, I live in many of their heads rent free! And they all know who I am, whoever they are ...

"Local agitator." What's wrong with agitating for what is good? From abolition of slavery to fighting for life at all stages, agitation is part of what makes America great. Would Jen Graham prefer to live in some third-world dictatorship, where people are routinely mowed down, gunned down, or locked up for speaking out?

I guess being labeled a local agitator is a real compliment. It's strange, though, that she mentions a "national hate group." Wouldn't that make me a national agitator, too?

And there's this constant refrain of "bigot." What is a "bigot" exactly? They keep using that word, but ...

So, here's a definition of a "bigot":

a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

Frankly, I do not subscribe to this nonsense. My views are based on reason and research, so they are not unreasonable. However, the vitriol which Jen Graham and her coterie of haters spew at me sure meets the above definition.

And I must remind the reader that the Administrators for Torrance Community Group refused to let me join. Sounds pretty bigoted, if you ask me ...

The stories of Arthur are foul and far too numerous to add here. But I will say, he has done hit pieces on some local teachers, and the fall out was pretty awful. I have been told that at least one of the teachers went out on mental health leave.

It's interesting that she does not list "the stories" that I have written. I have exposed a number of teachers in Torrance Unified, however, who are pushing their indoctrinary agenda in the classroom instead of actually teaching their students. Teachers are not supposed to push viewpoint discrimination of any kind, but they are supposed to actually ... wait for it ... TEACH!

In fact, many of the teachers whom I have exposed remind me of a person who is attached to an irrational point of view, and is not interested in any other point of view. That sounds like bigotry, doesn't it?!

If a teacher went out on mental health leave because I exposed the things that he or she was doing in the classroom, then I guess I made a good point. If a teacher is not doing anything wrong in the classroom, why would he or she feel threatened frightened, or upset in some way? 

It's good to know that what I have written about some of the really bad teachers in Torrance Unified is having an impact. What is more important, however, is that parents in the city are grateful that I have given them a voice, because many of them fear the retaliation against their own children if they speak up.

More recently he posted yet another libelous hit piece on a friend of mine, and I hope that something will finally be done to stop him from his campaign of hate.

What strikes me as so funny about Jen "Karen" Graham's whining and complaining is that she is guilty of the very things that she accuses me of. She is waging a campaign of hate right then and there with her Facebook post, as have other people in the city on other social media groups.

What really bothers deranged Karens like Jen Graham is that unlike most people, I "punch back," hitting the angry, hateful people who attack me with their own words and hold them accountable for their hate. Most people on the left, or people who turn into apoplectic bigots generally, do not like being confronted when they bully others. Jen Graham is no different. I am glad to see that she is feeling the heat, and I do not apologize for confronting people who push falsehoods and spiteful, personal attacks against other Torrance residents. For the record, this kind of catty indecency towards others is all too common in South Bay politics here in Los Angeles County. What makes me stand out is that I am not afraid of people saying mean things about me, since I have no problem throwing it right back at them. Sometimes, you do have to fight fire with fire, or as the Bible says:

"Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." (Proverbs 26:5)

There's a lot of folly and conceit in Torrance Community Group, and I am answering them!

And once again, telling the truth is not "hate," unless you a Karen like Jen Graham.

Why am I mentioning this you ask? Well, did you know that both Aurelio Mattucci and Mayoral Candidate George Chen supported Arthur on his last failed bid for state Assembly? Arthur also proudly supports George Chen, including donating to George's current campaign for mayor.

This is not true.

If "supported," Graham means endorsed, only Councilman Aurelio Mattucci enodrsed my campaign for state assembly. And unlike some adults, I hold no ill will towards anyone for choosing not to endorse my campaign. By the way, I earned more votes in 2020 compared to the previous Republican nominee in 2018, who had also spent $1.5 million!

There's a contigent of voters out there would liked what I had to say and share, and I could have done better if I could have raised more money.

Also, I was indeed proud to support Councilman Chen's campaign for mayor. I feel great vindication in this, because now Councilman Chen is MAYOR CHEN! It looks like I know how to pick good candidates to represent the city of Torrance. Thanks for the "compliment," Jen!

I don't know about you, but I would have serious doubts about a mayoral candidate who support Arthur Schaper, and I think you should too. This alone in my mind makes it clear that Cliff Numark is the only valid candidate for mayor.

In truth, we should have serious doubts about anyone who thinks that Mayor Chen is not fit for office based on who supports him. Mayor Chen was twice elected to city council, first at-large, and then in District Two. He defeated an incumbent both times in his bid for city council. Then he defeated a well-funded machine candidate, Cliff Numark, who had the backing of a number of labor unions in and around the city. Numark quit his job representing the city council so that he could serve on the El Camino College Board. He did not take a clear stance on key issues facing the city, and judging by some of his weak rhetoric and unfounded against against George Chen, he was not ready for the prime-time responsibility of serving as Torrance Mayor.

The fact is that lots of people found George Chen to be the best man for the job. Despite Graham's attempts to shame me, the fact is that she has further established my credibility in the city. I am really proud to have supported Mayor Chen's bid for mayor, and I am glad that a solid majority of people in the city of Torrance agreed with me.

In the comments I will link to an LA Times article that a journalist wrote about Arthur,. (Arthur's response to the article by the way was to harrass [sic] and torment the journalist in such a way that the LA Times will never do an article about him again.

First of all, the Los Angeles Times (by their own admission) is a racist newspaper. They admitted it in a broad editorial and an open letter from the newspaper's new owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong.

Second of all, the article clearly WAS a hit piece, and thankfully other residents in the city slam or shame anyone who references that article as though it was seriously journalism. One person calmly pointed out that the article is over five years old. And yet the "SDS" Karens in the Torrance Community Group still reference it? They really do have issues, don't then?

Third, Jen needs to use spellcheck. "Harrass"? Really?

Fourth, "torment" is the term she used. What is this, the Spanish Inquisition? She offers nothing to suggest what exactly she is talking about regarding the article or the person who wrote it. For the record, because the article was a hateful hit piece, I had friends and supporters from around the country contact her, demanding retractions and corrections. The same reporter has a personal website, in which she promotes notorious anti-semite and terrorist sympathizer Helen Thomas. The reporter who attacked me looked up to that same hateful press corps agent Thomas, the same woman who said "The Jews should get the hell out of Palestine!" I can't believe any so-called journalist would tolerate a bigot like Helen Thomas. And yes, she was a bigot, because she had tolerance of Jews (or Christians) living in Israel, and she said unreservedly that they should be removed from the country that they have lawfully entered or lived in or were born. 

I simply called out the reporter's hypocrisy. That's not torment. That is the power of the press. If she could not take it, then she should not have dished it out.

If that is not bigotry, I don't know what is. If you want more information, check this post.

Last of all, I am glad that my pressure campaign against that terrible LA Times journalist presumably paid off. These propagandists disguised as journalists need to be held accountable for defaming and shaming everyday people who share their views and fight for what they believe in. If they have a problem with people exercising their First Amendment rights, then what business do they have writing for newspapers--even if no one reads them anymore?

This post from Jen "Karen" Graham is vintage proof of "Schaper Derangement Syndrome," but the comments underneath it were even more entertaining! More to follow!

"Republican" New Majority Betrays Conservatives AGAIN, Endorsed Democrat Against Torrance City Councilman Mattucci

More like "New Permanent Minority"

The so-called "New Majority" is a group of centrist to liberal Republicans trying to improve matters for the center-right in the state of California. The truth is that they are an organization which focused on fiscal issues, and one of their spokesmen claimed that they have no interest in social or cultural issues.

Here's their stance on their website:

New Majority promotes a fiscally responsible philosophy in government and an inclusive mainstream approach towards politics.

Through education and contributions, it seeks to inform its membership and contribute resources to Republican and other philosophically aligned candidates and issues that share its mission.

"Inclusive mainstream" is double-speak for culturally liberal, progressive, or neo-Marxist.

The truth is that they are actually quite liberal on those issues, and they only support Republicans for office in the state of California if they are pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-gun control, etc. One candidate in Torrance was running for a seat on the local college board. He was passed over by the New Majority, and they endorsed the Democrat.

The thing is, though, that on their own website they advertise their push for a "fiscally responsible philosophy in government." How can they support any Democratic candidate in California, then, since the state party platform endorses every big government, quasi-socialist push imaginable?

The Republican Party, in California and across the country, currently exists to serve as the outlet for voters who want a restraint on the state and a restoration of traditional norms and values. The election of Donald Trump via a massive wave of support from Republican voters across the country, including California, confirms this fact.

But the New Majority is not

Sometimes, they do good things. They endorsed David Hadley in his bid for state assembly in 2014 and 2016. He would not have won the 2014 election without their help. It was good to have Hadley in office instead of left-wing, pro-sex offender Al Muratsuchi.

However, the "New Majority" has evinced a growing weakness for embracing the left entirely, even supporting left-wing candidates and other Democratic contenders when there is a Republican running for the same office.

The "New Majority" was supposed to be focused on winning elections for Republicans, right? Then why do they donate time and money to Democrats?

Why did they support a brazen, dishonest liberal like Jean Adelsman instead of Councilman Aurelio Mattucci?

Don't believe me?

Check out this donation to Dishonest Jean's campaign during her failed race for Torrance City Council:

Check the bottom entry, and you will find Gerald Marcil of Rancho Palos Verdes donated $500 to Dishonest Democrat Jean Adelsman.

Gerald, or rather Jerry Marcil, is a member of the New Majority. Click here for more info.

Why is a member of the New Majority committed to taking out a committed, effective conservative in the city of Torrance? How does this advance any good causes for the well-being of the city of Torrance, the state of California, or for the Republican Party?

Why did the New Majority stick their noses into a city council race and try to push out a well-known, effective, and established conservative who has helped other Republicans get elected?

Contact the New Majority, and start demanding answers! Click here.

Call their main office, too: (949) 339-2770

Schaper Derangement Syndrome: "Torrance Community Group" on Facebook

Cover Photo of "Torrance Community Group" Facebook group

The city of Torrance is filled with wonderful people, many of whom share different opinions on a variety of issues. I don't agree with everyone, and no one should. That would be crazy, and that would certainly make life boring or cantankerous--or both!

There are a number of Facebook groups in which people from all over the city can join in and share their views, complain, compliment, or just compare experiences and share their thoughts about the city and the people who live and work there.

There is one group that I was interested in joining, the Torrance Community Group. It seemed nice enough. When I applied to join, however, I find that the group just disappeared! It looks as if they blocked me from joining.

I have received a number of really interesting posts out of that Facebook group, though, which may explain why they did not want me to join.

I was really shocked to find out that many of the posts in Torrance Community Group are dedicated to attacking, maligning, and even outright defaming people in the city. Torrance is better than that!

I was one target.

In fact, a good deal of the rancor exhibited towards me was particularly amusing, and I feel compelled to share it with all of you. This stuff is funny, and in many ways gratifying and vindicating in my work exposing and confronting hateful, bigoted people in the city of Torrance who have shamed, defamed, and dishonored others for a long time on social media.

What can I say? I love my haters!

In fact, this particulary group of haters suffers from a particular strain of "Schaper Derangement Sydrome." It's like Trump Derangement Syndrome, but instead, it's:

the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency—nay—the very existence of Arthur Schaper.

In the next series of posts, I will be sharing to how great an extent "Schaper Derangement Syndrome" has afflicted some people in the city of Torrance, i.e. the contributors to the "Torrance Community Group" on Facebook. Furthermore, I will be sharing how despire their nasty attacks against me and others, I still hold my head high, and laugh out loud, remembering the wonderful promise in God's Word:

"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 54:17)

and also

"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Corinthians 12:10)

Stay tuned for more!

March for Our Rights to March for Our Lives

First and Second Amendments focus of March for Our Lives in Hermosa Beach (Easy Reader News)

Only two hundred gun-control activists protested in the South Bay two weeks ago? That’s a victory for the Second Amendment, since thousands in Los Angeles County purchased firearms during the George Floyd riots in May, 2020. There are thousands more lawfully arming themselves to thwart rising violent crime rates across the county, due to pro-criminal District Attorney George Gascon’s lax enforcement policies. 

It is shameful how gun-control fanatics politicize tragedy to disarm law-abiding citizens. They ignore the true causes of mass shootings: the breakdown of the family, the lack of law and order in urban areas, the dismantling of mental health interventions, plus the increased reticence of local law enforcement agencies to subdue assailants. 

All of the proposed gun control measures from our distanced political class—bans on ghost guns, red flag laws, extended waiting periods—would not have stopped the mass shootings in Parkland, Florida; Uvalde, Texas; Aurora, Colorado; or Newtown, Connecticut. US Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban did not stop mass casualties or mass shootings across the country, either. 

For the record, California is NOT one of the safest states when it comes to mass shootings, as they occur on average once every 8 days. (Source: Public Policy Institute of California) 

To end mass shootings, the federal government must repeal gun-free zone mandates. Furthermore, California should enhance Second Amendment rights by repealing onerous and useless gun-control measures while extending right-to-carry provisions in public and private locations. It's time to march for our rights if we want to march for our lives.

Election 2022: Hypocrisy, Your Name is Pat Furey

Soon to be gone Torrance Mayor Pat Furey is calling Councilman Aurelio Mattucci a hypocrite.

Really.

Check out the post he shared on his Facebook page:

The truth is that Aurelio Mattucci has received a number of donations from small business owners and developers because he wants to make the city of Torrance business friendly. I am surprised that some elected officials find that offensive.

Many people like the fact that Aurelio says what he means, and he does what he says he is going to do.

What is really galling about the attack post above is that the featured development is in LOMITA. It's not in Torrance, and Councilman Mattucci has opposed large developments like the one featured above. In fact, the city of Torrance weighed on this projected development and wanted to stop it, but it was ultimately the city of Lomita's decision.

But let's talk about creepy hypocrite Pat Furey.

Pat Furey accuses Councilman Mattucci of "say one thing, do another"? Really?

He also likes to use the word "rant" when describing comments that Mattucci has made in city council or during debates. The truth is that when Pat Furey hears people speaking the truth, he dismisses those comments as "rants." Furey is the same corrupt fraud who routinely shuts people down in city council meetings, only because he cannot handle watchdogs exposing the truth about the city's finances under his watch.

This same Pat Furey colluded in 2014 with a PAC sponsored by McCormick Ambulance, only then to vote to terminate the city's contract with the Torrance-based ambulance company Gerber in favor of McCormick. And Creepy Pat has the audacity to accuse others of "say one thing, do another"?

This is the same Creepy Pat who ushered in a bunch of ordinances on urban farming, only to refuse to enforce them?

This is the same Creepy Pat who violated campaign finance laws, and whose son violated campaign laws, too?

Hypocrisy, your name is Pat Furey.

Texas Run-Offs for State House, 2022: VOTE FOR JEFF YOUNGER!!!!!

 Texas Minute has provided extensive reporting on all the run-off elections for Texas State Rep this year.

This is a big change to get rid of all the RINOs who have allowed sex mutilation of minors to continue unchallenged.

This is a chance to stop the LGBT pandering which has become all too common place among Texas GOP Establishment figures, as well.

YEEHAW!

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Good morning, 

Here is the Texas Minute for Monday, May 23, 2022.

 

– Brandon Waltens 

 

• Election Day is tomorrow, May 24, in the primary runoff elections.
   
• In these races, no candidate was able to secure more than 50 percent of the vote in the March primary election. 
   
• In addition to three Republican statewide positions—which will be on ballots across the state—there are 17 runoffs for the state legislature (including 4 incumbent House members.)
   
• As part of our Decision Texas coverage of the elections, Texas Scorecard has previewed all 17 mashups, including questioning the candidates on hot button issues such as ending the practice of putting Democrats in leadership positions.
   
• Their answers (or lack thereof...) can help inform voters before heading to the polls.

 

Texas Senate

Senate District 24 
Pete Flores vs. Raul Reyes 

Texas House

House District 12
Kyle Kacal vs. Ben Bius 

House District 17
Stan Gerdes vs. Paul Pape 

House District 19
Ellen Troxclair vs. Justin Berry 

House District 23
Patrick Gurski  vs. Terri Leo Wilson 

House District 52
Patrick McGuinness vs. Caroline Harris 

House District 60
Glenn Rogers vs. Mike Olcott

House District 61
Paul Chabot vs. Frederick Frazier

House District 63
Ben Bumgarner  vs. Jeff Younger 

House District 70
Jamee Jolly  vs. Eric Bowlin

House District 73
Barron Casteel vs. Carrie Isaac

House District 84
David Glasheen vs. Carl Tepper 

House District 85
Phil Stephenson vs. Stan Kitzman

House District 91
Stephanie Klick vs. David Lowe 

House District 93
Nate Schatzline vs. Laura Hill

House District 122
Elisa Chan vs. Mark Dorazio

House District 133
Shelley Torian Barineau vs. Mano DeAyala 

Stupid Sales Tax Desperation? Five Mailers in Two Weeks

In the last two weeks, I have received five mailers with different endorsements and scare tactics telling me that I MUST, MUST, MUST support Measure SST, which will raise the city sales tax by half a percent.

If I do not support the sales tax hike, every core and essential service will shut down!

If I do not tax myself more on every purchase I make in the city, then the whole city will go bankrupt!

If I do not add to the inflation already crippling household budgets and forcing people to cut back on essentials, then life as we know it will end and the world will self-combust in a ball of fire!

Blah, blah, blah.

Councilman George Chen rightly denounced these scare tactics.

It's really insulting that the city staff and the city council majority forced the residents to even consider a tax hike, when so many of us are hurting because of the high costs of gas, groceries, and other goods and services.

How tone deaf, how out of touch can people be?

So, let's take a look at the five mailers which have flooded mailboxes throughout the city begging every voter to cough up more of their dwindling financial resources to the city:

Here's the first one I received:

"Every second counts!"

Yes, indeed, every second counts when it comes to emergency care. No one would dispute that. The argument, however, that we must raise the sales tax to ensure that the fire department and the ambulance services remain running is disingenuous at best.

Last month, I had a health emergency and called the fire department. They arrived on scene within two minutes. In fact, there are six fire stations in the city, and they are currently adequately staffed.

Also, there is already a $23 million reserve in the general fund (not $500k, as the Daily Breeze had earlier reported), and that fund is going to increase to $32 million by June, 2022.

We do not need the sales tax increase. No, we do not have to worry about health emergencies going unanswered if the sales tax increase does not pass.

Now, here's two more flyers pressing for the sales tax increase:

The SST committee is relying on LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn to make the pitch for this stupid sales tax? Really?

Who thought that this was a good idea?

Most people have no idea who their supervisor is, representing them in Downtown LA.

Second of all, so what if some other elected official outside of the city wants a sales tax increase? 

This kind of advertisement is a bigger turn-off than a turn-on to support this tax move.

Let's cut through the crap here: Supervisor Hahn simply wanted to put her face on a mailer so that she could promote herself, and she wants to keep in good graces with the public sector unions in the city. She is a union whore, after all, giving the public sector union lobbies everything they want and then some, no matter how much it costs the taxpayers, and no matter whether the citizens get their money's worth for all the spending.

These two flyers were just an insulting waste of time, to put it mildly. Pure political opportunism and sex promotion, nothing more.

Here are two more flyers. The first one tries to appeal to everyone's sense of Torrance as a nice, home-town place where everyone belongs and everyone shares the long-standing history of the city:

Hey, it's a great map! It's a nice, glossy mailer that gets the reader's attention.

But guess what? I still don't want to pay more in sales tax!

Here's another flyer:

Yes, there is that headline "Every penny stays right here to keep in Torrance."

Actually, such a blunt, obvious headline does not inspire confidence. I guess a focus group or another poll indicated that people are more worried now than before about how the money will actually be spent, and whether it will actually stay in the city of Torrance.

The SST committee is not being completely honest here. There is no certainty that the money will be used for police, fire, or paramedics. There are no specific strings attached to the monies to ensure that they go to essential services. In fact, much of the money will likely go to pensions and benefits for retired workers, which means that the money will NOT stay in the city at all!

But regarding the fact that the money will not be earmarked to specific costs, the city will indeed have the full discretion to spend the new tax revenues on anything they want in the city. That does not inspire confidence to support this measure, even if all the money stays in the city.

When the city council was debating this matter, Councilman Mattucci offered to consider this tax measure if the ballot initiative made it absolutely clear that the monies would only be spent on police or fire. For that kind of initiative to pass, however, would have required a two-thirds vote of the residents.

There is no way that two-thirds of the city would support a tax increase, even if the money would be directly tied to specific essential services in the city only.

In fact, when the city council and staff were investigating how to raise revenue via a sales tax increase, they had initially consider a .075 percent sales tax! After polling on that issue, however, they realized that it would not pass. When they considered a .5 percent sales tax, their polling sample resulted in a bare 52% supporting the tax increase. Of course, all of that was before the price of gas doubled and budget-crippling inflation had set in!

This Stupid Sales Tax Committee has tried so many arguments to make their case. They have threatened residents that core services will suffer if they do not vote to tax themselves more. They have asked Supervisor Hahn to endorse the proposal, and they sent two tacky flyers promoting the self-promoting county politician to everyone in the city.

And now they are trying to assure everyone that the money will stay in the city.

Last of all, they have listed a whole bunch of politicians and city staff, retired and current, who endorse this proposal.

Check out the latest flyer that I received, with a whole bunch of  endorsements!

                                                  

I really have to question this kind of logic.

So what if a bunch of former and current city councilmembers, administrative staff, fire chiefs, police chiefs, etc. endorse a sales tax hike? It's not their money.

It's our money they are asking for more of!

And, the current city councilmembers who endorse this SST measure are the same people who approved spending down the general fund reserves over the last SEVEN YEARS! They were fiscally irresponsible. Why should we pick up the tab on their lack of restraint?

But what really caught my attention with this latest flyer is that they repeat names on the list! Did anyone bother to edit this flyer?

Look at these close-up shots of the listed endorsements:

"Street Racing Kills" is listed twice. What does the fight to curb street racing (which is a dangerous practice, to be sure) have to do with raising the sales tax? And why list it twice? Granted, the second list includes the director for the movement, but shouldn't the organization's endorsement alone suffice?

Oh, and the flyer lists Jimmy Gow, the abused President of the Torrance Democratic Club, as an endorser. This is the shameless, self-promotional politics that we got with the two previous flyers propping up Supervisor Hahn. Give me a break!

Oh, and Jimmy Gow is listed twice, too:

So, because a partisan activist who trespassed on a veterans hall, and went with minions who spit at veterans and stole their property -- he is listed twice on a flyer to endorse a sales tax increase?

What was the SST Committee thinking?!

This is desperation, nothing more.

Torrance voters need to reject this Stupid Sales Tax. One flyer after another indicates clear desperation. Frankly, the committee pushing this measure should be ashamed of themselves, considering all the economic challenges that Torrance residents are facing as it is.

The United States is facing a recession. The S and P Index just touched into Bear Market territory this past week.

The price of gas has skyrocketed, and it's only going higher. The price of groceries is going up by 20%, 30%, 40%. Business is slowing for many small business owners, too.

And with this perfect storm of econmic troubles, the city council and staff want to push a sales tax increase? And this increase is not even necessary, and it will only discourage commerce in the city.

Say NO to the Stupid Sales Tax increase.