Head start sequester cuts. 79 children lose. The sequester has finally met its purpose, denying education to 79 pre-school poor kids. This will mean 79 kids not ready for kintergarden, not ready to read, and headed for possible failure.
Brown signs minimum wage bill, Chamber of Commerce goes nuts: For the first time in seven years, the minimum wage in California will go up. This will be phased in, over a three year period. The good ole Chamber of Commerce (sic) once again claims the move will bankrupt small businesses, while statistics show fast food CEOs and corporations making record profits.
Poll, California citizens, especially in Potterville, paranoid about court ordered release of inmates. After forty (count em 40) years of passing more and more restrictive and reactionary laws against crime, that have failed, now the citizens are frightened to death because non-violent inmates must be released due to unconstitutional overcrowding. Meanwhile, conservatives, without even a whisper about their failed policies, push for "tougher penalties"...
A stamp will cost 3 cents more, and that means we must privatize the U.S. Mail, losing millions of jobs. But hey...small or no government is best.
Home sales up: After a trainwreck, homes are finally sellling...to the rich..the middle class rents now and forever.
The above were headlines in the Record Searchlight, Thursday, September 26, 2013. Another day in Potterville, where the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class gets dumber!
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