LOS ANGELES

MY TURN--The obscene orgy of intergroup hatred is destroying the nation.  America’s history has been a relentless series of hideous group rights agitation to provide the welfare of one group above that of another group. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--This note is written to people who still call themselves Republicans. 

ANIMAL WATCH-On March 27, just days after the announcement by Best Friends Animal Society that Los Angeles had reached the organization’s mythical “No Kill” goal, a post appeared on LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette’s Facebook page, announcing that she is retiring from her position with the City. 

@THE GUSS REPORT-Only a tightly wrapped OCD would look at the chaotic dismantling last week of the massive Echo Park lake homeless camp and attempt to brand it as "a success." 

BAIL FOR THE POOR--On Thursday, California’s Supreme Court struck a major blow to the cash bail system in a ruling that should honestly be adopted across the nation

CLOSING--The County Board of Supervisors will virtually slink into an audio-only Special closed session in place of their regular open board meeting Tuesday March 30, but City Hall will be on recess to commemorate the 3rd day of Passover.   

HEALTH POLITICS-I have personal experience with single-payer health care, directly contrasting treatment for the same medical diagnosis under America’s for-profit private insurance formula, with Canada’s single-payer paradigm.

MASS KILLINGS POLITICS-When a lost soul attempts to reclaim himself in the American way, it becomes, far too often. . .we all know this. . .another mass murder. 

IMMIGRATION POLITICS--Hundreds of thousands of Central Americans wouldn’t flood the U.S. border if things weren’t pretty bad back home.

LEANING RIGHT--Something very bad just happened by a great man who could have, and should have, done much better addressing the ills of our nation. 

WHO’S IN CHARGE? On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, the Canoga Park Neighborhood Council (CPNC) held their regularly scheduled Board meeting via the ZOOM platform. On their agenda:

MY TURN--The common element of predatory abusers is their power over their victims. 

GUEST COMMENTARY-Louis Mirante, legislative director for the Big Tech/developer funded organization “California YIMBY (“Yes in my back-yard”)” gets paid to tweet.

GELFAND’S WORLD--I sometimes think about writing a series of 49 cent books to explore the thought -- or lack of thought -- that goes on in public discourse.

PLANNING WATCH-According to former President George W. Bush, if you are fooled once, you can’t be fooled again.

THE CITY--Apparently, Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles never noticed that his close partner and fundraising champion, Rick Jacobs, with whom he has been embedded for years, had been sexually harassing his LAPD security detail and tongue kissing journalists without authorization or consent. 

PUBLIC HEALTH POLITICS--A public health watchdog on Wednesday praised California's proposal to add the so-called "forever chemical" PFOA to the state's list of chemicals known to cause cancer. 

NEW GEOGRAPHY-America’s political culture has been shaped by its rural and urban environments, each of which tends to be dominated by one party. Urban Republicans are now as rare as rural Democrats. 

MY TURN--The term Hate Crime is a misnomer since a state of mind cannot be a crime. Thus, hate cannot be a crime. The proper name is not “crime” but “enhancement.”

OTHER WORDS-As our nation grapples with its legacy of anti-Asian racism, it’s important to consider the subtler forms of racism too.

LEANING RIGHT--Contrary to the belief of many, no one single party has cornered the market on compassion to immigrants, including from nations so godawful that they have forced millions of migrants to illegally flee for their lives.