Oh, that ever pandering to illegal aliens governor of ours did it again.
Senate Bill 960 – one of the new laws he signed and goes into effect as of Jan. 1 – allows foreigners to enforce our laws. Yay, now you can be a cop even if you are an illegal alien.
The bill was authored by state Senator Nancy Skinner, a Bersekley Democrat. It allows people who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States to be a peace officer. Previously, police officers had to be either U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the process of applying for citizenship.
Am I missing something here? Police officers still have to undergo background checks, which look into criminal background which would disqualify a candidate from being hired. I happen to know somebody in Texas who decided not to apply to become a police officer because he had smoked pot in the past, which would disqualify him. So if a person broke U.S. immigration law to be in the United States, why would that not automatically disqualify a person from being a law enforcement officer?
Liberals use the excuses that we are short of officers and we must add more minorities to police forces to lower the bar.
The illegal alien cannot vote but he can become a police officer? What is wrong with this picture?
This bill, by the way, was authored by the same woman who was “proud” on Dec. 19 to introduce another government freebie to women: free menstrual products in all state public buildings and hospitals in California. It’s under the guise of “Equity, Period!”
This is wrong in so many ways. Why should taxpayers pay for feminine products just because men don’t have periods? Will she introduce a bill requiring taxpayers to pay for all of men’s shaving cream and razors in the name of equity?
These people shamelessly pander to their favorite constituencies – which are women, minorities, criminals and the sexually confused. They go out of their way to appease those groups but are complete enemies of unborn babies (of which half would be women if allowed to grow).
On Dec. 22 Skinner proposed another bill from hell – prohibiting bounty hunters from capturing wanted women fleeing states where abortion is a crime. “We want to make it clear to everyone across the country that California is safe for you,” she said. Read that as: “In California we want you to kill your baby so badly, we’ll keep those mean ol’ bounty hunters from arresting you while you head here to kill that baby since you’re from a backwards hillbilly state that believes in the sanctity of life.”
Skinner’s recently introduced Assembly Bill 36, which she terms the “Safe Haven Bill,” would also keep bounty hunters’ hands off those fleeing to California to cut off their genitalia (or in some cases add genitalia). If passed, bail agents could face a fine, up to a year in jail, or have their license revoked if they do their job.
This is what California laws look like when you have 10 percent of the state Legislature identify as LGBTQ. One of them is state Senator Scott Wiener, who I consider to be a morally depraved. He would consider me one of what he calls a “dangerous minority of extremists who are consistently attacking and demonizing our community.” Wiener is the dangerous extremist.
Wiener had SB 145 that lessened the criminal penalties for any adult having oral or anal sex with a “consenting” minor and as long as the offender is not more than 10 years older. So now you could have a 24-year-old messing around with a 14-year-old.
SB 145 would give judges discretion over sex-offender registration in all cases involving voluntary intercourse between teenagers ages 14 to 17, who cannot legally consent, and adults who are less than 10 years older.
The insanity continues. On Dec. 21, Skinner heralded Alameda County being the first (only) county in the whole country to make it illegal for landlords to conduct criminal background checks on prospective tenants. So essentially they don’t want property owners able to maintain the safety of their own property and other tenants, and make them more liable when said a risky tenant goes back to criminal ways.
Again, a law that is wrong on so many levels. It’s the liberal politician who wants to protect people from the consequences of bad behavior. It’s gotten to the point that they are encouraging lawlessness by removing the deterrents in place. I’m sorry if you can’t find housing because you were/are a thug. Tough you-know-what. Criminal behavior has its consequences – or should. You shouldn’t be able to go about life as if nothing happened in your past. And no landlord should have to house your sorry a** if you can’t follow the rules of society.
Skinner’s Twitter account heralded the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, which in my opinion should be renamed the Disrespect of Marriage Act. She feels it was a critical step to “ensure that Americans have the right to marry the person they love.” She should have said, and to bring up a child and mutilate their genitals and breasts if they think they were born into the wrong gender.
And another thing, Skinner is in favor of people who were never slave owners paying large sums of money to people who were never slaves in what is proposed to be one of the biggest, most outlandish Democrat vote buying scheme in history under the guise of “reparations.”
God help California.
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Rep. Tom McClintock has barely begun representing Stanislaus County in Congress and yet he has somebody nipping at his heels, eager to run against him in two years.
I’m speaking of Jason Kassel who has already declared himself – rather prematurely, I believe – that he is running for the 5th Congressional District. Can we have a little time to breathe until we start thinking of another dreadful election cycle?
Kassel submitted a letter to the editor in which he goes on the attack. I didn’t know anything about Kassel (until I confirmed my suspicions) but I knew he is a liberal Democrat. First clue: he’s an educator. Second clue: he enjoys beating the dead horse of the Jan. 6 event, the one where Trump told supporters to go to the Capitol and “peacefully protest.” Third clue: Kassel seems to want to expand the role of government and spending of taxpayers’ money.
I was rolling my eyes through his entire letter. Really? Going after McClintock because he wants Congress to investigate the likely corruption of Hunter Biden and his father? If investigating legitimate concerns about Biden corruption is “vindictive,” as Kassel states, then the vote to impeach Trump over the now-proven Russian collusion hoax was a downright impeachable offense for every member of Congress who voted for it. If there is no corruption then why not end the matter by holding hearings? After all, Hunter Biden’s laptop – the story that the media ignored en masse leading up to the election – has all the indications that there was a lot of quid pro quo with foreign governments.
And really, the Jan. 6 rally at the Capitol – where police let protestors inside – almost “succeeded in their violent and illegal overthrow of the United States government”? If Kassel thinks that way I question his ability to form a coherent thought.
Humorously, Kassel exposes his ignorance of the fact that Ceres hasn’t had McClintock as a representative; it was Harder who represented Ceres in Congress from 2018 to 2022. But Kassel – who doesn’t even live here, he lives in Fresno – writes: “He (McClintock) wasn’t, and isn’t, there supporting his constituents in Ceres as they worked, and continue to work, through the once-in-a-generation COVID disease.” Apparently the dog ate Kassel’s homework.
He sounds like he would be just another frivolous spender of taxpayers’ money and a “look-the-other-way-when-a-Democrat-breaks-the-law” Democrat.
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An upstanding citizen of our community said she was a bit taken aback by the fact that some folks living on Christmas Tree Lane were once again selling goods from their driveways. They weren’t giving away treats and drinks and lighted toys for the kids; they were capitalizing on the holiday crowds.
In years past the city had zero tolerance for the commercialization of Christmas Tree Lane, a tradition since 1961. After all, the folks who worked so hard putting up lights and decorations and paying the extra expense on their electricity bills did so out of their generous spirit, not for profit. To see others doing it is disappointing.
Perhaps the new city leadership should contact the folks on Henry and Vaughn and advise them that the city does not approve of sales at the holiday event and especially without a peddler’s permit.
This column is the opinion of Jeff Benziger, and does not necessarily represent the opinion of The Ceres Courier or 209 Multimedia Corporation. How do you feel about this? Let Jeff know at jeffb@cerescourier.com
