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Dollar Rent A Car demands reporters' names
The Bill Clinton impeachment shows the argument for making it hard to remove public officials. But it does also show that the system ultimately worked as he wasn't convicted. Clinton's actions were repugnant but as you say not as repugnant as many things other leaders have done without repurcussions. It was a BIG stretch to say that Clinton committed high crimes and misdemeanors. The Clinton impeachment was a big waste of time and money in my opinion.— October 12, 2015 10:16 p.m.
Dollar Rent A Car demands reporters' names
I think it's quite difficult to have an elected official removed from office or otherwise held accountable for anything short of criminal convictions once they are in office. They can be voted out of office and that's about it.— October 12, 2015 7:54 p.m.
Dollar Rent A Car demands reporters' names
LAX is cheaper to fly out of than SAN - less expensive flights and less expensive parking. Also LAX doesn't (or at least doesn't often) get fog at night in the winter. If I can save enough money on the trip to make it worth a 2 hour drive I choose LAX over SAN.— October 12, 2015 5:16 p.m.
Dollar Rent A Car demands reporters' names
A bad attempt at a solution can be worse than no solution. If fraud is occurring criminal charges should be filed. If a law occasionally results in some good but usually just results in wasting everyone's time then it is a bad law. I think class-action lawsuits where each plaintiff potentially receives a small amount of money should be illegal. If I were king I would insist that for the class to be certified each plaintiff would have to allege at least $10,000 in damages and each plaintiff would have to sign and notarize paperwork requesting to be part of the class. We're not talking about people's lives getting ruined here; we're talking about people getting screwed out of a few dollars. If the fraud was bad enough then put Dollar executives in prison - otherwise this should be dropped. Putting executives in prison (even a Club-Fed or ankle-bracelet home confinement) would send a strong message. A lawsuit is just a calculated expense for the legal department.— October 12, 2015 10:24 a.m.
Dollar Rent A Car demands reporters' names
This is good news for both the plaintiffs and defendants attorneys as it may result in more billable hours. The only significant effects of class action lawsuits are to make money for attorneys and to create hassle for productive members of society.— October 12, 2015 9:57 a.m.
Gov. Brown vetoes bills to reform utilities commission
I'm not sure that growing agriculture in CA using South and Central American labor and American water is superior to importing agricultural products from South and Central America grown with South and Central American labor and South and Central American water.— October 10, 2015 4:01 p.m.
Gov. Brown vetoes bills to reform utilities commission
You mean like if we have one mayoral candidate who tends to pleasure himself in front of others and another mayoral candidate who tends to hit on women in lots of inappropriate ways they might agree not to bring up those subjects?— October 10, 2015 3:56 p.m.
Gov. Brown vetoes bills to reform utilities commission
I think the many GOP candidate's positions on gay marriage, evolution, climate change, abortion are out-of-line with my thinking and most Americans. As far as taxes, Trump seemed to talk the talk initially about trying to have taxes that are fair for the middle class but the details of his tax plan don't line up with that. Trump has certainly made some very offensive comments regarding illegal immigrants - particularly the "rapists" comment. I don't agree with many of Trump's immigration proposals but in many ways I really don't think Trump's immigration plan is any more radical than the plan implicitly proposed by all of the Democratic candidates and most of the "mainstream" GOP candidates. Trump is saying we have laws and we should enforce them. Most of the other candidates are saying that we should continue our many decades long immigration policy of weak immigration enforcement with an amnesty every 20 years. (Of course they don't state it that way). To me I think a reasonable compromise would be to allow an amnesty for the undocumented immigrants (at least for the vast majority who are non-criminals) who are here now - but combine the amnesty with stronger immigration enforcement, such as building a fence across the southern border, mandatory e-verify for employers and imposing stiffer penalties, including jail time for multiple offenses, for employers who repeatedly hire illegal immigrants. And frankly I don't think birthright citizenship should be legal - I think it should be made illegal then let the Supreme Court decide if the 14th amendment guarantees birthright citizenship or not.— October 10, 2015 11:39 a.m.
Gov. Brown vetoes bills to reform utilities commission
Thanks Matt - from what I read the veto override is extraordinarily rare - I don't understand why the legislators voluntarily give up their power like that but apparently that's the custom in CA.— October 10, 2015 11:21 a.m.
Gov. Brown vetoes bills to reform utilities commission
I think the GOP's position on some social issues has hurt them a lot in CA. We don't have enough GOP in the legislature to have healthy debates about things like spending vs. taxation vs. public employee pay and protecting the environment vs. the economic costs of protecting the environment.— October 9, 2015 10:42 p.m.