Just a word to end the week about the L.A. fires. Although they’re 400 miles south, I’ve been glued to the T.V. and streaming radio for days. I have family down there and know the area pretty well. My dear cousin Ellen had to evacuate her home in the Big Rock neighborhood of Malibu. Her home was one of just 17 that survived on her hill, out of hundreds.

Everyone I know is disgusted that Barbara Lee has been anointed as the next Mayor of Oakland. Who anointed her? If you believe the media, it was the unanimous decision of “the people” and “community leaders” who united in support of the 78-year old Congresswoman. But in fact, it was a small, ideological cadre of leftwing racialists and radical union leaders who decided to install Lee, who they know will preserve their special privileges and perks.

If you were a landlord and wanted to evict a tenant of who had been charged with dealing heroin, who possessed illegal firearms, and whose apartment was filled with items apparently stolen from local stores, would you be legally able to?

Whenever the City Council wants to do something they don’t want us to know about, they hold what’s called a “closed session.” This is a secret meeting the public and the media are not allowed to attend. Whatever agreements are reached are hidden forever, never to be publicly revealed.

For years, the San Francisco Chronicle has been pushing the narrative that, because more Black and Brown people are stopped by cops than are White people, this proves that such “disparities” are based on racism.