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Imagine doing something for the first time, every 5 to 20 years? You would feel like you’d never done that activity ever before. That is what home sellers and buyers experience every time they participate in a real estate transaction. Unless you are an active investor, or you are working with an experienced Realtor, the process of buying or selling feels like you are walking through a maze, with mirrors, trap doors, and dead ends. Even if you have bought or sold within the p... Full story
California is now reopening its economy, something I’ve been advocating for months. As a small business owner, I understand the disproportionate impact the pandemic had on small businesses, which make up 95% of all businesses in this region and employ the vast majority of workers. We’re taking a huge step in the right direction, though it’s months too late. Eliminating mandatory shutdowns is only part of the solution. Businesses need help so that they can successfully reope...
Last week there was a letter in the opinion section promoting the benefits of Proposition 19. Unfortunately, there is a very dark side to this proposition that was completely ignored. Prop 19 was one of the most profoundly misrepresented propositions in the history of California elections and a significant erosion to the protections afforded all Californians by Proposition 13. Seriously, the title of Prop 19 was “The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters A...
SACRAMENTO – Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) issued the following statement after the Senate today approved a 2021-22 budget proposal agreed to by Assembly and Senate Democrats: “Everyone knows the real purpose of today’s vote – it is to ensure the Legislature continues to get paid after June 15. Only the Governor knows whether he will sign this budget or not. “I did not support today’s budget because California can do better. It is unwise for this budget to pay down only $2 billion of the state’s $24 billion unemp...
As usual, liberal are free to voice their twisted opinions and bend the words of people they don't agree with right here in our newspaper. That's the beautiful thing about Ms. Reeder, she is truly tolerant and believes in the constitution that gives us all freedom of speech. Too bad Conservatives aren't afforded the same respect and freedom of speech on places such as Facebook and the internet that all taxpayers funded the internet to have. While Mr. Graber is right on, we have the almost weekly opinion of Mr. Terrell who is...
Randy Alcorn’s book “Heaven” has opened my eyes to scripture I had read before but had glossed over. It is like putting the pieces of a puzzle together that had never come together before and then seeing the big picture for the first time. Alcorn explains that the present Heaven, although wonderful, isn't the final Heaven as described in the Bible in the last two chapters of the book of Revelation. The creator of the present heaven and present earth will create a new heaven and a new earth in which those who love God and w...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been asked, ‘What have you learned over the past year?’ It’s an interesting question and one that took me a few days to reflect on and consider. Often in the midst of a tragedy, you can learn incredible things about yourself and in this case, a society. The biggest thing I’ve learned over the past year is that political discourse is driving us apart. Far too often, instead of coming together and finding common ground, we stand in the corner and throw rocks at each other. Politicians are guilt...
I wanted you to know how much our local PEO Chapters appreciated your handling of our article re: the 2021 recipients of our Fallbrook Bonsall PEO scholarships and a PEO Star Scholar as well. The five Fallbrook chapters, AZ, PF, UH, WM, and WK spend each year working on projects to support these scholarships. Girls who will be seniors during the 2021-2022 school year at FUHS or Bonsall High School can apply by contacting their high school counselors in early December 2021. PEO scholarship recipients are usually announced in...
WASHINGTON – In a letter sent June 18 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) called on the Biden Administration to surge resources to meet increasingly high citizen passport demand, which has created a backlog of requests that continues to grow and impact travel plans for Americans across the country. “Thankfully, Americans are on the move again and the resumption of travel is essential to our national economic rebound. Unfortunately, the federal government’s response to the growing backl...
I am bothered by the rash of recall elections across California this year. It seems to me a small minority can cause a big taxpayer expense and wasted time of our elected officials, without any skin in the game. I would like to see legislation that would require as a part of certification of a recall petition that the petitioners be required to post a bond in the amount of the estimated election cost, to be forfeited in the event the recall fails. A similar practice is used in court cases to discourage frivolous lawsuits. If...
About a century ago, a few people noticed that the “Alligator Pear” wasn’t selling well, so they changed the name to “Avocado.” About a half-century later, a few people noticed that not many were donating to “Save the Jungles.” They changed it to “Save the Rainforests.” A few decades ago, some people saw that a fish called the “Slime Head” was not doing well at the market, so they changed the name to “Orange Roughy.” A decade ago, a few people noticed that not many were gifting “food platters” so they changed the name to ...
Fallbrook High is hiring a person to help the school and staff with their unconscious bias. During the last board meeting they gave examples of how it would be good if people thought of the certificated employees the same as the classified employees. They also mentioned the fact that not as many girls are in STEM fields as boys. So those things are admirable, but one thing we know for sure is programs and policies grow and change over time and what implicit or unconscious...
Prop 19 went into effect on April 1, 2021. This proposition just narrowly passed with a 51% to 49% margin. It’s hard for me to understand why anyone would oppose a proposition that will benefit so many homeowners in California. But thankfully, it doesn’t matter that it passed by the slimmest of margins. It became law and homeowners over 55, those who lost their homes due to a natural disaster, and homeowners with disabilities across the state are taking advantage of it. There...
Here is Critical Race Theory in a nutshell: “The core idea of Critical Race Theory is that racism is a social construct, and that it is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies.” In other words, CRT ferrets out systemic problems. It does not, and cannot, deal with individual bias. There are other programs that purport to do so, but that’s a different discussion. If you’ve been following the news regarding our schools, you’ve seen and heard a lot of mi...
The Legislature just passed a budget for fiscal year 2021-22, and the Governor has until June 30 to sign it into law. Revisions are likely, and a series of “trailer bills” to fund specific programs will be considered over the coming months. More than $267 billion will be spent, including $195.5 billion from the General Fund. Positively, the budget increases funding for Special Education, including individuals with disabilities. More money for childcare will expand access and...
The CDC has called an emergency meeting this week to look into reports of about 500 young people who have received Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and then experienced myocarditis or pericarditis – two types of heart inflammation. In fact, the CDC VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database has experienced a huge jump in U.S. deaths related to the vaccines. According to the CDC's own data, in the first three months of 2021, the VAERS website recorded over 1...
Last week, the Board of Supervisors voted to allocate over $600 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. These dollars, which have been distributed by the federal government, are intended for COVID-19 relief. The way I approached this: these are taxpayer dollars and I believe it should be given back to the people who were most impacted by the pandemic. As we all know, the past 15 months have been incredibly difficult, but my hope is these dollars will help San Diegans as we...
A couple of things I notice when meeting someone is their eyes and their smile. Those two features pretty much dictate how a person is feeling. Quoted in Matthew 6:22-24: “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.” Centuries later, William Shakespeare wrote, “To thee I do commend my watchful soul, ere I let fall the window of mine eyes,” in Richard III. This century we just say, “the eyes are the window to the soul.” Th...
This year, I have been going through the alphabet, writing an article each week that correlates to a letter of the alphabet. Beginning with the letter A, arriving this week to the letter O. Some letters required more than one week to cover the topic. For example, the last two weeks I wrote on the letter N for negotiating. The first week addressed various negotiating techniques focused on buyers. The second week focused on negotiating for the benefit of sellers. This week I...
Providing relief and dignity to terminally ill patients suffering from extreme pain can run into legal and bureaucratic roadblocks. SB 311 (Hueso), bipartisan legislation that recently passed the Senate, may help. SB 311, known as Ryan’s Law, is named for Ryan Bartell, a terminally ill patient in Seattle who found that he was often unconscious because of opioids prescribed by his doctors to deal with his pain. He wanted to spend his remaining time with his 9-year-old son a...
In previous pieces in this series, as well as other editorials over the last year, we’ve learned that with Critical Race Theory race is primary, rather than individuality, even though some proponents believe race does not biologically exist (like gender). Race is just a social construct, but how we identify with race is what shapes our lives, and yet “whiteness” equals “racist.” Nevertheless, people are divided and reduced to categories of “Blackness” and “Whiteness....
There was a time when Democrats and Republicans were proud of our heritage, saluted our flag, stood for our anthem, and praised the “Almighty” for being Americans. Back then, we shared our mutual respect and pride for our nation openly and often. Presidents of both parties hailed the magnificence of our great nation with words that filled our hearts with pride and adulation. But the days of standing shoulder to shoulder to celebrate our nation’s birth or to set aside our political differences on Memorial Day while we pay h...
Last week I focused on how important negotiating is when a Realtor represents a buyer. The key to success always starts with trust and confidence, that the Realtor can help the buyer achieve their goal of purchasing a property. In a fast paced, challenging market, like we are currently operating in, that trust and confidence is the centerpiece to writing the best offer possible, that both protects the buyer’s interest, yet is appealing enough to the seller. A skilled, e... Full story
Here are a few of the shortcomings of the subject editorial. Graber first questions whether corporations should donate to charities at all and specifically questions funding for social justice efforts. He asks, rhetorically, “Have the billions of dollars spent on it [social justice reform] resulted in greater equity and quality of life for those it purports to help?” You’re supposed to say “no.” This does beg these questions: If America’s social justice system is so great, why are people and corporations so eager to donate f...
I’m very proud to jointly author Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22) with Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D – Sacramento). AB 22 will phase in Transitional Kindergarten for all California four-year-olds by the 2032-33 school year. Transitional Kindergarten programs have a major positive impact on all participating students, including language skills for English learners and math skills for low-income students. Too many children enter kindergarten unprepared, but research shows that acc...
