The Founding Fathers thought it dangerous and unwise for the republic to have people make a career of politics. Nor, did they approve of elected officials being paid. They feared that both scenarios corrupted both the politicians and the government. They were correct.
Third District Congressman, 75-year-old Democrat John Garamendi is the poster boy for what the Founders feared. He has held elective or appointed office almost constantly since 1974 or for forty-six years. After graduating from college and then a 1-2 year stint in the Peace Corps he was elected to the California Assembly the same year the Democrats achieved a Super-Majority of seats in both chambers, the first time since the 1800s.
A Super-Majority means one political party holds 2/3s of the seats and can pass whatever they please from a taxation bill to a Constitutional Amendment without the opposition party’s assistance. That means that since the mid-1970’s California looks exactly like the democrats have envisioned. They have held a majority or a Super-Majority nearly always since that year.
Liberals have dictated every policy - water, power, forestry management, welfare, immigration, Sanctuary Cities, personal and business taxes / regulations, school curriculum, homelessness, environmental restrictions, fuel taxes and road maintenance, criminal justice, nullifying gender, pro-pedophilia and more. Their decisions have led to thousands of businesses and millions of taxpayers leaving the Golden State.
Everything is much more expensive and harder to accomplish in California. Nowhere in America is the government undermining personal liberty as here.
So, whatever you think of the state, you can credit the democrats and Mr. Garamendi who may be California’s record holder for the most political posts since 1974. Few officials, except for Governors have had the accumulated impact of Garamendi while serving as assembly member, senator, lieutenant - governor, insurance commissioner, US House member, and Deputy Secretary of the Interior under President Bill Clinton.
Eight North Valley Counties comprise the Third Congressional District (Colusa, Sutter, and Yuba plus most of Glenn, Lake, Solano, and Yolo counties and a portion of Sacramento County.) The boundaries of the Third District were redrawn in 2011 to favor liberal candidates.
In the past, Californians have been good at complaining but then sending the same people back to office, namely democrats. Will that change on November 3? Nationally, black voters seem to be saying they are done with being used, abused and lied to by democrats. How will others feel?
Interestingly, a conservative black woman from Dixon, Tamika Hamilton, is opposing Garamendi. This is her first attempt at elective office but she is no novice at what’s going on. Born in Calvert County, Maryland in 1984 to an underage mother, and estranged from her father, Tamika was raised by her grandparents, both military veterans and then farmers.
She credits her grandparents with instilling in her the importance of public service. Tamika served in the United States Air Force on active duty for over 14 years. She deployed twice to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States Global War on Terror. Her husband Ray Hamilton, a Navy veteran, is a police officer. They have four children.
Both Ray and Tamika are active in their church and serve with local community groups. Tamika’s work with the homeless, particularly with homeless veterans, is part of what motivated her to want systemic change and to run for Congress.
Last Saturday, New York Times best-selling author and film maker Dinesh D’Souza came to Yuba City to speak at a fundraiser for Hamilton. D’Souza’s new feature film “Infidel” just opened in 1724 theaters. His documentary “Trump Card,” an exposé of the socialism, corruption and ‘gangsterization’ that now defines the Democrat Party, will be released in early October this year.
D’Souza, a speaker in high demand, being willing to come to rural Northern California to help Hamilton is a sign of his confidence in her character and ability. While California democrats have made U-Haul outlets wealthy, republican leaders are noted for being confused cowards.
It’s going to take citizens from various political paths, sick of political corruption, to vote a new breed into office to make a course correction for California. Nov 3 will tell us if voters are becoming more like our Founders.
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