Infamous Duane

For those of you who keep saying that "we get what we vote for" with @GavinNewsom and our Oakland murders and San Francisco drug overdoses, in fairness we DID actually try to recall him. We DID even get it on the ballot, but the state union employees fought the recall hard. They spent a lot of money and were very organized to keep him in office and ultimately won. Our budget (and higher taxes) in California went from $199.3 billion before Gavin took office to $330 billion since. A LOT of that money has gone to increase pay for state government workers and their pensions. Just wander through Transparent California some time and you will see what I mean. The unions in California (especially the public sector) give all their money to Democrats in our one party controlled state and the Democrats in exchange pad their salaries and pensions. As much as things like drugs and crime SHOULD matter, they just can't compete with our government workers wanting more and more money (at the taxpayer expense). "SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest state worker union approved a $1 million donation Wednesday to help Gov. Gavin Newsom fight the recall in an emergency vote that some members said would cause friction in the union amid a leadership shakeup. SEIU Local 1000 represents 96,000 state workers. The $1 million contribution approved by the board of directors will go to the SEIU California State Council, which oversees 17 unions and voted last week to oppose the recall." "Newsom, a first-term Democrat, has largely locked up support among labor unions. The California Labor Federation, which represents 2.1 million workers, announced Tuesday it was launching a campaign to fight the recall that would send thousands of workers out knocking on doors this summer." apnews.com/article/governmen…