A (TEMPORARY) END TO THE MADNESS

By Bob Walsh

 

Reparation supporters erupted in anger at the California state Capitol Saturday after two stalled reparations proposals for black residents were seemingly killed

The session for the legislature of the formerly great state of California came to an end Saturday.  In the old days the speaker would often lock the doors, unplug the clocks and keep people in and pretend they still had time.  They can't do that any more.  Too many people looking.

Greasy Gavin wants a special session to deal with evils committed by the evil gasoline refiners.  The assembly has said "sure thing."  The state senate has said "piss off."   They are refusing the call for a special session.

Among other things that might die a natural death tonight are a bill that would create a semi-permanent State Reparations Study Group (or something like that) to try to figure out how to give away more state money to people who were never actually harmed by legal slavery in California, because it never existed.  Part of the problem is that the state is at least $35 billion in the hole right now.  Part of the problem is that there are actually some people in the CA legislature who think it is a dumb-ass idea.  

Anyway tomorrow ISVESTIA (also known as the Sacramento BEE) will almost certainly have available info on what made it to the governor's desk and what didn't.  I will let you know what shakes out.  I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend.  I went over to my brother and sister-in-laws place and we told lies to each other for a few hours and I met the new dog.  It was a good day.