Thomas Gordon

In Pace Requiescat, Online Anonymity

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 06/17/09

221 years ago, America's Founding Fathers published 85 important articles, debating the most important issues of the time, including the ideas and reasoning behind the proposed new system of government and their interpretation of the Constitution. Publius and  Publicola were some of the main Nom de Plume's used by those in support, while Brutus and Cato were often used by the opposition. Today, many people visit blogs and websites to... read more »

Bear Republic Bust

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 06/16/09

California was once refered to as the Bear Flag Republic. Funny thing about bears is that if you feed them they will keep coming back, over and over,until you have no food, and then you are the food.  So too is the habit of the Elected California Legislator. For the last decade, the Elected California Legislator has increased spending 5.37 percent a year, compared to a population-plus-inflation growth rate of 4.38 percent.  If the... read more »

Bumbling blueberry bureaucrats budgetary buffoonary

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 06/12/09

While the Governator of the Late State of Chaos is threatening to make state government come to a grinding halt if the spendislature up in Sacramento can’t get it’s act together, Fiona Ma, San Francisco (D) has a plan. Ms. Ma has decided to create another California Commission, to the tune of 1.2 Million dollars a year, to promote California’s blueberry industry. Why do we need a Commission to market and promote... read more »

Vote NO six times

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/18/09

Just in case you have yet to vote NO six times in tommorrow's election, stop by CaliforniaPropositions.org for some non-partisan analysis of why you should. Best case scenario, California will still be more than 15 billion in the hole, even IF these propositions were to pass, or 21+ billion in the hole if they don't. And raising taxes only serves to send business and taxpayers to greener pastures, out of state. It's time Sacramento cleans... read more »

No politics, just pork

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/16/09

Spicy Pork to be exact. And Spicy BBQ Chicken and all the other wonderful offerings of Kogi Korean BBQ. That's right, stop reading Red County and dreaming of those 2010 mid term elections and head over to the Santiago Art Walk this evening for some lip smacking, finger licking good treats. From 7PM-10PM @Santa Ana Artwalk - Santa Ana Blvd. & Santiago, just West of the Santa Ana Train Depo. There will be food, art, tons of people and... read more »

A kick in the head -A blow to our wallet

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/14/09

 By now I'm sure we have all watched the video a dozen times. I'm refering to the citizen of the week pictured above, Richard Rodriguez, and his wild ride up the sidewalk and down the wrong side side of the street, careening out of control, smashing into a parked vehicle and finally running from the police. Sure, Richard finally "gave up" by lying down like the coward he is, and moments later an officer ran up and kicked... read more »

Meg Whitman coming to Irvine

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/13/09

Former Ebay CEO  and current candidate for Governor Meg Whitman will be in Irvine at the Hyatt on May 21. The event starts at 5:00 and a $10 donation is requested. To attend make reservations here read more »

Has the Taxinator killed our Golden Goose?

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/13/09

According to data from the US Commerce Department, California's exports in March shrunk 20.9 percent to $9.8 billion from $12.4 billion in March of last year. According to the Commerce Department, the release of March 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. exports of goods and services decreased by 2.4 percent in March 2009 to... read more »

May 20- Day of Chaos?

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/12/09

By now we all know to vote No on Prop's 1A thru 1F. But have you heard that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to layoff firefighters and close thier station houses, release thousands of dangerous criminals back onto the streets, layoff more than 50,000 teachers and close down schools and "borrow" from local governments, wreaking havoc on basic services? Do you really believe him?   read more »

Santa Ana 4th worst job market in Country

By Thomas Anthony Gordon | 05/05/09

Forbes Magazine recently declared that Santa Ana is the 4th worst job market in the entire Country, behind only Detroit and it's 21% unemployment, Providence, Rhode Island and Cleveland Ohio. Santa Ana, with an unemployment rate of roughly 14.4%, recently had it's enterprise zone renewed and hundreds of millions more in your tax dollars pour into the city in the hopes of job creation. Santa Ana first became an enterprise zone in... read more »