McClintock fighting for Southern California

On January 25 of this year, Northern California District Four Congressional Rep Tom McClintock held a Town Hall Meeting in Bakersfield, hundreds of miles SOUTH of his district for the Kern County farmers.

McClintock's meeting was a separate meeting from the previously scheduled Los Angeles meeting held just 24 hours before.  The Los Angeles meeting included most of the California's federal and state legislators who have been working on California's Water issue for years.

Then just a week later, Feb. 4, back in Washington D.C., McClintock held a Water and Power Sub-committee meeting demanding that the "Tracy Pumps be turned back on."

What about the water issues in his own district? McClintock doesn't live down there any more. He moved up here after he was elected to our district. What about protecting the "Gold Country" water rights?

When El Dorado County and Placer County's water districts and agencies were asked what they thought about McClintock's actions, they were shocked.  They had no idea he was down there fighting to get more of the Delta water.

This is the link to McClintock's argument for the Kern County farmers to get more of the "Delta Water."

The Agony of the Central Valley

Income Grow Rates under Dem or Rep Pres.

Statics since 1948 show how only the wealthy have their income grow when we have a Republican President.  Something to think about when you hear the GOP demanding to KEEP the Bush Tax Cuts.

Mott's strike prompts Democrat group to call for boycott | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

Mott's strike prompts Democrat group to call for boycott | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

Comparing jobs between Bush and Obama

Mott's strike can affect all decent jobs...

Mott's factory which produces:
-- Applesauce, apple juice
-- Dr. Pepper, 7Up, Snaffle, Country Time


They want to cut existing wages from $14 hour to $12 hour.  They are NOT in financial trouble.  They had $500 million in profits this year.  Their CEO makes $6.5 Million a year.... They say the number of unemployed have brought wages down. What will happen to the middle class worker?

Union workers on strike since May.... The temporary workers brought in still haven't got the factory up to speed.

"The union movement and many outsiders view the strike as a high-stakes confrontation between a company that wants to cut its labor costs, even as it is earning record profits, and workers who are determined to resist demands for wage and benefit givebacks"

"For unions across the country, the stakes are high because if the Mott’s workers lose this showdown, it could prompt other profitable companies to push for major labor concessions. Such a lengthy strike is unusual at a time when work stoppages have become much less common than they once were."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/business/18motts.html?src=mv 

Should we be buying these products?

New attempt at 9/11 First Reponders Health Bill

On the ninth anniversary of the World Trade Center attack, the House has agreed to try once again to pass legislation that would provide the needed medical care for those people who rushed in to help.

H.R. 847 -- 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 failed when 155 Republicans and 4 Democrats voted against the bill.  It needed a two-thirds vote because the Democratic Leadership didn't want it to get bogged down with unrelated amendments.  Our Representative Tom McClintock voted against the bill.

Clint Curtis scheduled events for this weekend

Curtis is scheduled to be
---  Cold Country Fair - 4 PM to 10 PM, 1273 High St, Auburn
---  RJUD Club Garage sale - 10 AM
---  Constitution Day Parade - 1 PM, Nevada City