I have lived in California and voted as a registered Republican for 47 years. The days of the Republican Party in this state ended some time ago. This was not simply due to the mass immigration from Mexico and other southern countries and from Asian countries. It was also due to the self immolation of the Republican Party by its inept and corrupt leadership.
Just how corrupt? Consider the fact that the Dems could not push through a 12 cent per gallon gas tax increase along with a massive increase in the annual motor vehicle property tax without the vote of one Republican legislator. In other words, the auto driving residents of CA should have been saved from this Jerry Brown robbery. But what happened? Well, one Republican legislator from Northern California was BRIBED to vote Yes. He was BRIBED by the Dems offering to devote $400 million of the gas tax increase to an extension of a commuter rail line and service in his district.
Now, think about that. Not only did this guy accept what any ordinary person would consider to be a BRIBE, the gas tax increase that supposedly was being implemented in order to repair and maintain the state’s failing road system, a huge chunk is going to build and support a commuter rail system. Once again, the auto driving public of CA has gotten the shaft from the Dems in Sacramento with the assistance of one Republican legislator.
I hear ya. It’s the same thing we face with people like Snow, McCain, Graham, in the U.S. Senate.
With the super majority the Democrats have now in both California Legislative houses, they still couldn’t pass this without a Republican.
The bribe is just sickening icing on that cake too.
Makes my blood boil.