Posted on 06/02/2011 7:20:32 AM PDT by OneVike
For the first time since the leftists convinced the voters to move the local elections to November, the citizens have a chance to regain control of Chico. To begin with, the campaign against Measure A does not tell you is that the local elections were originally moved to November so that the leftists could gain the support of students who lived here only to go to college, but went home after completing each semester. This was done so that the wealthy fat-cat university professors could control the agenda of Chico's city council by stacking it with leftists socialists who would be beholden to them. They have been wildly successful, and the proof of their success is in the way Chico is beginning to resemble such enclaves of radicalism as in Berkley CA, Austin TX, Chapel Hill NC, Duluth MN, and even Helena MT. All these towns have many things in common. For example: their city governments' being controlled by the local universities resulting in low paying jobs, high unemployment, nice parks and quaint little restaurants where wealthy fat-cat professors eat.
I have never been one to shy away from speaking my mind, and now I refuse to do so about the fact that having the election moved to June will not only limit the participation of students, but also reduce the influence that the university has on our town. However, if students attending Chico State are actually living in Chico during the summer months, then they will still be able to register and vote for the way they think Chico should be run. If you leftists are so sure that the voters of Chico want the type of policies that have been implemented since the city elections were changed in the mid 1980's, then why not allow those citizens who live year round in Chico to decide the outcome, instead of counting on temporary students who really have no skin in the game beyond their classroom assignment handed out by their wealthy fat-cat college professors?
It is a fact that those who have benefited from moving the local elections to November are all beholden to those professors at Chico State who are certified socialists. The university continually supports the most socialist candidates on the ballot, and once those candidates get elected they do the bidding of their benefactors at Chico State. It is a fact that the influence of Chico State has retarded the growth of Chico. Those who support the policies of the university have continually stood in the way of the type of progress that would allow the children born and raised in Chico to stay in Chico when their schooling is complete. They do so by continually standing in the way of any type of industry that would pay a salary one needs to survive. Instead, Chico is inundated with minimum wage service jobs that will never promise a bright future for those who would like to raise their children here as they were raised. Thanks to the university-controlled city council, Chico is losing it's best asset, the children born and raised here.
Along with allowing only low-wage service jobs, the Socialists of Chico State have convinced their puppets on the city council to waste millions on projects that have only helped to widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots. All the while raising taxes and implementing new ones to pay for their party. As of January 2011 the city of Chico was already over $9 million in debt, and by stopping businesses like Wal-Mart from expanding and other businesses from setting up shop in Chico, that $9-million debt can only get much larger.
I must admit that it sounds so wonderfully small-town America to say we want nice parks and quaint little restaurants that have cobblestone sidewalks out front. Unfortunately, you cannot bed down a family in the park, and it really is demeaning to take walks on those cobblestone sidewalks to look through the windows of those quaint restaurants and see wealthy fat-cat professors eating while being waited on by employees who barely make minimum wage. So while the rich professor eats steak and drinks expensive wine, the waiter is hoping to make enough taxed tip money to feed his starving children. Now, before you accuse me of making false statement, 60 minutes did a story about 25% of America's children living in poverty. It's my guess that none of those starving homeless children are the progeny of those wealthy professors who's policies have helped create the 12.3% unemployment in Chico.
What the local media and the leftists will not admit is that the anti-business climate that has been implemented by the university's leftist stooges on the city council has contributed to Chico's high unemployment rate. This unemployment rate, by the way, was already one of the highest in California even before the recession hit. It is a fact that because of the influence of Chico State, the rights enjoyed by the local citizens are being consistently eroded. It is a fact that the influence of Chico State has consistently made Chico a laughing stock around the country.
I will not shy away from the truth about this election. This election is about limiting the influential grip the leftist professors at Chico State have on Chico politics. This election is about returning the city council back to the citizens of Chico. This election is about turning back the hands of time, back to when wealthy fat-cat socialist university professors had no more influence over local elections than the father of four who works for minimum wage at the local restaurant. This election is about saving millions of dollars, because we don't need any more parks, or cobblestone sidewalks that only benefit Chico State by luring more students to attend college for the primary purpose of indoctrinating them into voting the way the wealthy fat-cat professors vote in our November elections.
Stop the wealthy fat-cat university professors of getting their way by voting YES on measure A.
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We desperately need to reduce the universities influence on our local elections. When you consider that 14,000 students attend Chico state, you can imagine how they can effect the outcomes.
In my town of Chico, there is a measure on the ballot to change the day of local elections from the first Tuesday in November, to the First Tuesday in June. This is primarily for the purpose of eliminating the effect of the university in our elections. As you may guess the left has all their cohorts out obfuscating the issue and it is a battle that sadly the conservatives are too afraid to admit the truth.
I for one have talked to many who feel it is wrong to disenfranchise the students from voting, but after I explain the simple truth that if a student lives here in June they can still vote, it gets their attention. Then when I explain the way the elections were originally in June, but changed to November by fooling the public simply to get control of Chico, well then every person I talked to agree to vote yes for the measure. When will conservatives stop worrying about the way the left lies and just fight with the truth? After all, it works most times it is tried, and as they say no guts no glory. Anyway, I wrote this for my paper and decided I will say what everyone knows but is afraid to admit. I also decided to play their game by calling the university professors, wealthy fat-cats. After all, they are some of the wealthiest people in Chico, all paid by our tax dollars...............
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I love Chico, and my wife and I would have made it our permanent home two decades ago when we first married. But even then, prices on homes (and everything else) were way over budget by Butte County standards.
Now a true story: About 20 years ago, my wife and I were strolling the campus during some sort of fair/event. There was a booth where participants could take a little quiz to determine where they stood on the political spectrum, and there was a large board that showed you where you stood in relationship to everyone else who took the quiz. So I took the quiz, of course, and after grading it, she placed my marker further to the right than any other participant. If you can believe this, after doing so, she looked right at me, gave me the Nazi salute, and said "Heil, Hitler!"
I was a bit shocked. I asked her if she knew what Nazi stood for, but of course she didn't answer. And that was 20 years ago! I can imagine the newest crop of youngsters is even more indoctrinated.
Anyway, all the best in your endeavor!
It’s early and I haven’t had any coffee yet. I take it you live in Chico and wrote the article, OV? I think your argument make complete sense, especially the part about fighting lies with truth.
Wealthy fat-cat college professors? LOL! I never met one of those.
Well they still call us Nazis, and they still promote the policies that helped Hitler rise to power. The professors are certified communists, and the students are dumber than ever.
The average CA State University professor makes $74,000 a year. Less than I do - but then again I have to live in high price L.A. for my job.
$74,000 a year in Chico is pretty good - but not even close to being “wealthy fat-cat”.
Thank you, and enjoy that first cup. After all, the rest of the day can sometimes be downhill after it..... LOL
Well, they ARE wealthy compared to what their work would earn them in the private sector (at least humanities professors).
As one with a MA, I came to realize how much money we are throwing away, subsidizing the production of utterly useless, and value-less, information.
Scanning a few volumes of DAI is mind-blowing.
I lived in Chico for a year and a half. I was the CFO for all of the News and Review(s). Not many conservatives in that AO. Beautiful part of the country it is.
I wish you the best of luck.
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So the Chico marijuana growers are “wealthy fat cats” if they make over 74,000$ a year?
How about all the underemployed musicians sleeping on their friends couches - or even their “porch couches”?
I grew up in Chico.
My brother owns and operates a business in Chico.
$74,000 in Chico is well off - it is not “wealthy fat cat”.
You haven’t seen the salaries of the University of California system yet, have you?
I guess your definition of wealthy is way different than mine. Their median salaries are middle-class to upper middle class at best. Certainly nowhere close to wealthy.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos066.htm#earnings
But California is a ridiculously expensive place to live and wages there are all scaled upwards accordingly. They still are not wealthy fat-cats by any stretch of the imagination.
“Well, they ARE wealthy compared to what their work would earn them in the private sector (at least humanities professors).”
The value of their work is a discussion for another day. This is about what constitutes being a wealthy fat-cat, and college professors are not that. Many of them are just well-paid hippies.
Wrong. The Average CA State University professor makes $74,000 a year in salary - not “average over $100,000 a year”.
How many Chico State University professors are making tens of thousands a year for giving lectures?
Chico is a little nothing town and CSU is a joke of a school.
I wouldn’t pay much more than $100 to have their ‘best and brightest’ give a lecture on any subject to any audience.
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