It wasn't enough for Assembly Speaker Karen Bass to banish Nicole Parra to the Coventry of an office away from the Capitol. The plug has been pulled on all the legislation Parra was moving as well, according to The Sacramento Bee.
The legislative package didn't amount to much -- two bills and one resolution -- but it's another symbolic snub for Parra after she abstained on a phony budget vote because she wants Valley water issues addressed in a water bond. That angered Bass and other Democrats.
Parra gets kudos from a lot of people in the Valley for her "brave" stance. I don't buy it. She's termed out, she's apparently about to endorse a Republican to replace her, and admitted herself that "I didn't have that big of a [legislative] package. It is my last year."
Her gesture never had the slightest chance of affecting the debate on water issues or the budget. But she's a hero hereabouts.
More than one Democrat in the Capitol noted that Parra wouldn't have been in the Assembly at all the past six years if the Democratic party hadn't pumped millions of dollars into her campaigns, which she narrowly won. They see the "Valley heroine" as an ingrate.
The whole thing is vastly depressing. We have no state budget, our infrastructure is crumbling, our schools are underperforming, health care is headed for the toilet, air quality is bad, a water crisis is upon us -- and all we get from our leaders is prattle and posturing and childish games.
Gentle words that remind me of the old adage about flak. That as the aircraft approaches closer over the target, the more anti aircraft fire it can expect.
Based on the level of negative rhetoric here, at least one Democrat and a few Republicans are on target.
I'm surprised at all the hoopla, I have been led to believe that change was a good thing. Well this is a big change. I may change my mind about change yet. Wow! You folks are right, this is powerful stuff!
Dittos Rush...I mean Russ. I don't buy it either."Little Nicky" a termed out Democrat who's trying to even things up with Florez by supporting Rep. Gilmore. This is all calculated and she has nothing at risk other than office space although it shows the pettiness of California's Democrat leaders...but we've seen that before.
"The whole thing is vastly depressing. We have no state budget, our infrastructure is crumbling, our schools are underperforming, health care is headed for the toilet, air quality is bad, a water crisis is upon us -- and all we get from our leaders is prattle and posturing and childish games."
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"Go ahead now, attack away for saying positive things about America. To the America hating lunatics, it is just plain Always looking to what is wrong with America, instead of all the fabulous things we have to be thankful for. She is not perfect, but 'a more perfect nation', and the last best hope of the world. And if the latter is not true, why do so many people all over the globe still want to come here? ....we are not fooled by fools who try to drum up angst among the citizenry with out and out lies, such as those you perpetuate.
Posted by: redpeach quoted by: Isabell Lawson
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