DUH! STEVE SMITH AGAIN REVEALS THE LIBERAL MIND (Laugh out loud)
In his goofy and vapid column in today's Daily Pilot (1/17), Steve Smith once again illustrates the pretzel thinking of a liberal as he tells readers that he and his pals were the ones who were right about having an ICE agent checking ID in the Costa Mesa jail, and that those who supported a call to train our cops to do this job were wrong and that they lost the battle because of the ICE agent.
Scratching your head yet?
Here's Smith's convoluted logic. Smith and his pals, according to Smith, always knew that there were illegal aliens in Costa Mesa (Yup, yup, golly gosh shucks, they sure did).
They just didn't want our local cops to arrest illegal aliens and turn them over to ICE (Nope, nope, too divisive, divides the community, divides people, so divisive, divides the city, divides the divide in a divisive way).
Now that the feds are doing their job, says Smith, we won't have "to train Costa Mesa police officers or divide the community."
Yes, Mr. Smith, it's good that ICE is now doing what it's supposed to do. But, the only reason it is doing so is because of the plan to train our cops. That's what prompted ICE to take action. You see, had we not planned to train our cops, there would be no ICE agent in the jail.
The goal of those who want to get dangerous illegal aliens off our streets is to legally get them off our streets. The details of how this is accomplished are irrelevant. If ICE does the job, great. If ICE doesn't do the job, then we would have to do it through our local cops. The important thing is that the job be done. And, it is being done.
Those who want illegal aliens arrested and deported won, Mr. Smith, not you and your pals. Clear thinkers don't get the details mixed up with the goal. There are many ways to skin a cat.
Now fess up, Mr. Smith, isn't it true that you and your pals really don't want illegal aliens arrested and deported? Isn't your constant use of the phrase about not wanting to "divide the community," really just code talk for saying that illegal aliens should not be divided from citizens?
But, maybe we have it wrong. Please feel free to correct us if we're wrong about what you want, Mr. Smith. Let us put it to you directly: Do you, Mr. Smith, believe that illegal aliens should be deported or not? A simple yes or no will suffice. Speak clearly so we can see you.
Oh, and by the way, Mr. Smith, we're still waiting to hear your bright ideas on how to improve our schools. Remember how you wrote that you have such ideas? What are those ideas? Our guess is that you don't have any good ideas and that's why you're silent.
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AVERAGE MEDIAN HOME VALUES FOR THE RING OF CITIES--DECEMBER 2006
Newport Beach.....................................$ 1,337,000
Irvine.....................................................$ 821,468
Costa Mesa............................................$ 811,500
Huntington Beach.................................$ 727,562
Fountain Valley.....................................$ 699,500
Santa Ana...............................................$ 620,250
The lowest priced homes in the ring of cities were found in Santa Ana's 92701 zip code where the median price was $ 342,500. Anyone who wants affordable housing should buy in Santa Ana.
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GRAFFITI IS A SYMPTOM--HELP MUG A LIBERAL
The CM PRESS continues to hear city leaders and others talking about the problem of graffiti. The usual advice is that we should all call in to report it as quickly as possible.
One citizen addressed the City Council last night and told the Council that she keeps reporting graffiti near where she lives but it keeps coming back. Darn graffiti.
Well of course it does. The reason is because graffiti is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem. Simply covering up the graffiti doesn't solve the problem. It just hides the problem.
Then, we see pollyannaish letters in the Daily Pilot from people who are oblivious to what's going on around them saying that they've never seen any problems in the city.
Many improvers are now refusing to call in graffiti when they see it. They want the out of touch folks to see the graffiti. The old saw that a conservative is a liberal who has just been mugged applies here.
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NEW LINEUPS FOR PLANNING AND PARKS
The City Council voted on members for the Planning Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission last night.
Here are the new lineups:
PLANNING
Eleanor Egan (Holdover)
Donn Hall (Holdover)
James Fisler (Holdover)
James Righeimer (New)
Sam Clark (New)
PARKS AND RECREATION
Mark Harris (Holdover)
Bob Graham (Holdover)
Mike Brumbaugh (New)
Kurt Galitski (New)
Terry Shaw (New)
Gone from Planning is Bill Perkins who supported Return to Reason candidates in the last election.
Gone from Parks is David Stiller who also supported Return to Reason candidates in the last election and who opposed citizens in Mesa North when they tried to get their small neighborhood park made safe for its intended purposes.
The CM PRESS will be watching the two commissions and you can count on us to let you know if any of the new commissioners start voting against improvement.
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