Apology to the Napa and Solano Counties

As an unwilling constituent of Senator Ted Lieu in the South Bay region of Southern California, I want to apologize to all the Napa and Solano country rural residents who enjoy hunting and trapping. I never voted for the state senate who ended up on the state "Legislators to Watch" list. Watching him debate and promote the most inane and inappropriate of causes has created quite a stir.

Unless Senator Lieu has a soft spot for Winnie the Pooh, or he happens to be an avid Yogi Bear fan, I still fail to the see the force and fancy for banning the use of hunting dogs to track down bears.

I for one regret that the decisions of a suburban media hound has decided to hunt and kill the rights of hunters to hunt for game with their own hounds.

State Senator Ted Lieu has been micromanaging the most picky and picayune of issues during his tenure in the California legislature, from microchipping pets to banning the private sale of domestic animals. Instead of speaking up for more pressing and meaningful causes, like the dwindling business sector, the rise of unemployment, and the lack of opportunity for young people seeking and education and seeking work, Senator Lieu has also found time to attack landlords who want electronic rental payment as well as tanning salons and buy-here-pay-here car loans. We all would like to see our politicians care about the here and now as well as the far and away future of this state.

I believe that state legislators like Senator Lieu belong in a zoo, along with all the other odd-ball colleagues and odd pieces of legislation which are eating away at the individual liberties of Californians when our politicians could be implementing Governor Brown's 12-point pension reform, eliminating the waste, fraud, and redundant bureaucracy in our state, and providing a well-financed future based on lower taxes, more stable revenue streams, and greater autonomy for citizens and local office holders.

Once, I express my profound regret that a legislator from my district is causing so much trouble for rural residents who want to see less government, and would like to see government doing much less.