Wednesday, February 6, 2013

State Senator Ted Lieu's "Deferential Treatment"

State Senator Ted Lieu (D-Marina Del Rey) remains the representative for the 28th Senate District, but because of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, new “deferral areas” have been added to his jurisdiction, including Palos Verdes and Santa Monica.

State Senator Lieu defers to many, diverse interests.

Lieu defers to abandon ships, making sure that they do not litter our harbors or waterways.

Lieu defers to sharks, so that no one will eat their fins in a rare and expensive soup.

Lieu defers to rights activists to prevent minors from using tanning salons or from having their sexuality changed in therapy sessions.

Lieu defers to animal rights activists by legislating that pet owners microchip their pets and forbidding them from purchasing them in private sales (and let’s not forget the added protection for bears, since hunters can no longer chase bears up trees)

Lieu defers to a spendthrift legislature, advancing tax increases against the good will of the California residents and voters.

Lieu defers to teachers unions, since he has resisted school choice legislation. In the past week, local papers have reported at least five major cases of child sex abuse by public school teachers

Lieu defers to unions in general, since he receives a substantial amount of campaign contributions from them, including the SEIU, which refused to defer to travelers and traffickers along Sepulveda Blvd. Union employees have shared with me that shop wards report them for stepping out of their prescribed contracts to work a half hour early. California must become a “right to work” state, or defer more jobs to other states.

On the other hand, Lieu refuses to defer to the laws of supply and demand, spending money that the state does not have for interests and departments we don’t need to people who do not deserve. He refuses to defer to  t­­he logic that rising tax rates lead to diminished revenues. He also refuses to defer to the reality that Democrats are doing more harm than good to this state.

One must therefore ask State Senator Lieu: “when will you defer to the voters who elected you?”

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