 - GETTING IT RIGHT ARCHIVES - (Feb 28 2009) - Getting it Right© Outside Hollywood :
Lighting Candles -- Outside Hollywood PORTERVILLE, CA -- Last weekend�s Oscars have the newswires abuzz with the academy awards. While trophies for Best Male Actor go to Sean Penn for his portal of Homosexual activist Harvey Milk and Best Actress to Kate Winslet for her role in The Reader as a female Nazi war criminal seducing a 15 year-old-boy, National Public Radio (NPR) covered a very different film festival in the heart of Texas. The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) and Jubilee Awards are �Dedicated to filmmaking that will not tear down the biblical family. �Films, according to SAICFF founder, Doug Phillips, which are �made completely outside Hollywood.� More ... (Dec 05 2008) - Getting it Right© in California's 4th Congressional Dist :
Student Volunteers Make Difference in Congressional Race PORTERVILLE, CA -- Senator Tom McClintock announced victory three weeks after Election Day over contender Charlie Brown for California's 4th district Congressional seat. "It is appropriate that the tally should be completed on the eve of Thanksgiving Day." McClintock stated on his blog Wednesday. The election results stands at: McClintock 185,615 and Brown at 183,840. This lead of 1,775 votes is a margin of victory that puts the race well outside the possibility of a recount changing the outcome. More ... (Oct 28 2008) - Getting it Right© ... with Prop 3 :
Fascism and Children's Hospitals : -- VOTE NO on PROP 3 PORTERVILLE, CA -- "It's shameless and self serving!" Jim Uhler, a researcher for the National Tax Limitation Association said of the initiative. "The people that paid to qualify it are earmarked to receive funds from it." Hospitals such as Loma Linda, Lucille Packard, Rady in San Diego and Milers in Long Beach have spent $850,000 each, lobbying for the initiative, according to the Secretary of State website. Only a few years ago, Prop 61 asked for the same thing from voters money Uhler pointed out -- that hasn't yet been spent. More ... (Oct 15 2008) - Getting it Right© ... with Prop 2 :
Chickens, Wingspans and the Free Market -- VOTE NO On Prop 2 PORTERVILLE, CA -- Proposition 2 proposes to give chickens enough room to stretch their wings and for pigs and veal calves to turn around freely. Sponsored by the Sierra Club, Rep. Maxine Waters, Caesar Chavez Foundation and the Union of Concerned Scientists, the initiative purports to phase out extreme confinement of animals raised for food. Paul Shapiro, from the Humane Society, Fresno, said that California has an anti cruelty code but it is almost never applied to farm animals. He points out that the space allotted for laying hens is less than an 8� x 11 sheet of paper. Shapiro says this is a hen's life for over a year before being butchered. "It really is hard to imagine something more cruel and inhumane." More ... (Oct 12 2008) - Getting it Right© ... with Prop 1A :
Proposition 1A High Speed Rail Bond -- VOTE NO PORTERVILLE, CA -- Nov. 4 Californians have the option to subsidize high speed rail through the heart of the state. Prop 1A would deliver 9.95 billion in bonds for a plan to be constructed in the next 10-20 years. The rail is repeatedly described as a solution to (presumably human caused) Global Warming, but 31,000 American scientists have signed a petition stating that there is no "convincing scientific evidence" that human release of greenhouse gasses is causing the earth's surface to heat. Critics question whether tax money should be apportioned when California's budget is in crisis. More ... (May 14 2008) - Getting it Right© ... with June's Propositions :
California Eminent Domain amendments are NOT created equal ! PORTERVILLE CA -- Following the Supreme Court�s historic Kelo v. the City of New London, over 40 states have passed laws restricting eminent domain abuses symbolized by Kelo. In California, a Kelo-Plus amendment failed to pass in 2006 when environmental interests and Gov. Schwarzenegger opposed it. Now, June 3rd, Golden State voters have a choice between two constitutional amendments, Propositions 98 and 99. Both bills restrict the state from seizing private land for a state approved private use. Both allow for claiming land for government/ public use, like roads and schools. But there the similarity ends. More ...
(May 01 2008) - Getting it Right© by Regina Seppi :Welcome to my column called "Getting it Right" and welcome to the next generation of writers who still believe in GOD, Family and Country ... that would include me ! Speaking about me, Mr. Lucketta wanted to make sure that my readers knew a little more about myself and asked me to submit a little synopsis of who I am. As the time goes by, I do plan to ad a bit more. So enjoy my first columns and be sure to let me know what you think. Regina ...
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