Lancaster's Musical Road

Our tax dollars at work. It is pretty cool though. 

Pork Barrel Politics

As reported by Bloomberg, the House GOP caucus voted by secret ballot to approve earmarks, enabling more pork-barrel spending in Congress. 

How did Santa Clarita's Mike Garcia (CA25) and Bakersfield's Kevin McCarthy (CA23) vote on bringing back the previously outlawed practice?

Here's a hint: They won't say. 

Was this picture staged?

Here's Sheriff  Villanueva and Congressman Garcia looking at some illegal pot farm plants. The plastic sheet they're peeking through clearly was cut for the photo. 

Did you notice the two circular cuts above the men's heads?

Their faces are completely visible.

And there's plastic sheeting hanging at the sheriff's knees. 

See the circular cut just above the sheriff's hat? It's cut higher than the circle over the shorter congressman's head. 

Some thought went into that framing. 

Term Limits?

Palmdale's Congressman Mike Garcia (Santa Clarita), claims to support term limits, stating on his campaign website that, "Garcia supports term limits because it’s time to get rid of the career politicians in both parties."

So will Mike Garcia oppose a ninth term for Kevin McCarthy (Bakersfield), who has been in Congress since 2006?