Archive - Jim Lacy’s Notes from Taxifornia

L.A. homicide stats are good, but not a reason to dismiss law and order policies, and Trump.

The Los Angeles Times today reports the good news that the homicide rate in the city is trending downward and has been since 2021.

Jul 9 •

Yet another useless poll from U.C. Berkeley.

At a time when the U.S.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Irrelevant woke polling as L.A. and the world turns.

Common sense says ICE arrests, wildfires, Newsom's and Bass's failures, and bombing nukes in Iran are a lot more important than public opinion on…

Jun 23 •

Jimmy Carter and the international Left helped install the Ayatollah. After 40 years of hate and terror, Trump will finally take him down.

The BBC published a report in 2016, based on newly declassified documents, which stated that the Carter Administration had very extensive contact with…

Jun 22 •

California could use a really good new prison - so thank you to Tom Homan.

Democrats in California have been implementing their own twisted version of a “criminal justice” reform for years since they achieved total…

Jun 21 •

Today I sued the Federal Election Commission for allowing unlawful bias at National Public Radio

FEC failed to investigate credible evidence that NPR illegally played favorites in broadcasting during the 2020 and 2024 Presidential elections

Jun 9 •

Farewell Fisherman’s Wharf

San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf is now a sorry, empty shell, awaiting demolition and major changes.

Jun 7 •

May 2025

Las Vegas is a place I visit once or twice annually and when I go there I prefer to drive.

May 31 •

End the sales tax for Upstate California, and revitalize retail industry and jobs.

Sales taxes in California are consistently among the highest In the nation.

May 26 •

Putin’s wristwatch’s

I bought a wristwatch on 5th Avenue yesterday to celebrate a personal milestone and it took overnight to occur to me that Vladimir Putin must have worn…

May 23 •

A Russian Carmen that is going places

Aigul Akhmetshina is the most exciting new mezzo-soprano to hit the Opera stage in years.

May 20 •

Karen Bass is polling really poorly. Like former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

A new UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll purports to establish that both Kamala Harris and Karen Bass are widely known in California and that while…

May 13 •

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