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RunItByLegal's avatar

Not really related to what’s going down with him but it always amazes me that Gavin was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle and at one time they were a power couple to watch.

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RunItByLegal's avatar

We gotta school ‘em, Emilie! 😉

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Bad Sandy's avatar

I wish you’d do a story on their marriage. I lived in the city when Gavin and KG were the Mayor and First Lady. Kimberly had a big comeuppance covering the Scott Peterson trial.

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Michelle Pierce Ramos's avatar

Gavin is trying to green light the removal of a dam that supples water to over 600,000 people in Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin Counties. He is in cahoots with PG&E who owns the dam and is a major contributor to him. Here is an article written by a native to our area here in Northern California. Absolutely nobody else is coving this.

https://www.americaunwon.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaspNsLA8XDBk2-nXD1wq466Dqbgx7LYjJiFB7jYH-cRAxmCvbDit4Eskc_aem_Ylm3EvWw3G8Wc2-FqpwabA

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Madeline McCormick's avatar

The level of depravity between Newsom and PG&E is off the charts. They don't even hide it. CPUC being appointed by the governor is so corrupt. They hide behind "environmentalism" and "safety" to bankrupt the state.

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Madeline McCormick's avatar

So, I'm going to chime in as someone who lost everything to wildfire in 2020 up in the Santa Cruz mountains. While I'm opposed to most of what happened to me, the clean up phase is not a simple thing and YOU CANNOT DO IT ON YOUR OWN. What remains is not simply ash. It is more toxic than you can believe. You can't scoop it up and throw it away in the trash. The only access these people need right now is to see their property in this state. To begin to process the magnitude of their loss, and to sift through the remains to find what may have survived. I was surprised at the things that made it, ornaments, ceramics, stuff like that.

The city, county, and FEMA need to coordinate the real cleanup effort and it will take 18 months or more. 12,000 structures need to be removed and yes, you need to test the land afterward for chemical residue. Plastics, metals, paint, oil, all of it is in there. For our fire, the CZU, there were two phases, the first completely led by FEMA. In that phase, they visited every parcel and identified hazards, labeled them for the clean up crews, test for asbestos (if present requires extra cleanup procedures), etc. Once we passed phase 1, which is the luck of the draw as to when they get to your street, then we can choose to either hire a private contractor for debris removal or get on the list for what's called the "public option." I chose private and got someone in there fast. If you go with the public option, FEMA will run it and you will wait on them. The county and state will need to find 1) a place to put all the waste 2) crews from all over the country to come and clean it up. This isn't trivial. Our fire was in August of 2020, only 900 homes burned, and it took 15 months for cleanup to finish.

After cleanup, the soil is tested and if it clears, you're free to go. If it doesn't, another scrape is necessary. Again, why I went with the private option, I could get them to come back quickly. If you go with the public option, then you get in line to wait until they come back around for the second scrape.

This is not an evil process. California leadership is evil, but the clean up after a fire is a big, huge, toxic mess that needs to tended to. If you care what's in your food or your vaccines, you also care about the toxicity of what just happened. A lifetime's worth of stuff is gross after it burns.

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Michelle Pierce Ramos's avatar

Our local Congressman Jared Huffman is also for the environmental disaster the removal of this over a century old dam and its ecosystem. Lake Pillsbury was absolutely instrumental in fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire in 2018, which at the time was the largest ever in the country. Huffman is also in cahoots with PG&E and receives campaign contributions from them. The article explains how because PG&E is not a public entity it can play both sides of the fence.

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Ok Bob's avatar

Someone needs to send to Elon

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Michelle Pierce Ramos's avatar

Thank you so much Emilie, we are a small community and nobody is talking about this. So easy fodder for vultures like Newsom and Huffman.

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Vanessa P.'s avatar

Justine Bateman is a straight shooter, I appreciate her perspective. Lets see if a recall will stick this time.

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Samstown's avatar

Was about to clap back at the never having a dead phone but then I realized it was you making the comment 😂

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John Gallo's avatar

I’ve been looking for updates on holding Newsom accountable but it seems like nobody is covering it. So happy to hear there is a recall happening. Loved the part about the witch too. Totally LA! Please keep those of us not currently in California updated on the recall efforts. California is too beautiful to be destroyed by that man. We can’t let it happen!

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Samstown's avatar

Totally surprised I didn’t hear about any of this until now. Tbf, I’ve been moving all week and didn’t have time to scroll through my favorite instagramers stories. So happy to hear this is happening and can’t wait to add my signature, again.

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John Gallo's avatar

Yes! I’ll be adding my name too!

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Samstown's avatar

The real question is, are you? Only a TK fan would know what Sam’s Town means :) But, to answer your question, I absolutely am.

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Samstown's avatar

Come on now, don’t leave me hanging 😂

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MissLadyK's avatar

An historic American once said, the destruction of America will come from within. He couldn’t have been more right. Californians need to mobilize, first by clearing their foggy brains, then by making sure the voter roles are legit, then by harvesting as many votes as humanly possible, then by protecting the vote, now they can recall Newscum, elect people with a scintilla, or how about this, a lot of common sense. Like Trump stated, “This is a Common Sense Revolution.” You could just tell by their crestfallen faces at their meeting with Trump, all their ability to vacuum money and hold power being drained down the sinkhole when he said, just let them come in and clean up. Protect them from what? Burned ash? Bypassing all the made up rules and regulations pretending to protect the people from what? You’ve already destroyed everything they owned.

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Holly's avatar

Does the witchy stuff freak anyone else out?

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ge's avatar

Where did the $24 BILLION spent on homelessness in CA go? That should be enough to recall right there - another money laundering scheme 🙄

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Paige's avatar

Ok. So let’s pretend, third try is a charm? Then what? Bonta ? Schiff? Another Pelosi or Soros puppet? San Francisco and Los Angeles don’t have the emotional capacity to elect conservative leadership, and because of it, they are effing it up for the rest of the state who wants conservative leadership. Go to the Central Coast and you see signs saying vote Republican dotting the freeways. Not in LA not in SF. And even if a conservative governor is elected then he or she has a house and senate majority of socialists who will undo anything they try to do. This is a woke/progressive/socialist bed that’s been elected since the 90s, and we’re going to have to sleep in it for a very long time. The only example that change is possible, would be Huntington Beach where they have a conservative city and a conservative city council that reflects their ideals.

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Madeline McCormick's avatar

Huntington Beach is a gem for so many reasons, not just the ocean location but the common sense in the people.

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Samstown's avatar

My oldest son just moved there recently and loves it.

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Samstown's avatar

It truly is a fantastic city!

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Samstown's avatar

What an amazing day! Absolutely love Kitson’s (and loved it before I even knew about Fraser’s political stance). I’m in the OC but every jaunt to LA, I’d stop in. You were able interview some of my favorites. Great story. Congrats!

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Bad Sandy's avatar

Fraser as in Crane? I’m old.

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Talíyah—Very Freqy Girl®'s avatar

LA is finally waking up, it’s what they voted for.

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Samstown's avatar

Still have friends who refer to Newsom as Zaddy.🤮

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Talíyah—Very Freqy Girl®'s avatar

Sounds like some of my family members

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Christina's avatar

Loved reading this entire article. Thank you for sharing!

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Kit Corbett's avatar

One can only hope ... we tried years ago to recall him & it failed sadly ... putting it up there in the universe ... please 🙏🏼

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Maryanne's avatar

We came very close. At that time, there were fewer reasons to get him out, but he still had fans who were not paying attention. I wanted him out when he was San Francisco's mayor.

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Madeline McCormick's avatar

I don't think the recall will work. I live in Santa Cruz and I can't tell you how many people said Newsom was a horrible man in the last recall. Especially after the fire we had there in 2020 (I'm one who lost her house to the flames) but they refused to vote against him. There were a few Democrats running against him, but everyone was so afraid to split the vote and then some scary Republican like Larry Elder would get in. We just can't have that! They said that to my face, as a fire survivor, they didn't care. Unless your own home burns down as CalFire watches from the side, letting it burn, you don't really get it in CA. Even the witches are so afraid of Trump and conservatism, they will chose to be abused by Newsom. And it's the same with the Christians, yoga teachers, manbun guys, and surfers. Everyone in California is afraid of conservatives and order. They prefer chaos, until, like I said, their house goes up in flames.

I voted for this guy: https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/08/newsom-recall-candidates-kevin-paffrath/

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Samstown's avatar

It’s crazy because living in the OC, it’s incredibly red. But I still have friends that call him Zaddy and he can do no wrong. It’s wild.

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Carolyn Breder's avatar

Who is the Fraser referred to in this article? I want to try and educate myself with all of this! Thanks for all the info! Anxious to see what will happen! In my view from Iowa, Newsom has always seemed like a dirt bag with only his best interest first!!

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Samstown's avatar

Quite literally, one of my biggest fears is this man becoming president. Praying this recall works and will put him out of the running🙏

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Samstown's avatar

I absolutely agree. I truly hope the veil has been lifted off of a huge part of the state. Especially LA & San Francisco areas.

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Carolyn Breder's avatar

On purpose, do tell what is the speculation? I have wondered this from the beginning.

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Carolyn Breder's avatar

Thank You, that’s what I wondered!

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Beth's avatar

Just an FYI as you do you but there is no such thing as a “good witch”. No matter how well intentioned that woman might be she was calling on demons. There is Jesus Christ and there are demons. There is no middle. If there is a feeling of darkness in the house she certainly wasn’t cleaning it out but leaning into it. You can’t clear demons out by calling on demons. Best to have priest come and bless the house. That will get rid of the dark energy.

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Summer Eve's avatar

How does a priest have more authority over a woman?

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Claudia's avatar

It’s not Priest vs woman, as in man vs woman, it’s based on who they’re serving, it’s based on whom they’re deriving their authority from.. priest is deriving his authority to cast out demons in the name of Jesus, and the woman is a self- admitted witch, so she’s calling on demons, and what she’s practicing is simply witchcraft, very dangerous.

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Beth's avatar

That’s not the point I’m making. Have a woman pastor do the blessing then. The “good witch” is not calling on Jesus to cleanse the house. If she were she would call herself a pastor not a “good witch”. And if she’s not calling on Jesus Christ then she’s calling on demons. That’s my point.

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A Gal Without A Tribe's avatar

I left the Bay Area august of 2020. I sooo wish I was there for the first recall. I was surprised how many of my friends rallied to vote against it. Hoping it’s different this time!

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nothappynow's avatar

My friends also got his back and guess what,

he won recall!!!

Ur vote wouldn't have changed that

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