Endorsements

Those of you who know me, know that I am not a fan of endorsements. In my opinion, they manipulate democracy and make voters lazy. There is, however, one benefit to them; you get to see exactly which politicians are in bed with who. Case and point, Steve Hernandez. Hernandez is endorsed by the California Democratic Party (don't by any means get me started on the Republican Party because both are guilty) and has worked for Supervisor Ashley since 2004.  Ashley is also one in favor of the Stone agenda. Hernandez endorsed Robert Masson, who is running for Hemet City Council and who is also a retired Riverside County Sheriff. See any potential problems for our city with that one getting elected?
Back to Hernandez... He is endorsing someone that would push for a liberal agenda of bigger government, and it does come at the expense of taxpayers. Our middle class has been beaten up, so let's beat them up more? There is a tax increase on November's ballot for Coachella and this is due to the increasing costs of public safety. There is already a tax for Coachella residents that helps supplement public safety costs. The cost for Calfire and Sheriff keep going up, so why would we want someone in office or why would Coachella want someone in office pushing for services that We/they can't really afford?
So how does this effect Hemet? This shows those of us in Hemet that this is in fact a much larger agenda and pursued at the cost of the taxpayer. I understand liberals pushing for bigger government, but I do not understand why conservative/tea party types are pushing for the same agenda. They claim it is to rid our city of demanding unions, but has anyone checked the size of the Calfire union lately? The Calfire union... A little larger than 50 members.  How are those demands going to stay excluded from our budget and every other cities budget who voted to contract out services? Also, this last mailer that came out from the Hemet Taxpayers Association (I will have more on that one. I want my research solid.), where do I begin? You must know that this group and funding come from the same source? It is the same language and argument. The problem for them is that their arguments are weak and don't take any solid,  whole, factual evidence into consideration. The information provided is selective at best.  The only two candidates they are attacking are Krupa and Raver. FYI- from what I understand, there are candidates other than Krupa and Raver who support keeping our public safety under local control. If you got the mailer, then read it and do your homework. And yes, public safety is contributing to candidates. It just so happens the Calfire union contributes to Jeff Stone. The number of signatures gathered for the referendum should tell you that the citizens of Hemet are sold on the services of HFD.