This was in SFC on March 27- it goes to 85,000 Catholic households in SF, Marin and San Mateo Counties
SAN FRANCISCO CATHOLIC-
Editor
“The Honeymoon is over.” (CSF March 20) The Guest Commentary by George Wesolek archdiocesan director of public policy is welcome news but it prompts some questions about the “honeymoon with President Obama.” On July 17, 2007 then candidate Obama declared to the political action committee of Planned Parenthood: "The first thing I'd do, as president, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.” (FOCA)
Fifty four percent of Catholics voted for Obama, and most continue to support this president who will unleash a 21st century holocaust when he signs FOCA. The “freedom“ to kill the unborn will become freedom to kill the handicapped, the suffering, the terminally ill, and the aged. Catholics also should be concerned about Obama’s health plan; it will promote assisted suicide and it will ration care.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver expressed these concerns boldly at the University of Toronto on February 23, 2009, excerpts include:
“Modern life, including life in the Church, suffers from a phony unwillingness to offend that poses as prudence, but it is cowardice.”…
“When it comes to the current administration a spirit of adulation bordering on servility exists among Catholic writers, scholars, editors and activists.”
”Hope” is not an emotional crutch or a political slogan, it is a virtue…”The Latin root Virtus means courage.”
“Real hope demands a spine when the answer to hard choices must be: No, we can’t, not Yes, we can. “
Mike DeNunzio
Mike speaking clearly pic
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The Honeymoon is Over
Friday, March 26, 2010
Letters the SF Chron wont print
PUBLISHED MARCH 26 IN "CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO"
Editor,
The most pro abortion Speaker in U.S. history has led passage of of bill that creates the largest expansion of taxpayer-funded abortion in U.S. History. The most pro abortion President in U.S history signed it and promised an Executive Order to ban abortion in the bill. Mrs. Pelosi said she will "do what's necessary to pass the bill"- and she did. The Speaker knows an Executive Order to ban abortion in the bill cannot change the provisions for taxpayer-funded abortion. In 1952 the Supreme Court ruled an Executive Order cannot change the law. (Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer, 1) An executive order can be changed by another executive order. It's said an executive order has the strength of gelatin and the life expectancy of a fruit fly.
MIKE DENUNZIO
SENT TO SF CHRONICLE MARCH 26.
Editor,
"Furloughs avoid tough decisions." (March 26) The Chronicle Editorial predicts the 2010-2011 fiscal year will be ugly and it will: The $22 billion budget deficit will continue to devastate education, health care and services to the elderly and disabled.
But don't blame the self serving legislators that sold out and caused this debacle; they did not invade Sacramento and seize power, they were endorsed by the San Francisco Chronicle and duly elected . The result is a decade of spending that exceeds inflation and population growth; burdensome regulations and mandates that drive out business and tax revenues, and a crushing state pension system that plunders tax payers. Until we the people ignore the Chronicle editorial board and make the tough decision to say "No Mas " the fiscal condition of the state will get worse.
MIKE DENUNZIO
CHAIRMAN
SAN FRANCISCO REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY
Saturday, March 20, 2010
22,272
Most Californians find it hard to believe as I did-that the state owns 22,272 buildings and structures. They include the landmark Los Angeles Coliseum and Cow Palace in Daly City, and numerous offices and attendant facilities in 58 counties for 237,000 state employees to administer services to 38 million residents.
It’s also hard to believe that the eight largest economy in the world- with some of the highest taxes in the nation cannot pay its bills. California has a record $22 billion deficit and the lowest bond rating of the fifty states. It cannot continue to borrow, raise taxes and cut services; the state must reduce its overhead and find new sources of revenue.
Last June Governor Schwarzenegger and the State Legislature made a good bi partisan decision to start getting California out of real estate. They approved the sale and leaseback of eleven state office properties in Los Angeles, Oakland, Santa Rosa, Sacramento and San Francisco. This plan can produce $2 billion to reduce the debt, save billions in interest and net $660 million for state services. These buildings are attractive to investors; they can sell at high value and secure favorable long-term leases for the state. There is limited supply of office buildings that are fully leased, energy efficient, environmentally friendly and certified by the U.S. Green Buildings Council.
The Department of General Services (DGS) the business manager of the state oversees procurement, maintenance and disposal of all state properties. (www.dgs.ca.gov) The Acting Director of DGS, Ron Diedrich has said: “If we lease these properties, we can predict budget costs, and know the state will not be liable for costs inherent to owning real estate.”
Three of the eleven buildings in the sale-leaseback plan are located in San Francisco: The Civic Center Complex-Hiram Johnson State Office Building on Golden Gate Avenue and Earl Warren Building at 350 McAllister- where the Supreme Court meets, and also the Edmund G. Brown Building on Van Ness Avenue which houses the California Public Utilities Commission. They are leased by the Department of General Services through the San Francisco State Building Authority.
The sale of public, historic or religious properties always brings philosophical and financial questions; the Archdiocese of San Francisco faced both when it sold church buildings in the nineties. Today, some in both parties, including former members of the State Building Authority question the sale-leaseback plan-that is their luxury. They do not have the responsibility to balance the budget, and also protect education, public safety, health care and human services. Many have been silent during a decade of irresponsible spending by Sacramento that exceeded inflation and population growth and has caused the budget crisis. Few ever opposed the self-serving political class that has sold out the state to unrelenting greed of the public service unions that plunder California taxpayers and drive business- and jobs out of the state.
The sale-leaseback plan of state properties is bipartisan, prudent and necessary. Those who question it should offer responsible alternatives to balance the budget and protect vital services -or be silent.
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Mike DeNunzio is president of the San Francisco State Building Authority
It’s also hard to believe that the eight largest economy in the world- with some of the highest taxes in the nation cannot pay its bills. California has a record $22 billion deficit and the lowest bond rating of the fifty states. It cannot continue to borrow, raise taxes and cut services; the state must reduce its overhead and find new sources of revenue.
Last June Governor Schwarzenegger and the State Legislature made a good bi partisan decision to start getting California out of real estate. They approved the sale and leaseback of eleven state office properties in Los Angeles, Oakland, Santa Rosa, Sacramento and San Francisco. This plan can produce $2 billion to reduce the debt, save billions in interest and net $660 million for state services. These buildings are attractive to investors; they can sell at high value and secure favorable long-term leases for the state. There is limited supply of office buildings that are fully leased, energy efficient, environmentally friendly and certified by the U.S. Green Buildings Council.
The Department of General Services (DGS) the business manager of the state oversees procurement, maintenance and disposal of all state properties. (www.dgs.ca.gov) The Acting Director of DGS, Ron Diedrich has said: “If we lease these properties, we can predict budget costs, and know the state will not be liable for costs inherent to owning real estate.”
Three of the eleven buildings in the sale-leaseback plan are located in San Francisco: The Civic Center Complex-Hiram Johnson State Office Building on Golden Gate Avenue and Earl Warren Building at 350 McAllister- where the Supreme Court meets, and also the Edmund G. Brown Building on Van Ness Avenue which houses the California Public Utilities Commission. They are leased by the Department of General Services through the San Francisco State Building Authority.
The sale of public, historic or religious properties always brings philosophical and financial questions; the Archdiocese of San Francisco faced both when it sold church buildings in the nineties. Today, some in both parties, including former members of the State Building Authority question the sale-leaseback plan-that is their luxury. They do not have the responsibility to balance the budget, and also protect education, public safety, health care and human services. Many have been silent during a decade of irresponsible spending by Sacramento that exceeded inflation and population growth and has caused the budget crisis. Few ever opposed the self-serving political class that has sold out the state to unrelenting greed of the public service unions that plunder California taxpayers and drive business- and jobs out of the state.
The sale-leaseback plan of state properties is bipartisan, prudent and necessary. Those who question it should offer responsible alternatives to balance the budget and protect vital services -or be silent.
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Mike DeNunzio is president of the San Francisco State Building Authority
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
“The senator who dared believe in 'paygo'
Debra Saunders’ column in the S.F. Chronicle, March 2 about the lone stance of Senator Jim Bunning on unemployment benefits reminded me of the opening line in Rudyard Kipling’s classic poem: “IF”
“If you can keep your head when all about you men are losing theirs and blaming it on you."
This excerpt from Ms. Saunders column says much about men who are losing their heads, She writes:
"In January, the Senate joined the House in passing "pay-as-you-go" to require Congress to pay for new discretionary spending. On Feb 12, President Obama signed the bill. "Now Congress will have to pay for what it spends, like everybody else," Obama crowed. But just two weeks after it became law, the Senate passed a $15 billion jobs bill exempt from paygo. A month later, Obama and fellow Democrats are demonizing a lone senator for pushing Washington to spend responsibly. Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation said,"paygo" exists as a talking point to create the illusion of fiscal responsibility. It's designed for TV ads. It seems this administration is for fiscal restraint - as long as you don't mean it.
SEE DEBRA SAUNDERS FULL COLUMN at: http://www.sfgate.com/
“If you can keep your head when all about you men are losing theirs and blaming it on you."
This excerpt from Ms. Saunders column says much about men who are losing their heads, She writes:
"In January, the Senate joined the House in passing "pay-as-you-go" to require Congress to pay for new discretionary spending. On Feb 12, President Obama signed the bill. "Now Congress will have to pay for what it spends, like everybody else," Obama crowed. But just two weeks after it became law, the Senate passed a $15 billion jobs bill exempt from paygo. A month later, Obama and fellow Democrats are demonizing a lone senator for pushing Washington to spend responsibly. Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation said,"paygo" exists as a talking point to create the illusion of fiscal responsibility. It's designed for TV ads. It seems this administration is for fiscal restraint - as long as you don't mean it.
SEE DEBRA SAUNDERS FULL COLUMN at: http://www.sfgate.com/
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