February 17, 2021
As corporations threaten to pull contributions from the 147 Republicans who voted not to certify the results of the presidential election, they ignore Democrats such as Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who has made a career calling for violence and undermining the law.
Corporate hypocrisy continues, with PACS choosing to hold the GOP accountable for what transpired at the Capitol. If these organizations determine that Republican members of Congress who broke no laws ought to be stripped of funding, fine. It’s time to throw the book back at the suits and examine why they still willfully fund someone like Waters.
By City News Service
Jan 20, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Fresno County s top prosecutor has penned a letter to her counterpart in Los Angeles County, telling him that a series of controversial directives he issued upon taking office last month are “extreme and “already wreaking havoc on crime victims.
The letter, dated Monday, is the second that George Gascon has been sent in recent weeks in which a district attorney from another county has refused to grant him jurisdiction in cases involving defendants accused of committing crimes in the counties they represent.
Last week, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert characterized many of Gascon s directives as “illegal and unconstitutional a contention repeated again by Fresno County D.A. Lisa A. Smittcamp.
Gil Garcetti and Ira Reiner, both former LA County district attorneys, support current LA County DA George Gascon's efforts to reform criminal sentencing.