Per the LA times, Rick Caruso was a Republican until he switched to Democrat for the 2022 Mayoral race. This guy’’s net worth is $4 billion. IMO he’s purchasing the mayoral position, if he can. He’s being promoted as “Common Sense Liberal” in the Wall Street Journal. He’s running against Rep. Karen Bass, the progressive former chairman of the Black Caucus (IMO the best candidate by far.).
Then along came Rick Caruso—a onetime Republican, prominent city real-estate developer and philanthropist—and Ms. Bass is no longer a certain bet.
He’s saying the right things. But I don’t believe his bull shit. He’s a Republican running as a Democrat and when in office will do what Republicans want him to do. But…..he’s running neck and neck with Karen.
Mr. Caruso wants to add 1,500 police officers and move tens of thousands of homeless into temporary housing while cutting red tape that makes building homes expensive. He says he would insist that the city attorney prosecute misdemeanors that now go unpunished.
Mr. Caruso’s sensible ideas have drawn an eclectic fan base, including the city’s police union, celebrities such Snoop Dogg and Kim Kardashian, Korean-American business leaders and an 88-year-old community activist known as Sweet Alice Harris, who founded a charity to help youth in southeast Los Angeles.
Here’s a little of the progressive stance by Karen Bass.
Ms. Bass wants to keep the police budget flat while hiring 250 civilian employees to handle administrative tasks that officers sometimes have to do. Yet she also wants to pile more administrative burdens onto police, including reporting on stops and searches and “implicit bias” training.
How many other Democrats are really Republicans bull shitting the public to get into office? I believe there is a lot of this going on behind the scenes and if we all don’t pay attention and dive into who really is running for office, we might get a Manchin or Sinema AGAIN and we can’t afford it.
75% of voters in L.A. didn’t VOTE. How to stir them up — all across the country? I’m tired, I get it.
Please!!! Donate to Karen Bass’ campaign. It’s a grass roots campaign and NOT someone paying to get into the mayor position of L.A. as Caruso is doing.