Enough far-left bias from the coastal commission – Latest News
In a not-so-stunning admission this week, the California Coastal Commission conceded political bias — and apologized.
That’s a begin.
From right here, the commission must finish its ideological crusades and refocus on its core mission: defending public entry to the state’s seashores.
The 12-member commission — filled with the appointees of the governor and left-wing legislators — settled a 2024 lawsuit from SpaceX over political feedback its members made about that company’s proprietor, Elon Musk.
In a not-so-stunning admission this week, the California Coastal Commission conceded political bias — and apologized. Facebook/@CaliforniaCoast
The 12-member commission — filled with the appointees of the governor and left-wing legislators — settled a 2024 lawsuit from SpaceX over political feedback its members made about that company’s proprietor, Elon Musk. AP
As half of the settlement, the commission apologized for “improper” remarks about Musk’s political opinions at a 2024 listening to on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch program.
These feedback apparently included disparagement of Musk’s tweets, of his alignment with President Trump, and of his Republican assist.
At the identical time, the commission refused a SpaceX petition to increase the quantity of Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
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Political bias doesn’t get more blatant than that.
Also this week, California Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, launched a invoice to curb the commission’s ideological meddling in native July 4 fireworks shows.
The Fireworks for Freedom Act would chill out sure environmental guidelines to forestall the coastal commission from denying permits for Independence Day pyrotechnics — as the panel did with Long Beach.
As half of the settlement, the commission apologized for “improper” remarks about Musk’s political opinions at a 2024 listening to on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch program. Charles Briggs/ZUMA / SplashNews.com
The commission apparently would have the organizers use drones, slightly than fireworks, at 5 occasions the price. (Another instance of inexperienced insurance policies driving prices skyward.)
In reality, the conventional show, “Big Bang on the Bay,” has delighted coastal spectators for 15 years — with no environmental wreck noticed to this point.
And Long Beach is home to 1 of the largest ports in the United States: a main, near-continuous source of air air pollution, carbon emissions, and ocean contamination.
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It’s laborious to consider, then, that a 15- or 20-minute fireworks show, as soon as a yr, is far of a menace to the space’s nature.
Fireworks on Independence Day are as American because it will get, proper alongside the stars and stripes, the national anthem, and Western freedom itself.
Perhaps that’s why the lefty commission seeks to dam them.
Enough, already, with the far-left mission creep.
The panel ought to return to its authentic remit from 1972: preserving public entry to state seashores so the sand could be loved by all.
Also: Let freedom ring.
