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#2,389 - Virtue Signaling Seattle Tree Equity Manager job pays $60.83 an hour to plant trees
News For Reasonable People - July 14, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe city of Seattle is offering a six-figure salary for a Tree Equity Initiative Manager. If you show a bias towards a cedar tree over a spruce, your arborism isn’t welcome and this job isn’t for you. The position earns up to $60.83 an hour and allows activists to undo environmental injustices ...
#2,388 - San Frans largest Hilton Hotel complex drops $1 Billion in value - almost worthless
News For Reasonable People - July 13, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe complex consisting of the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 hotels has seen its value drop by $1 billion, the San Francisco Business Times reported Monday, citing a note from real estate data firm Trepp. Additionally, a Moody’s Ratings report obtained by Hotel Dive was not kind...
#2,387 - Illinois Gov Pritzker Pulls Fast One Opens More Migrant Shelters in Chicago not telling local officials
News For Reasonable People - July 12, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLast week, Pritzker’s office hailed the creation of the pair of new shelters paid for by the Illinois taxpayers and made possible by deals with the “nonprofit sector.” “I’m thankful to our partners and the contributions across City, State, County, and nonprofit sectors. These additional shelter...
#2,386 - Chicago BANS Protestors at DNC by Denying and Delaying Permits
News For Reasonable People - July 12, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe City of Chicago is effectively barring protestors from the Democratic National Convention (DNC) by denying and delaying permits. Despite allowing Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests without permits during the 2020 lockdown, Chicago now refuses permits for groups wanting to demonstrate at ...
#2,385 - Not Shocking: Seattle is #1 in Nation for EV Charging Stations Destroyed by Thieves
News For Reasonable People - July 11, 2024 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSeattle has become a hot spot for the theft of electric vehicle (EV) charging cords, which are rich in copper. Charging provider Electrify America reported that a single station in Georgetown had more than 50 cables stolen over the past couple years. In that same amount of time, a different st...
#2,384- Chicago Mayor's ineffective plans to address violence by spending more & guaranteed income
News For Reasonable People - July 11, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he plans to address public safety issues by investing in people. Speaking at a public forum in the Little Village neighborhood, the mayor blamed Chicago’s violence on disinvestment by previous administrations. “My vision for safety in Chicago is that every si...
#2,383 - Seattle now has lowest number of police officers since 1958 as crime explodes
News For Reasonable People - July 10, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSeattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Wednesday the city will be hiring 18 additional behavioral health responders after securing nearly $2 million in federal funding. The new responders will be part of the Community Assisted Response Engagement (CARE) department, which started in October. CARE...
#2,382 - Dolton firefighters confront Supermayor on missing retirement and heal care premiums
News For Reasonable People - July 10, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThey say where there’s smoke there’s fire, which is why more than a dozen firefighters in south suburban Dolton are going public with their concerns about the controversies smoldering at village hall. On Monday, those firefighters confronted Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard at a village board meeti...
#2,381 - Tractor Supply ends ‘woke’ DEI, climate change policies after massive boycott campaign
News For Reasonable People - July 09, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA major farm supply retailer said it will eliminate DEI roles, end its carbon emissions goals and cut ties to an LGBTQ advocacy group following a social media campaign calling for the firm to revoke its “woke” policies. Tennessee-based Tractor Supply — an 85-year-old company with 2,250 stores ...
#2,380 - Investigators say Oakland businessman laundered political donations to now-mayor through karaoke bar
News For Reasonable People - July 09, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFederal investigators say a California business owner used a karaoke-bar-turned-brothel to funnel campaign donations to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and other members of the city’s political class. Andy Duong, whose family works as Oakland’s curbside recycling contractor, is accused of having surro...
#2,379 - Migrants booted from Bostons's Logan Airport, governor says sanctuary state is "full"
News For Reasonable People - July 08, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMigrants sleeping on the floors of Boston's Logan International Airport will soon be banned from doing so and Massachusetts officials are telling migrants currently at the southern border that its shelter system is out of space. More than 100 migrants have been using the facility as a shelter -...
#2,378 - US Justice Dept. wants Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud over fatal crashes
News For Reasonable People - July 08, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe U.S. Justice Department is pushing Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud in connection with two deadly plane crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners, according to several people who heard federal prosecutors detail a proposed offer Sunday. Boeing will have until the end of the coming wee...
#2,377 - Multnomah County to continue handing out thousands of tents & tarps while city enforces camping ban
News For Reasonable People - July 07, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMultnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said the county will continue to hand out tents and tarps to houseless people in need, even as the city plans to enforce a camping ban. The announcement comes as the city begins enforcement of its camping ban on Monday. On Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheel...
#2,376 - Oregon 'anarchist' group takes credit for burning 15 police cars in 'preemptive' attack
News For Reasonable People - July 06, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRose City Counter-Info, a self-described "anarchist" group based in Portland, Oregon, took credit Monday for having “torched” 15 police cars at the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) training facility. The group says last week's attack was a "preemptive" one, pointing to recent police intervention...
#2,375 - Violent Venezuelan Gang has taken over NYC shelter system
News For Reasonable People - July 05, 2024 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAn accused cop shooter who claimed a Venezuelan gang is smuggling guns into migrant facilities stayed at a shelter with a X-ray and magnetometer to scan for weapons, officials said. Security guards at the East Elmhurst shelter have been “retrained” on the proper use of handheld wands and scanni...
#2,374 - Homeless illegally tapping into city power creates explosions and fire threatening LA communities
News For Reasonable People - July 05, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJust before 10 one recent morning, an LA neighborhood was rocked by loud explosions that residents say sounded like bombs going off. "There were two huge explosions, and when I looked out my apartment window I saw plumes of black smoke," said Jeanne Rice, who lives around the corner from a home...
#2,373 - LA's "Ribbon of Light" Bridge has no lights after 7 miles of copper wiring stolen by thieves
News For Reasonable People - July 04, 2024 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Sixth Street Bridge was celebrated at its 2022 opening as a new city landmark. At night, artistic lighting gave the span an iconic look, earning the nickname "Ribbon of Light." But the viaduct is much darker these days. Copper thieves have hit the bridge again and again, stripping some sev...
#2,372 - Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside
News For Reasonable People - July 04, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a ruling from a California-based appeals court that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. The case is the high...
#2,371 - Hollywood business owners upset over city's removal of planters used to deter homeless encampments
News For Reasonable People - July 03, 2024 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBusiness owners and residents in Los Angeles criticized the city's decision to remove planters that locals said greatly reduced crime in the area. "I think it's a really terrible thing that they're doing because those planters were there to keep the encampments away," Hollywood resident Jacqui...
#2,370 - After 56 years Oakland Airport the Hilton closes due to rampant criminal activity in area
News For Reasonable People - July 03, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Hilton Hotel will close its Oakland airport location in August after 56 years in business, Port of Oakland officials said Monday morning. “We understand that the hospitality sector continues to be negatively impacted by larger economic trends post-pandemic,” port representatives said in a s...
#2,369 - ‘Our shelters are full': Gov. Healey sends Mass. officials to southern border
News For Reasonable People - July 02, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA blue state has deployed officials to the southern border in Texas to warn migrants that their shelters are full, as it struggles to house the numbers of migrants it is seeing. Massachusetts' Democratic Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday announced that she had sent members of her administration to ...
#2,368 - Lawsuit Alleges Supermayor Tiffany Henyard Falsified Police Sgt Test Scores; Unlawful Police Sgt Promotions
News For Reasonable People - July 02, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAn amended complaint was filed earlier this month in Cook County Circuit Court naming Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard in her individual capacity, Dolton Police Chief Lewis Lacey in his individual capacity, and Dolton Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (“BOFPC”) Board Member DeVonte Stewart in h...
#2,367 - Mayor Brandon Johnson doubles down on misinformation when asked about Chicago migrant spending
News For Reasonable People - July 01, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe latest figures from the City of Chicago’s spending dashboard shows the city has spent more than $400 million over the past two years on migrants – with the bulk of that money going to private companies that helped forge lease agreements or provided staffing for migrants shelters. Since Augu...
#2,366 - San Francisco home in ritzy neighborhood selling for a steal – but there's a catch
News For Reasonable People - July 01, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA home in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood with properties typically valued at millions of dollars is on the market for under $500,000 – but it may be a while before the new buyer can move in. The seller is asking $488,000 for the three-bedroom home located in the city’s Russian Hill neigh...
#2,365 - Dolton Firefighters Demand Answers on Missing Retirement Funds and Denied Health Benefits
News For Reasonable People - June 30, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFirefighters in Dolton, Illinois, are raising serious concerns about the management of their retirement funds and health care benefits. According to the International Association of Firefighters Local 3766, deductions for retirement plans intended to go to Nationwide have not been properly alloc...
#2,364 - Iconic Hollywood Arby's and San Fran McDonalds latest victims of Cali's $20/hour minimum wage
News For Reasonable People - June 29, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA family-owned Arby’s Roast Beef that has been a fixture on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood for 55 years shut its doors, blaming California’s recently enacted $20-an-hour minimum wage law as the final “nail in the coffin.” The fast food joint’s iconic cowboy hat sign was captured by FOX 11’s SkyF...
#2,362 - Planters used to deter homeless encampments in Hollywood ordered to be removed
News For Reasonable People - June 28, 2024 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHollywood business owners are upset and frustrated after planters that were installed to keep homeless encampments from growing were ordered to be removed. The planters and garden beds were placed along the sidewalk on Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue in May after shop owners said homeless ...
#2,363 - Seattle's Belltown Hellcat driver hit with $83K fine by City
News For Reasonable People - June 28, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe so-called "Belltown Hellcat" driver accused of racing his Dodge Charger through city streets and waking people up with his loud exhaust was ordered to pay more than $83,000 in fines during an appearance in Seattle Municipal Court on Tuesday. Court filings by the city attorney allege Miles H...
#2,360 - Mayor Johnson blames past administrations for Chicago's Violent weekend of Fathers Day Shootings
News For Reasonable People - June 27, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe shooting victims from over the weekend range in age from 13 to 57, representing various parts of the city, and the violence has some seeking new solutions. South Lawndale residents met with police on Monday following a staggering number of weekend shootings. At least 71 people were shot, n...
#2,361 - 'Unethical': California sheriff rips Dems for plotting 'immoral' move to sink Prop 47 Reform
News For Reasonable People - June 27, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA ballot measure aimed at reforming a controversial proposition blamed by many for increased crime in California is facing what one local sheriff calls an "ingenious" and "immoral" plan to "sabotage" the effort for ideological reasons. California’s secretary of state announced this month that p...
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