By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – June 1, 2022 Our State's Governor, Gavin Newsom has come down with a dreaded disease, something akin to that which afflicts the Biden Administration at the Federal level. Its called "spend money like there is no tomorrow". Not that it appears to trouble either "leader", rapidly rising inflation is one of the symptoms, no real solutions found in the massive outlays another, but it does give each man something to talk about. If only November were to hurry up and get here and the reckless spending burdening the State's voters were to collide with reality, then order could be restored. If only. In the mean time over $8 Billion in spending from taxpayer wallets for "rent relief". Governor "Hair Gel", still locked in Covid-19 hysteria, is making renters and landlords all giddy with the knowledge that a million Californians have had their hands held for the past two plus years when it came to paying the rent. An additional $2.7 Billion to allow the free spending Governor to extend the program to July. Then what? Maybe a million Californians are going to have to go back to work. Plenty of jobs available, and have been for months. Time to get off the couch. Of course the "empty suit has an answer for that as well, nearly $110 Million dollars for the couch dwellers to go back to school in for now one of five of the State's regional education districts. Plans are under way for more spending to include the rest of the State's thirteen regional districts. The intent is to "retain" the students through "inclusion support", code for "pay the rent" while being educated. This is mixed with six other lofty recommendations to foster cradle to career opportunities towards meaningful high paying jobs in health care, education, business management, and engineering/computing. What's next, skip all the nonsense of independent living and let the Newsom/Biden cabal pay for everything, cradle to grave. Fascinating. As our local power elite edges towards an expanding government, Newsom's California has done so on steroids. Hardly a day goes by without the "carefully coiffured" Newsom appearing behind a well publicized microphone announcing some other new mega billion dollar proposal. The grandiose nature of Newsom's reign should at least raise some Democrat eyebrows, as they surely must be feeling the pain of this explosion of spending. Not as though the assembly has been occupied with any effort to change direction, after all everyone is focused on gun control, abortion, prolonging the pandemic, censorship, and climate change. What else is there? Oh, you mean paying the bills, filling the gas tank, buying groceries, crime, flooding the border with illegals, that kind of minor inconvenience. Aah, nothing to see here, Newsom and the Assembly are hard at it for what really is on the minds of the "Walmart Shoppers", not the more mundane trivialities of life. If only it worked, spending like there is no tomorrow, except there is a "tomorrow", and we are spending tomorrow's money at an alarming rate. The cost to Californians since Hair Gel has been in office has been dizzying with no discernible end or results. He just keeps spending, as have those at our local level. The time is coming for something in Del Norte County to be done about it. Sign the repeal effort to end Measure "R" and the Crescent Fire Protection District fire tax. Measure "S" has already passed muster and will appear on the Ballot in November. Sign up to add Measure "R" and the fire tax to the list. The Board of Supervisors and County Government need to learn what all adults have come to face, live within your means. Necessities come first such as police, fire, and emergency services, then perhaps if money allows all the "wants and wishes" that ordinarily can be done without. Its called growing up and taking place as a responsible adult in life.