Justin Ruhge - Concerned Taxpayers Inc., Lompoc

The publishers of the Sun tabloid show their liberal bias by constantly dragging out for comment their liberal pundit, Ken McCalip to bash President Trump. Just who appointed this deranged Democrat as an expert on anything? This time he is claiming he knows “Trump is unstable,” because he speaks out on his own and takes […]

You liberals running these tabloids are notorious for promoting “fake news” as President Trump has reminded all of us (“Money matters,” July 27). You have probably forgotten that that airhead Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it,” the ACA. No, the process by the […]

There is too much environmentalism! This country does not need an onerous piece of legislation like the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The ESA is being used in a way never intended by its creators. The ESA gives carte blanche to bureaucrats to run roughshod over private property rights to promote a socialist agenda. The goal […]

Even a Democrat thinks it is dumb. Democrats are noted for raising taxes and spending wildly on social issues. But here even the speaker of the California Assembly, Democrat Anthony Rendon, had to apply good sense and shelve SB 562 to stop his buddies from bankrupting the state of California with a $400 billion per […]

This is regarding the ongoing Lompoc city budget review to the $70 milion CalPERs financial dilemma imposed on the city by that organization. The three letters from Misters Grill, Gallanders, and Dettamanti in the Lompoc Record are the typical armchair experts offering their misdirected advice for a solution. None of them know anything about city […]

The United States and the states must reform their tax structures to make it more equitable for everyone. Presently, Congress is just “fooling around with the numbers,” but not giving us tax reform, that means no IRS in the future. Today, 40 percent of the people pay 90 percent of the taxes. In addition, everyone […]

President Trump is right: The U.S. must secure our borders from illegal immigration before we can reform our naturalization system. The U.S. must negotiate a strict treaty with Mexico to control their border with the U.S. Mexico’s refusal or lack of interest in controlling their border with the U.S. deliberately violates our sovereignty and is […]