thumbs_up JUNE 4, BETTY PLEASANT’S “AGAINST OPINION OF VOTERS, DECLINING CRIME RATES AND EVEN ITS OWN CONSULTANT, COMPTON COUNCIL MOVES TO RE-ESTABLISH POLICE DEPARTMENT”

The crooked Mayor (I’m just guessing but, it’s a safe bet) would like to have even more City workers to keep him and his accomplices, I mean, fellow City workers in power. / JOE MACK

JUNE 2, ERIC PIERCE’S “ELON MUSK IS … BROKE? COURT FILINGS SAY YES”

His troubles go deeper than that. Tesla’s main funding source is the Department of Energy but they’re not allowed to use that $456 million grant to produce cars, so they need independent fundraising for productions (without which they can’t generate revenue and pay back the government, or customers who have already placed cash deposits for a car that doesn’t yet exist). The government money isn’t even available until Tesla independently raises a certain amount of hard cash. Meanwhile, Tesla has to come up with $42 million to buy the NUMMI plant and they don’t get that $50 million from Toyota until they go public by the December 31 deadline, and that’s not for certain yet. I don’t know why people have overlooked all of these details, they’re really easy to find online and they shine a very unflattering light on Tesla. People see what they want to see, I guess. / RYAN ZUMMALLEN

MAY 27, DAVE WIELENGA’S “TONIA REYES URANGA’S ‘ONCE-IN-A-CHANCE LIFETIME’ AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN LONG BEACH

Oh please. Painting this broad with a soft brush as someone who now “gets it?” I’ve said it countless times, she’s a crook, her husband is worse, and she needs to go, even if James Johnson is the alternative. She’s been part of the problem for eight years, and ignoring term limits, ordinarily a safeguard for incompetent politicians, is yet another example of her arrogance. Once elected, she’ll continue to push her racist agenda, dole out patronage, and generally lookout for her own interests, helping others only if it benefits her in some way. Get her out of town. / RW CRUM