Fear for the Future – Especially in California

Monday, February 9, 2026

When exactly do people grow up?  Any more, do they at all?  Consider, “Over 50% of college-age job seekers had their parents sit with them at an in-person interview, a January survey by Resume Templates found.  What’s more, over 35% of surveyed individuals reported parents either writing a cover letter or performing a test assignment for them.”  That’s just frightening.  Even more frightening?  The upcoming mayoral race in Los Angeles.  The support for incumbent Karen Bass seems soft, but she is still considered the front runner.  I am shocked she is running, even Tim Walz had enough smarts to withdraw his reelect in light of his utter failure in the job.

But then, Minnesota is still full of common sense, while in California I have my increasing doubts.  That survey of job-seeking college students is not broken down geographically, but I bet if it was California would lead the nation in parental attendance at job interviews.  And given the way California works anymore, they’d be proud of leading in that category. OK, OK – back to the matter at hand – the LA mayoral race.

Karen Bass’ list of failures actually make Tim Walz look competent.  Let’s see…She was in Ghana when the fires started – those fires got out of hand because of the failures of the fire department that works for her…came home, lied to the newly inaugurated President of the United States, appointed a rebuilding tsar who quickly resigned in scandal – watched a celebrity charity event raise millions only to have the funds disappear and still hasn’t permitted the rebuilding of pretty much anything.  And that is just her record surrounding the fires.

Immigration riots; homelessness completely out-of-hand with billions being spent to fix it and all those billions going God-knows-where but not on the streets; the streets are in utter disrepair, purposefully – oh yeah – L.A. is a smooth running machine of a city. How in the world is this women standing for re-election?!?!?!  She is standing on a record so shaky that it makes the huts of Gilligan’s Island look like nuclear-resistant bunkers.  And yet she is in the race and apparently competitive.  Do the voters of LA need their parents in the voting booth with them?

I honestly don’t know whether to condemn her chutzpah or berate the voters of Los Angeles for allowing her to still be standing.  The only thing I know for certain is I fear for the future of a city and a region I once loved.