In ancient days when Christians were persecuted, they would let other Christians know they were not alone with this symbol.
The ichthys (Greek word meaning fish) was originally a secret symbol used by early Christians to identify themselves to each other. At one time Christianity was illegal and Christians faced persecution; the fish provided a way for them to communicate their faith without fear of being discovered.
It felt similarly when this editor told a person that after the February 22 Recovery Expo, she was headed to the Palisades Republican Meeting. That person was aghast and wanted to know what I was doing with “those” people. (For the record this editor also attended the Palisades Democratic annual meeting, too, and no one seemed upset.)
Half of my siblings are Democrats and half are Republicans. We manage to have very nice times together despite being the “Montagues and Capulets.” After the Palisades Fire, people should start looking for someone in government to help and not judge.
The guest speaker was Joel Pollak, who graduated from Harvard Law, was the senior editor at Breitbart and is now the opinion editor of the California Post.
The California Post Opinion Editor Joel Pollak spoke to the Palisades Republican Club.
He first spoke about the Democratic convention, which had just failed to endorse a candidate for governor. He suggested that to be successful this year, the party will need to push one candidate (and ask the other eight to drop out). “There are at least six major candidates that will split the vote,” Pollak said.
If there wasn’t agreement, two Republicans Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Biacono could advance after the June 2 primary election to the November ballot, which would be a first since in the “top-two primary system” took effect in California in January 2011.
He said in 2020 that’s what happened in the Presidential Election. After Bernie Sanders won the first three primaries, the Democrats aligned behind Joe Biden, who because the candidate and then president.
“I think California could be more exciting if there was more political diversity,” Pollak said.
One person asked him to address the Public Relations problem that Republicans have in the state. “The PR problem is just like parents who have that problem,” he said. “It’s not cool, it’s never cool to be the mature adult.”
The question is “how do you make being responsible cool?”
Regarding the L.A. Mayoral Race, he felt that incumbent LA Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman could split the vote, which could leave room for Spencer Pratt. “The key that Pratt has to unlock is how do you bring voters into the race,” Pollak said. “He has to find those voters and bring those people in.”
He said that people living here must start asking where governmental money is going. “Why don’t we have price transparency? What are we spending on?
Pollak said that people in L.A. want a change, “we need a shake-up,” but rather than voting for a Republican, Angelinos will vote for a Democratic Socialist of America – just for change. No one wants to vote for the “responsible parent.”
“Any alternative, except for a Republican, looks good, even the DSA,” Pollak said and added, “Socialism makes all systems worse.”
There is a ground swell of people “who want the state back,” he said, noted that “We have to expose how things are going.” Where did the $24 billion in state homeless money go? “Basic money is being taken, and we need someone to ‘open the books.’”
Regarding the new paper’s competition with the L.A. Times, Pollak said “We’re going to try to be competitive with them.”