1879? Really?

I just read that Guv. Ron DeSantis' Florida has, for the first time since the State joined the Union, more than 100 years ago, consolidated Republican power to the extent there's now not a single State-wide elected Democrat.  Not a secretary.  Not an insurance commissioner.  Not even a dog catcher. 

Sort of like the flip-side, mirror-image of Taxifornia, where 47 out of 54 of its counties are owned and controlled by Democrat politicians.  And both houses of its Legislature are controlled by a supermajority of Democrats.  Meaning they can pass any law they wish.  No matter how stupid.  Like the one just passed enabling "sex workers" (read hookers and pimps) to ply their trades now on any sidewalk or streetcorner without being "harassed" by the cops.  And their numbers are now exploding all across Lost Angeles.  Including around schools.  Nice.

So no Republican Senator nor Assemblyman need show up for work in CA now.  Because their vote won't count even if they do.  And likely the very same reason all sorts of inane, ridiculous laws get passed, and why so many of its citizens are moving to...Florida!*

I just hope they don't take their lunatic Taxifornia leanings with them.  That's what's ruined Austin.  Just leave them behind and start off fresh...

So considering the crime wave engulfing America, especially prevalent in its 50 largest cities, I thought I'd take a quick look at who's supposed to be managing them through this crisis, and who's not:  

     -  New Orleans:  Mayor, LaToya Caldwell (D), since 2018

          Last Republican Mayor, 1962

     -  St. Louis:  Mayor, Tishaura Jones, since 2021

          Last Republican Mayor, 1943

     -  Detroit:  Mayor, Mike Duggan, since 2022

          Last Republican Mayor, 1962

     -  Portland:  Mayor, Ted Wheeler, since 2017

          Last Republican Mayor, 1980

     -  New York City:  Mayor, Eric Adams, 2022

          Last Republican Mayor, 2006

    -  San Francisco:  Mayor, London Breed, 2022

          Last Republican Mayor, 2006

     -  Atlanta:  Mayor, Andre Dickens, 2022

          Last Republican Mayor, 1879**

And lastly,

     -  Chicago:  Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, 2019

          Last Republican Mayor, 1937***

In closing, as I head out that digital door, let me state that the FBI tells us our 50 larges cities are responsible for 89% of America's crime.  And that the single largest thing a citizen of one of those 50 cities can do to improve their odds of avoiding being hit by gunfire...is to move.  With that I suggest you also consider the fact that all but two of the above mayors are Black.  And none are Republicans.  

Lemme' say again:  NONE ARE REPUBLICANS!  And no Republican has been elected in these cities for at least 17 and as long as 144 years!  Seems to me it's their problem and their conversation!  They haven't seemed to learn that rewarding bad behavior gets you more bad behavior.  So until or unless they start electing Republicans to clean up their mess, why shouldn't we just sit back and let them talk among themselves about the reasons why their crime rates might be so high and why they can't seem to keep their citizens from getting murdered?  

Mic drop...

*       And Texas, and Tennessee, and South Carolina, and Utah, and Nevada, and Arizona, and New Mexico, and, and, and...

**     The good citizens of Atlanta were responsible for the saying, "Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result."  Good ol' Nedom L. Angier, was the last Republican Mayor of Atlanta.  Back when Reconstruction from the Civil War was well underway.  The present home of Coke, the ex-home of CNN, and the No.1 Murder Rate in all of America.      

***    47 of Chicago's 51 Assemblymen are Democrats.  Are the others Republicans?  Noooo!  They're Independents.  Hasn't been a Republican Assemblyman in Chicago since their dead were voting early and often for JFK...