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May 19, 2010 ARNOLD HAS F----D THINGS UP ROYALLY: Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to continue his wholesale destruction of California by slashing 19 million dollars from the state budget. His steadfast refusal to raise taxes, while cutting the corporate tax, is doing nothing but driving poor people out of the state and making California a playground for the well-to-do. The terminator of practicality’s latest ploy calls for the dismantling of California ’s welfare to work program and eliminating Medi-Cal, the state’s version of medicare. He also wants to completely eliminate in-home care services for the blind and disabled. This after slashing education to the bone and eliminating programs designed to help the homeless and first-time drug felons. Schwarzenegger’s refusal to consider a raise in taxes will no doubt lead to another budget imbroglio, meaning the state will once again be forced to issue IOUs. While he’s hacking away at vital safety net programs, he’d better increase the prisons budget. If his budget passes, there are going to be a lot of new criminals on the streets—not to mention the ones who work under the GOP banner, because what they are doing is nothing short of felonious. SAY IT AIN’T SO< MO: Mo Williams may be the star of the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers if Lebron James exercises his option to bounce. Of course, James is from Cleveland and has a strong emotional tie to “The City With Drooping Shoulders” (SEE “The Fumble,” “The Drive,” “The Shot,” “1995 World Series,” “Sipe Last –Second INT,” “Jim Brown Retirement,” etc.) My thinking is that Lebron could be the next Barry Bonds; a superstar with a cabinet filled with MVP trophies and All-Star accolades, but a bridesmaid and never a bride. Like Cal Ripken, Andre Dawson, Dan Marino, Steve Nash, Patrick Ewing, Warren Moon, Allen Iverson, Marcel Dionne, et al, Lebron might not get it fone. Even though they brought in Shaquille O’Neal, and later Antawn Jamison, Lebron and the Cavs lie down like a cat in front of a fireplace against the Boston Celtics, a team that on paper looked inferior. Now there is speculation that he might join either Dwyane Wade in Miami , or Joe Johnson or Chris Bosh in either New York , New Jersey or Chicago . My prediction: He either joins Wade in Chicago (Wade owns a house there and it’s his old stomping grounds), or he stays in Cleveland and the Cavs bring in Joe Johnson for more backcourt scoring punch. Alas, only the Shadow knows what’s in Lebron’s heart, and neither the Shadow nor Lebron are feeling particularly garrulous. THE WRITE STUFF: Let me start by announcing that in April 2010, after 9 years of learning my craft (and I still am), my novel HUMAN TRIAL was nominated for SORMag (Shades Of Romance Magazine) Fiction Book Of The Year. SORMag is one of the most popular websites among writers of romance and general readers. I could not have achieved this feat had it not been for the blessing of GOD, who guides my life, and the feedback I have received over the years from my peers in the various writing groups I belong to, in particular the Prolific Writers Group and Real Sista Writers. Special thanks to T.C. Matthews, Gevell Wagner, Walee, Jackie Young, Minnie E. Miller, Claxton Graham (his technical input was invaluable), Bernadene Highsmith-Cole, Evelyn Palfrey, Phil Harris, Vanessa Johnson, Linda Wilson and the many fine editors who have lent their assistance. Thank you and God bless. This is especially exciting with the release of Human Trial II: Adam’s War coming out next month, and the success of the AIDS anthology The Shattered Glass Effect, in which my short story Snakes In The Grass appears. Also on the publishing front, congratulations are in order for our own MICHELLE MALSBURY, whose book –The Swindler, has just been released and has received a five-star review at amazon.com. OH, SHOOT! For the second time in less than six months, teens have opened fire inside a Bay Arfea church. In the first incident, three knuckleheads (one of whom will be tried is an adult and the other two as juveniles) entered the New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ wearing black hoodies and opened fire on two brothers in front of 100 witnesses. This on Valentine’s Day, no less. The man charged as an adult is facing three counts of premeditated and deliberate attempted murder, a burglary charge, being a member of a criminal gang and looking at an enhancement for using a gun and causing great bodily injury. The prosecutor says the man “May have mental health issues.” Gee, ya think? When is the last time a sane person popped a few caps in church? I mean, even a bad sermon doesn’t deserve that type of treatment. In the second shooting, an 18-year-old man, who was slain by his 15-year-old girlfriend, had just been eulogized when two men began shooting inside Cosmopolitan Baptist Church. Police arrested five people, some of whom are minors. Apparently, some people feel nothing is sacred any more. RIO VISTA: Rio Vista is small town America, with a downtown reminiscent of the TV town of Mayberry, with a population of 7,876, and is home to the Western Railroad Museum. The city sits on the Sacramento River and as you can imagine, fishing and boating contributes mightily to the local economy. People often stopped off at the city’s marina and walked a couple of blocks to purchase bait, tackle, beer, boating gear, maybe have a meal and a few drinks. But the public launch ramp has been damaged by ------, and for the past --- years has been inoperative, much to the dismay of the businesses aligned on Main Street, which includes the local institution Hap’s Bait. The task of repairing it is not on the city’s list of approved capital improvement PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: It costs nearly two cents to make a penny, whose time has come and go. You can’t buy anything with a penny. I had a friend who used to go into stores and with his change would tell the clerk, “Give me a piece of five-cent penny candy.” While his words were nonsensical, they illustrated my point: The one-cent coin is obsolete. In fact, we would be better off melting pennies down and selling them as scrap (though as individuals, that would be illegal.) While we’re at it, the nickel has also lost its usefulness. When I was a kid, if you had a nickel, you were doing okay. Five a kid a nickel today and you’re liable to get laughed at or worse. Aren’t there enough mathematical minds in this country that can figure out ways to round things off to the nearest ten cents? What’s a few pennies one way or the other? See what I mean? ------------ About the author: Timothy N. Stelly is a poet, essayist, novelist and screenwriter from northern California. His novel, HUMAN TRIAL, is the first part of a sci-fi trilogy and is available from Amazon.com, allthingsthatmatterpress.com and in e-book format at mobipocket.com. HUMAN TRIAL II: ADAM'S WAR is now available. Stelly also has a short story included in the AIDS-themed anthology, THE SHATTERED GLASS EFFECT, due out in February 2010. His story, SNAKES IN THE GRASS, Is a tale of love, betrayal and its deadly consequences. Reviews of HUMAN TRIAL can be read at amazon.com Visit me at: http://www.myspace.com/pittwit website: http://www.stellyhumantrial.com Email: stellbread@yahoo.com 
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