The list of respected organizations opposed to AB 1250 might consume an entire page of this newspaper. Thus we will highlight just a few in hope of illustrating the depth and breadth of people speaking truth to the Democrats’ almost unbridled power to ram through unholy special-interest legislation.

Fresno nonprofit Reading and Beyond and others providing services to the needy and vulnerable oppose AB 1252.... https://t.co/TdpGdnzvin

— Fresno Bee Opinion (@opiniontalk) July 25, 2017

California is a place where Democratic Party lawmakers friendly to unions often turn into contortionists to ram through bills that hamstring local government and leave taxpayers footing higher bills or receiving reduced services.

Well, the contortionists are stretching their limbs even farther these days on behalf of the bucket of horse slop that is Assembly Bill 1250, which cleared the Assembly June 1 (with backing from Joaquin Arambula of Fresno) and on July 12 passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee.

"There’s only one thing left to do with this turkey: Carve it up and toss it in the trash." ~Fresno Bee Editorialhttps://t.co/N4hKme7Cs8

— Jim Patterson (@JimPatterson559) July 25, 2017