
Editorial writer and columnist
Susan Shelley
Susan Shelley is an editorial writer and columnist for the Southern California News Group, writing on local, state and national issues. She is Vice President of Communications of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and a frequent guest on radio, TV and podcast news and interview shows. A former candidate for the state Assembly, Susan speaks often to schools, clubs and organizations about California politics and policies. Reach her at Susan@SusanShelley.com and follow her on X (formerly Twitter): @Susan_Shelley.
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Susan Shelley: Los Angeles is regressing, and the City Council voted to keep it that way
Los Angeles has chosen this.

Susan Shelley: Decades later, Gray Davis is coming after your tires
The real blame belongs to the mindless sheep in the leadership of the Legislature

Susan Shelley: How Los Angeles drove its airport train off the rails
At least SkyLink will be good for business. At Burbank, Ontario, Long Beach and John Wayne.

Susan Shelley: Obamacare’s failure proves socialists are bad at math
The Affordable Care Act offered up a promise that everyone can have everything at everybody else’s expense. The laws of mathematics enjoy a good laugh.

Can California’s transportation wizards get anything right?
It knows when you are sleeping, it knows when you’re awake.

California’s green energy fantasy is leaving residents in the dark
So far, none of them want to lead the nation in high rates and power outages. Our title is secure.

Susan Shelley: Socialist grocery stores are coming to New York City
There may be a few grocery store operators who have experience with this kind of system.

Susan Shelley: Why Anthony Fauci is still pleading the Fifth
The truth is out there.

Undead and Unaccountable: LAHSA is the failed bureaucracy that won’t die
Maybe Dracula’s lawyers at Universal Pictures can get it shut down for trademark infringement.