Is Nevada County moving left? Not much if any.

There is a bit of glee from the liberals of our county that it is becoming a lefty bastion.  See Jim Firth's article in today's Union, HERE.  Well maybe, maybe not.  Historically it was a conservative county and most elected officials are on the right or were democrats leaning right.  Small towns built on natural resources were probably mostly Republican.  But ever since the mid 90's California has swung left and is now a true liberal bastion of foolishness.  Working families and many small businesses have adiosed the state for greener pastures.  All back filled by welfare and government paid lazy asses.  Lazy asses of working age, not retirees.  Those retirees paid their SSN and Medicare over their lives and are now getting it back.

Nevada County is headed the same way according to the liberal activist/extremist Jim Firth.  Young families are outta here.  Schools are closing and there is talk of one high school closing.  Our county has received many lefty's from the big cities and it appears this migration has worked to a degree for their ideology.  Or has it?  Looking at the November 8, 2016 national election I see mixed signals of who gets the prize of the people of our county.  I won election in 1984 over a leftwinger from Nevada City.  I was told it was impossible for a contractor  to beat the eco friendly, beloved person who cared for all those little creatures.  Well I did and for a while , maybe the first four years, I had to deal with a lot of big mouth liberals claiming I was this or  that.  Of course they used vile namecalling all that time as well.  But I beat their asses and did it again in 1988.  What a sweet victory!

But immigration into Nevada County has continued.  Business folks and families left, natural resource extraction was stifled and our leaders, not Grass Valley though, were too afraid to confront the left and the county has gone stagnant.  Sure the job rates are low as we see "caregivers" commune in from Yuba County and elsewhere and back fill the jobs abandoned for lack of interest or over-regulation.  Like timber, mining and  ag.  Oh except marijuana of course.  Look at the turnover in the county for businesses.  A lot of the problems are caused by inactive officials regarding housing.  No place to live and high rental costs if you do find one.  No new housing and no attempts to remedy that at all.  So people commute in to take care of our old folks on fixed incomes and the transplants from the big city.  They sold their 60 year old 1200 square foot home which they bought for 35 thousand dollars.  They got 1.5 million!  So moved to our county and others.  Luck of the draw?

Now I don't begrudge them at all.  I do however see their attempts to keep this county from progressing.  Can't have a new business or a housing project.  Can't build a sewer line or a water line.  No new dams and therefore jobs of a good wage.  Just some sort of serenity I guess.  Looking around I have watched our county become just like Lassen or Plumas  counties.  More government jobs than regular private sector jobs.  How many taxpayers does it take to pay the salary and benefits of one government worker?

I do lament sometimes this transformation into a government majority county.  Ever try to get a permit?  Build a house and be the recipient of of local and state regulations on that residence on your own property?  And then when you pay all those fees and move in you get to pay the king your yearly tax on it.  Robin Hood, come back! (I  believe property taxes are immoral)  So yes we are morphing a bit left and that made me go check out the results from the last election.  I wanted to see how far left and vote results are a good indicator sometimes.

Let's start with the Presidential vote.  Hillary Clinton won a "plurality" of 48.4% to Trumps 43.1%.  Clinton's victory total was 14% lower than the rest of the state total.  Looks like maybe we are not that lefty?  We reelected Congressman LaMalfa, Assemblyman Dahle, State Senator Gaines all are Republicans. 

Below please review the results for the Propositions.  The first four totals and percentages in a row are the county of Nevada.  The balance of the row is State results. HERE is the source if you want to go straight to the Secretary of State. It looks like a mixed bag of results to me.  But it also looks a bit conservative to me as well.

	51	K-12 and Community College Facilities	21,871	41.8%	30,509	58.2%	7,306,627	55.0%	5,978,874	45.0%
	52	Medi-Cal Hospital Fee Program	35,954	69.6%	15,702	30.4%	9,205,633	70.1%	3,919,475	29.9%
	53	Voter Approval of Revenue Bonds	27,308	53.4%	23,847	46.6%	6,332,621	49.3%	6,517,637	50.7%
	54	Legislative Procedure Requirements	34,338	67.2%	16,783	32.8%	8,391,237	65.3%	4,454,928	34.7%
	55	Tax Extension for Education and Healthcare	30,401	58.2%	21,837	41.8%	8,375,106	63.2%	4,876,355	36.8%
	56	Cigarette Tax	29,807	55.6%	23,758	44.4%	8,757,028	64.4%	4,837,933	35.6%
	57	Criminal Sentences & Juvenile Crime Proceedings	31,634	60.4%	20,778	39.6%	8,566,820	64.4%	4,738,544	35.6%
	58	English Proficiency. Multilingual Education.	34,837	66.6%	17,446	33.4%	9,741,211	73.4%	3,521,293	26.6%
	59	Corporate Political Spending Advisory Question	27,392	54.5%	22,888	45.5%	6,683,755	53.2%	5,879,410	46.8%
	60	Adult Film Condom Requirements	16,788	33.0%	34,076	67.0%	6,004,265	46.2%	6,984,343	53.8%
	61	State Prescription Drug Purchase Standards	22,634	43.8%	29,035	56.2%	6,084,998	46.7%	6,954,016	53.3%
	62	Repeal of Death Penalty	23,098	44.0%	29,384	56.0%	6,209,937	46.9%	7,037,776	53.1%
	63	Firearms and Ammunition Sales	25,478	47.9%	27,747	52.1%	8,464,358	63.2%	4,936,063	36.8%
	64	Marijuana Legalization	28,483	52.8%	25,436	47.2%	7,772,725	57.1%	5,851,456	42.9%
	65	Carryout Bag Charges	23,118	44.1%	29,303	55.9%	6,060,053	46.0%	7,112,157	54.0%
	66	Death Penalty Procedure Time Limits	26,579	53.2%	23,353	46.8%	6,464,924	51.1%	6,184,705	48.9%
	67	Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags	28,945	54.5%	24,129	45.5%	7,053,497	53.3%	6,186,518	46.7%		The