Yep.

We used to have the problem of senior citizens having their property taxes jacked up every year to the point that the taxes are almost as high as the original purchase price. Bunch of seniors were ending up losing their houses.

Prop 13 was designed to fix that; and it did, but it also caused a bunch of ‘unintended consequences’.

I think the danger they are talking about is that they might only need an accusation of insurrection, not a conviction to do this.

Think about Congress’s impeachment probe into Biden without evidence.

That’s what i was thinking. Taking him off the ballot doesn’t hurt Trump, but doing so may have political or legal consequences. So they are just sitting this out to not give their opponents ammunition.

And since California has Prop 13, i wonder if landowners can sue for the future tax increases for the replacement property? Afterall, that is a direct consequence of the forced sale of the land.

“You are increasing my property taxes forever. So you should be responsible for that increase… forever.”

The Night Circus.

Just finished canacle for lieberwitz, and prior i DNF’d Station 11.

Prior to that i read the new Murderbot Diary.

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth)

Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells

Broken Earth Trillogy (5th season)

Kings of the Wyld

Anything by Neil Gaiman (Graveyard book, neverware, ocean at the end of the lane, stardust, good omens, american gods, etc)

Spinning Silver, Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

Gunslinger series by Stephen King

Poppy War trilogy

Jade City trilogy

Bone Orchard

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Stormlight Archives, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Assassin’s Apprentice trilogy by Robin Hobbs

Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.

The Locked Tomb is sort-of scifi (Goth lesbian necromancers with swords in space.) Snarky protagonist. 1st book is Gideon the Ninth.

The Expanse series and Project Hail Mary are both supposed to be excellent.