I was wrong again. I thought when the last Attorney General, Becerra, got bumped up to HHS Secretary things would improve. Similarly, I thought the same when the one before that got bumped up. But I was wrong. The Newsom-appointed Rob Bonta is as bad or worse than the last two AGs. Just this week he decided to sue the US Postal Service for the crime of planning to buy, get this, 165,000 gas-powered vehicles. I guess he is unaware that even with all of the credits, EVs are an expensive 4% of the market and a high-profile EV truck manufacturer (Rivian) just slipped its delivery schedule so much that its stock is down 70%. Ford cut the value of its stake in Rivian by $5.4B. Let's not forget the lithium and cobalt for batteries are expected to be in short (i.e. expensive) supply and mostly come from unfriendly parts of the world. Is any EV company even planning a design that would work for the USPS? Wanna bet the new GVs would be way better for the environment than the old ones on the road today? Does Bonta even care?
Also this week Bonta decided to investigate Exxon Mobil for misleading the public about the recyclability of plastic. Wait, I thought the government was the source of the CRV fees that have apparently misled us all. As soon as China stopped taking our used plastic, the whole model just broke down. This isn't news as we saw last year here. And the oil companies are responding by building recycling plants in the U.S. Don't we want this? Does Bonta have a clue about what it takes to rebuild the plastic recycling supply chain? I doubt it.
And it's not like the things an AG is supposed to be doing in the state are going so well. Harris left the office without putting a dent in the number of known criminals who still have guns but are not being searched out. Becerra, same thing. Did I miss the press release that Bonta is on the case and succeeding? I doubt it. Is he doing anything to prevent more known criminals from serving short sentences and shooting up Sacramento? I missed that press conference, too. It's time for a new Attorney General. The primary election is on June 7.
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