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Matt Strabone

@mattstrabone.bsky.social

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City Treasurer of La Mesa, California Also: attorney, campaigner, occasional writer (bylines in US News & World Report, The Hill, The Diplomat, SCMP, New Straits Times, more)

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 8h

Don't argue with me Suburban Dad

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 8h

I just can't get over the fact that the administration SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 5 just to SHOOT BIG GUNS

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h

Big turnout in SD

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 4d

Hell yeah screw the Dutch, total bozo nation

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 4d

I shared it because I thought it was funny, not because I thought it was serious. I see a lot of folks in my replies taking it seriously, though. Oh well.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 ANTI-ITALIAN DISCRIMINATION ALERT 🚨

Opinion: Christian nationalists could decide tomorrow I'm no longer white

Christian nationalists are trying to tear apart the very social fabric woven by WWII that allowed my Italian family to be seen as white and Christian.

timesofsandiego.com

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 8d

L: Jack, you're not seriously thinking of sending Tracy or Jenna to Riyadh!

J: I'm a member of the House of Saud, Lemon.

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 8d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Some people are not the right people for this moment. That, too, can be hard to accept.

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Not long ago, I spoke to a crowd of ~200 well-meaning folks about the state of the country. Their questions were essentially, "But isn't it *illegal* to do that?" I told them, listen, the law is not the issue here, it's the usage of raw power. Stony silence in response. It's hard to accept!

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

I don't feel like doing this anymore. Your approach is all wrong for me. I don't allow myself to be negatively polarized, but you aren't helping your cause.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

What I think you are not grasping is that I don't think upzoning is where all of this political capital should be spent. All of this time and energy has been spent on something that I don't think is a cure. It's like insisting that I must pick an NHL team. I don't watch hockey!

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Then make better ones.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

I don't find your arguments compelling, but you certainly have the right to keep making them.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

You have my opinion. You just don't like it.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

I don't need to take a stance on it. I believe in social housing. I do not think market solutions will solve the housing crisis. Upzoning and local control are not interesting issues to me, and as a city treasurer, I do not need to have an opinion on them.

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Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Why are you asking me more questions? What about my question?

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

I rent. I find your patronizing tone insulting, but I'm answering your questions anyway. You should grant me the same courtesy.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

The President takes many positions that piss off his donors. Is that the same?

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

I don't have a strong opinion on it. I don't vote on bills. I don't work in housing policy. My interests lie elsewhere.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Housing politics has broken your brain. I've seen it before. You can recover, but it isn't easy.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

I'm firm on this.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

She's running against a lot more people than Rick Caruso. And you should respect yourself more than to be satisfied with just voiced support for one single bill you like.

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Remind me: Is she running against Newsom?

Matt Strabone @mattstrabone.bsky.social · 9d

Nothing Katie Porter has done since she claimed that her loss in a 2024 Senate primary election was "rigged" has suggested that she should be our next governor.

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