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California: the zombie state
It certainly seems that way sometimes, doesn't it? The California legislature shambles around, bumping into things, with no apparent sense of direction. Issues that managed to get resolved quickly in ...
30 May, 2011
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A Bio-Mess in Kings Beach
A hand-lettered sign at the corner of Speckled and Bear Avenues in Kings Beach, CA -- two narrow lanes by most city's standards -- cries out for attention to those passing eastbound toward CA-267:&nbs ...
26 May, 2011
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California's renewable energy standards pose practical and economic challenges
Riverside Public Utilities thought they had locked in a deal for renewable energy that would put them comfortably ahead of the new California law mandating that all utilities be 33% renewable by 2020. ...
05 May, 2011
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California's budget fiasco
California budget negotiations have an eternal air of unreality about them. Negotiators make lofty assumptions about income and revenue, only to be proven wrong later. Complicated proposals requiring ...
02 May, 2011
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DURT puts the hurt on California
California continues to struggle economically even as other states may be starting to slightly recover. Sure, these are tough times, but Bill Watkins at Newgeography says California's problems are mad ...
12 Apr, 2011
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California public pension liability iceberg emerges
The most dangerous icebergs are those that are completely submerged, as ships may not be able to spot them in time. The huge and growing problem of California public pension fund liability has for too ...
11 Apr, 2011
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The Great Winter of 2011
Making left turns on some city streets up here in North Lake Tahoe has become about as challenging as navigating a double black diamond run at Squaw Valley. There's no visibility over the snow p ...
31 Mar, 2011
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Independent puts State politicians for sale online
Frustrated with the state’s government, one Independent activist in Utah has taken a novel approach to dealing with his representatives in the legislature: he’s put them up for sale online. Bi ...
16 Mar, 2011
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4 min read
California budget follies continue
After a year of covering the ongoing budget crisis, it now appears to me to be 1) insoluble (except via outside intervention) and 2) comical (even if unintentionally so.) While this indeed is a 'Very ...
15 Mar, 2011
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Scientists work to squeeze more out of Sierra snowpack
There's debate in some circles about the causes and even the existence of global warming, but there is no question about the critical importance of the quantity and staying power of the annual Sierra ...
03 Mar, 2011
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