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Attack of the clones: Mexican drug smugglers using counterfeit border patrol vehicles
Illegal drug traffickers and alien smugglers from Mexico are never running out of innovative ways to accomplish their goals. Concerning illegal operations taking place across the border, these i ...
16 Apr, 2010
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California utility companies scrambling to buy out-of-state renewable energy
The California Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) passed in 2002 and was accelerated in 2006. It mandates that electricity providers get at least 20% of their retail sales from renewable sources by th ...
08 Apr, 2010
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3 min read
While high speed rail languishes in the US, it booms in China and beyond
In 2008, California voters approved a $9.4 billion proposition to build a High Speed Rail [HSR] network in California. The trains will reach speeds over 200 mph. Construction may start as soon as 2011 ...
23 Mar, 2010
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States' rights movement sweeping across America
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quest to convince the federal government to put-up-or-shut-up by paying California an additional $6.9 billion he says the state needs to carry out Washington D.C. imposed ...
19 Mar, 2010
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7 min read
Democratic lawmakers call on Senator Feinstein to retract water proposal
California's Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has proposed legislation that would divert a large portion of California's public water supply to Southern California agribusinesses. Feinstein's compl ...
20 Feb, 2010
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3 min read
A more serious look at the Demon Sheep political ad
In the aftermath of the release of Carly Fiorina’s infamous “Demon Sheep” ad, the average Republican voter in California’s Senate primary faces a number of questions. However, the two questions that s ...
08 Feb, 2010
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4 min read
A Pandemic of Closures
Another one bites the dust. In tragic news for California, the state just lost another big-name business. EA’S Pandemic Studios was a beloved maker of video games, and will cease to function, at le ...
08 Dec, 2009
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3 min read
Free & Equal press release rebuts \Top-Two\ open primary
Over at Free & Equal, ballot access expert, Richard Winger, delivered a point-by-point rebuttal of Jonathan Alter's advocacy of a top-two, open primary system in Newsweek. Here is the f ...
02 Oct, 2009
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Third Party Advocates Opposing Top Two
From FreeandEqual.org: A Back Room Budget Deal earlier this year means the so-called "Top-Two" Primary will be voted on by California citizens.The vote would institute a Washington state style "Top-Tw ...
15 Jul, 2009
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Labeling Business, Punishing Individuals
Now, just because something is fashionable, that doesn't mean it's right. Unfortunately, many government leaders these days don't seem to grasp that fact. A bill currently in the California Assembl ...
13 May, 2009
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