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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, facing a midnight deadline to deal with 300 bills, signed legislation Tuesday aimed at helping the state fight global warming by better coordinating local planning efforts to curb suburban sprawl.
I’m all for “smart growth” and “growth that takes care of the environment” as it spreads, but the future here is concerning.
This new law reverts back to my concern that government desires to control where you live, what you drive and manipulate you out of “your vehicle” so to depend upon government transportation. At which time, the unionized government transit employees will control your daily commute to work or play, as they strike and put a gun to your head for more pay and tax dollars.
The other concern is the ’foothill region’ in our area, what happens if the presentation turns to these homes and commuters as being “bad people”? Will they have no government funded roads and highways, as well as paying a fine for living “outside of the approved areas of development”?
Controlling where people live, what they drive and how they gain transportation in the future, at the risk of their incomes, jobs and land liberty in America.
California to require restaurant calorie disclosure…
In an effort to battle the bulge, California became the first state Tuesday to require chain restaurants to post the calorie content of menu items. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will affect about 17,000 facilities once it is fully implemented in 2011.
New law requires stores to tell you where your food comes from…
Born in the USA? Made in Mexico? Picked in Peru? Cultivated in Canada? Supermarket shoppers, now you know.
California looks to spend $10 million for vehicles…
The state Department of General Services is shopping for $10 million worth of new law enforcement vehicles, offering a boost to beleaguered automobile retailers. Officials at General Services, the state's procurement arm, invited auto dealerships statewide – and the vehicle manufacturers they work with – to submit bids for police cruisers and SUVs earlier last month.
So what dealership should get the “sweet deal” here - at a time when dealerships are folding like cards in this economy and state? Maybe the government shouldn’t look toward “just the cheapest” dealership, maybe we should “bail out” a dealership that is on the brink of bankruptcy. (My tongue is firmly planted in my cheek.)
2008 Ballot Watch: Proposition 5: Nonviolent offenders…
Lower-level criminals with major drug problems would be in line for more treatment and less prison time if voters approve the Nonviolent Offender and Rehabilitation Act of 2008.
Does this decriminalize drugs usage for California? If you change the punishment and the consequence, are you changing the severity of the crime? Proposition 36 passed eight years ago and many believe it is not working as it should - to deter people from drugs, as well as getting convicted drug offenders off of their habits and criminal behavior.
To some evangelicals, Palin's career violates biblical teachings…
The Alaska governor has lifted John McCain's support among conservative Christians, but some believe her work outside the home has turned 'husbands lead, wives submit' on its head. Nice article for conversation from Teresa Watanabe in the
Many listeners to my afternoon show have expressed their concerns about this trend and example. They are simply saying that Sarah is “an active mother” who has young children at home - with a daughter who needs severe instruction. Many believe Sarah is abandoning her created role of the primary nurturer inside of the family unit.
On common ground with a Palin fan…
A conversation with a Christian conservative from Northridge yields more points of agreement than might be expected.
San Leandro school can't ban church's flyers…
San Leandro middle school teacher Gary Healy grabbed the contents of his office mailbox Tuesday morning and found a stack of flyers, with a note telling him to pass them out to his sixth-period students.
ARC Student Council votes to back gay marriage ban…
In the face of passionate opposition, the American River College Student Council on Tuesday passed a controversial resolution calling for a ban on gay marriage. Local lead story offered by Stephen Magagnini in the
My first thoughts here were…why do we have a college student council talking and voting about a statewide initiative? Why cause the stir when you can’t do one thing about the propositions passing? Is this nothing more than ‘attention getting’ behavior?
Then I thought…wait, don’t we have numerous county supervisor meetings, city council meetings and even state legislator sessions rebuking war, a President, our military? Plus, is there a more politicized population in America than the students sitting in University and College campuses across America - forced to hear daily diatribe discussions about ideology and politics.
In the end - congratulations American River College Student Council. In this case, turn-about is fair play in our higher learning institutions!
Harassment suit by four San Diego firefighters who were ordered to ride in gay pride parade goes to jury…
Each should be awarded $500,000 to $1 million for being taunted by spectators, the firemen's attorney says. The city's attorney says the plaintiffs deserve nothing. Great follow-up piece from Tony Perry in the
If I can’t speak against Prop 8 while on the job, how is it that I “must” spend time in a Gay Pride Parade as a firefighter? Seems to be that this is clear discrimination here.
