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Back to homepageFeinstein Waves White Flag in Water War
MARCH 12, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI In California’s historical water wars force and fraud typically prevail during battle. The consent of the governed only emerges when there is a necessity for peace and compromise. On March 9. U.S. Senator Dianne
Read MoreWill Stockton Trigger Bankruptcy Run?
MARCH 2, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Stockton … Hercules … Lincoln … Milpitas. The list of cities has grown to four in the span of one week. These are all cities in California recently threatened with budgetary insolvency — where
Read MoreCA Dems Push Sham River ‘Consensus’
FEB. 29, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The waters are being roiled again in the Delta. The roiling concerns H.R. 1837, the Republican-backed San Joaquin River Reliability Act currently pending before the U.S. House of Representatives. Northern California Rep. John Garamendi,
Read MoreObamacare Will Amputate California Dream
FEB. 28, 2012 by WAYNE LUSVARDI Rationing health care under Obamacare will end up politicizing and bankrupting the medical financing system, just as Medicare does. And there will be middle-class resistance to Obamacare when it is realized that this will
Read MoreMunicipal Bankruptcy Stalks Stockton
FEB. 27, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Stockton, California’s 13th largest city, may be moving from “Fat City” to “Mudville.” Both were former historical names for Stockton. “BK” is shorthand for bankruptcy. On Feb. 23, Stockton City Manager Robert Deis asked
Read MoreGleickgate Pollutes Enviro Movement
FEB. 24, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The environmental movement is suffering from a cluster of scandals. First there was Climategate. Then there was Climategate 2.0. Now, there’s Climategate 3.0 — also called “Gleickgate.” Climate activist Dr. Peter Gleick of the
Read MoreHR 1837 Bill Reignites Water War
FEB. 22, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s historic water social contract been held together by force, fraud and sometimes the consent of the governed. The result has been Northern California giving up water to Central Valley farmers and Southern California
Read MorePro-Biz California Democrats Emerging?
FEB. 21, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The intent of California political redistricting has been to attract more centrist candidates who might reduce the notorious political dysfunction in the state Legislature. A candidate has entered the race for the newly created
Read MoreSanta Barbara Oil Leases Reopened?
FEB. 17, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representative approved a bill on Thursday Feb. 16. It was HR 7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. It would authorize the
Read MoreCement Emissions Controls Could Kill Jobs
FEB. 14, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI William Shakespeare wrote a farcical play, “Much Ado About Nothing.” California is apparently acting out Shakespeare’s play in Tehachapi where the Lehigh Cement Company plant produced nearly nothing of mercury to the alarm of
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