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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Squeal of the little hog
The news is breaking that the California Transportation Commission has recommended giving $0 – that’s zero dollars – to San Joaquin County from the $19.9 billion bond to improve roads voters approved in November.
The local Council of Governments had asked for a sorely needed $300 million.
This brings us to Measure K, the half-cent sales tax [...]
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Restoring the SJ River: the stalling begins
But of course Southern California water users have only California’s best interests at heart. Read it here.
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Wilhoit: spy praised us, too
There’s no way around the blistering that a hired “travel spy” just gave Stockton’s tourism bureaucracy and infrastructure. Nor should there be. It’s a credit to the Downtown Stockton Alliance that they subjected the city to a professional appraisal of the experience Stockton offers visitors. That’s how you improve.
Still, Douglass Wilhoit, chief of the Greater [...]
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Fashion Police bust teacher
Second-year elementary school teacher Melisa Lewis, below, is quoted in today’s paper saying mentors are important to new teachers.
“Sometimes you don’t know the way to go,” Lewis said.
I’m sure Lewis is dedicated. She may help generations of Stockton youth realize their potential. We’re lucky to have such bright young professionals … except, what’s with the [...]
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The dumbest thing in Vegas
I spent the weekend in Las Vegas, which was bursting with the energy of the NBA All-Stars, Chinese New Year and the usual hordes of goggle-eyed gamblers.
There are many cool things to do in Vegas – I recommend catching the Blue Man Group – but when it comes to the absolute dorkiest thing to [...]
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Cruel thoughts about McFall
Monte McFall, the lawman turned con man, has been hauled off to a federal prison in Lompoc for his part in a 2005 scheme to shake down developers.
Back when he was free, McFall was asked by one nervous executive what it would talke to make him happy.
“Money,” McFall replied. “Bags of it.”
Federal officials said McFall [...]
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Surprising new theory on Valley warming
Very interesting. A blogger says global warming isn’t the cause of warmer Valley temperatures: irrigation is. Read about it here.
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Uh-oh, a water grab!
The once-demonized Peripheral Canal started looking reasonable again after Hurricane Katrina showed what could happen out in the Delta. The problem is, once L.A. sticks that straw into the Delta, it’ll suck too hard, and the regulatory agencies charged with protecting the Delta won’t stop it. Or so says Stockton-based Restore the Delta here.
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Fitzgerald claims vindica–zzz
The silence was deafening in 2006 when I said Stocktonians should follow through on the implications of our “Mediterranean climate” and take Mediterranean siestas. Now scientists say my prescription is good for your heart.
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Ballet Africains sees green