{"id":8630,"date":"2009-04-23T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-04-23T02:35:42","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T02:35:42","slug":"earth-day-2009-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/23\/earth-day-2009-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day 2009 Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

It would be really great to do a totally environmental open thread today, but this is California politics so there’s a lot going on:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Let’s start with news from the environment, specifically water issues. The state is making a big issue of water conservation<\/a>. Santa Rosa is running out of water, so they’ll be hitting big users hard<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

\u2022 A Lancaster facility is aiming to make fuel from trash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We’ve been focusing on Jane Harman, but DiFi has some ‘splainin to do<\/a> in her own right.<\/p>\n

<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/object>\u2022 The one-day legislature pay hike story<\/a> just proves once again that Sacramento doesn’t do politics very well.  Clearly the public was primed to erupt at any talk of pay increases for legislative staff in the midst of this recession.  I don’t agree that you have to hold people hostage (has every pay raise in the state in every industry been frozen?), but those are the political realities.  Karen Bass and the legislature ignored those realities in the midst of a special election, which speaks very poorly on their political acumen.  Speaker Bass’ speech to the right.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Greg Lucas gets an interview with outgoing LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo<\/a>. He’s running for AG, and has to answer to some charges related to using office money for personal use.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Topeka Crazies<\/a> are protesting Corona Del Mar High School’s production of Rent.  The title of the article begins with “God Hates Corona Del Mar”.
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It would be really great to do a totally environmental open thread today, but this is California politics so there’s a lot going on:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Let’s start with news from the environment, specifically water issues. The state is making a big issue of water conservation<\/a>. Santa Rosa is running out of water, so they’ll be hitting big users hard<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

\u2022 A Lancaster facility is aiming to make fuel from trash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We’ve been focusing on Jane Harman, but DiFi has some ‘splainin to do<\/a> in her own right.<\/p>\n

<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object>\u2022 The one-day legislature pay hike story<\/a> just proves once again that Sacramento doesn’t do politics very well.  Clearly the public was primed to erupt at any talk of pay increases for legislative staff in the midst of this recession.  I don’t agree that you have to hold people hostage (has every pay raise in the state in every industry been frozen?), but those are the political realities.  Karen Bass and the legislature ignored those realities in the midst of a special election, which speaks very poorly on their political acumen.  Speaker Bass’ speech to the right.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Greg Lucas gets an interview with outgoing LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo<\/a>. He’s running for AG, and has to answer to some charges related to using office money for personal use.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Topeka Crazies<\/a> are protesting Corona Del Mar High School’s production of Rent.  The title of the article begins with “God Hates Corona Del Mar”.
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