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Zuma Times: A Message From L.A. Voters: Please Vote for Christine Essel in Tuesday (Dec 8th) Valley City Council Election (See Endorsements Here!)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:09:03 -0500

CITIZEN'S ALERT - PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE!!! City Council Election THIS TUESDAY Dec 8th!
Carmen Trutanich, Bill Rosendahl, Dennis Zine, Zuma Dogg JOEL WACHS. Police Protective League, David Hernardez & Many Community Leaders Endorse CHRISTINE ESSEL for L.A. City Council and ask you' [...]

The Claremont Conservative: Dear CMC, Please Respect Our Privacy

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:05:00 -0500

Number of comments: 6
Those of you who care about your privacy might want to have a word, or several with Claremont McKenna after they basically leaked everyone's phone number and address from the Class of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. I found this after Googling a friend's name and lo, and behold, [...]

Calitics: December 7 Open Thread

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Links and stuff

? The Bee looks at the abstain tactic as a way to kill bills. It turns out that you need half of the total number of possible votes, so simply not voting is akin to voting no.

? CalBuzz looks at three questions about the governor's race.

? [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Limits of empire. Afghanistan War and more

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:45:52 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Marc Cooper

We can’t fight a couple of wars, not raise taxes AND deploy any meaningful domestic programs that will get 15% of the population back to steady work and 25% of our kids off of food stamps. We can’t keep reality show gate-crashers from getting [...]

Politics in the Zeros: The hidden cost of the Iraq War, from GOOD magazine

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:15:03 -0500

Number of comments: 10

In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what’s behind the ballooning dollar signs? Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme’s exhaustedly researched book, “The Three Trillion Dollar [...]

OC Progressive: A Lesson for Fair Buyers from the Failing 73 Toll Road

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:26:27 -0500

As various county leaders scrounge together a plan to borrow money and buy the Fairgrounds, it's useful to take a look at another JPA that was formed to run the 73/SJC toll road. Revenues never met expectations. When tolls and charges were increased, traffic fell more.

Ouch!

Even after doubling the [...]

Cobb: Sufficient Divinity

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:24:45 -0500

Number of comments: 3

What a surprise it is to find in Taleb the ends of certain of my thoughts. On the plane over here to snowy Cleveland I had a couple brainstorms. Here is the killer question that occupies me for the moment.

Wait.

First of all, let me give you Taleb's take on religion [...]

Calitics: Falling Dominoes?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:30:00 -0500

So, remember how John Garamendi was elected to Congress out of the LG's office? Well, that election will change the course of many others. Interestingly, many of the dominos are falling in the Fresno area, far from the Congressional district. A rough guide from the Fresno Bee:

The first domino [...]

Calitics: The Best and the Brightest?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:15:00 -0500

Recruiting candidates for unwinnable legislative seats is always a challenge. So it's never too much of a surprise to see only one major party candidate running in some uber-red or uber-blue district. But it's generally not too challenging to find somebody to run for a winnable seat. But if you [...]

A Better Oakland: Estuary Specific Plan Photo Tour: West Subarea

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:07:57 -0500

If you managed to read my whole monster post yesterday about the Central Estuary Specific Plan, good for you. You deserve some sort of prize. If not, that’s okay. We’ll get you caught up anyway.

For the purposes of the Central Estuary Specific Plan, the specific plan area has been [...]