The Empire Mello-Roos mess
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 1 August 2010Those vaguely worded ballot measures can come back to haunt you.
August 2010
More bad news from MID
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 1 August 2010This would have been a far more useful story if the reporter had bothered to ask and record the answers to these simple questions: did the California Environmental Protection Agency investigate the allegations against Merced Irrigation District? What did it find? What enforcement action was or might be taken? A quote "cannot comment because of an ongoing investigation" from CEPA would have added a nice symetry to the story.
Pimlico Kid stuff
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 8 August 2010Americans have been jerked around by the rapid serial montages of the "news cycle" to the point where even Rep. Dennis Cardoza, the Pimlico Kid-Annapolis MD, believes he can foist the rhythm on us, mere constituents of His Greatness, with impunity.
So, the Great Pimlico Kid Himself, makes marks on the administration like the all-powerful legislative lion, which he isn't, by introducing a bill to cut the travel budget of the secretary of HUD, like it makes a difference.
Environmentalism as "luxury good"
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 8 August 2010The relationship between unemployment and environmental concern is treated in a paper by professors Matthew E. Kahn and Matthew J. Kotchen.
"Narratives" Week: #1: Foreclosure rate
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 17 August 2010"Stanislaus County is further through the process than the rest of California," said Sean O'Toole, whose company ForeclosureRadar tracks homes in mortgage default throughout the state. "We are going to continue to see a general decline in foreclosure activity there."
"Narratives" Week #2: HSD
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 22 August 2010"We were giving people false hope," Cardoza said. -- Rep. Dennis Cardoza, Pimlico Kid-Merced/Annapolis
"Narratives" Week #3: UC Merced professor's derry-derry dada rewrite of the Thirties in the Valley
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Monday, 23 August 2010
Readers of the McClatchy Co.s Modesto chain outlet were greeting Sunday morning with a glowing review of a silly PhD dissertation republished as one of those highly perishable books academics must publish to keep drawing their state pay.
"Narratives" Week #4: Politics among the local cannibals
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Friday, 27 August 2010Berryhill throws out a real bum
The congressional campaign of Ceres Republican Mike Berryhill, running against Rep. Dennis Cardoza, Pimlico Kid-Annapolis, is not a thing of beauty. In a year when voters are so frustrated -- especially in Cardoza's congressional district, wracked with some of the worst foreclosure and unemployment rates in the nation and housing prices that still cannot find a bottom -- all they want to do is throw the bums out, at least Berryhill threw one bum out, John D. Villarreal, his campaign manager for a couple of weeks.