Badlands Journal
Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
10-3-09
Contra Costa Times
Court orders government to pay for water losses
decision could open door for more districts to seek payment for water shifted to fish...Mike Taugher
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_13472637
10-1-09
Capitol Weekly
Grassroots Latino Water Coalition registered to ag industry lobbyist
By Malcolm Maclachlan
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=yb3fzxmc87lqzt
10-3-09
Modesto Bee
Valley's pain not endured equally by all...Michael Doyle
http://www.modbee.com/local/v-print/story/879222.html
WASHINGTON — San Joaquin Valley cities remain mired in the great economic meltdown, though a new study shows some are suffering more than others.
10-2-09
Merced Sun-Star
UC Merced earns honor for environmental efforts
Governor's award recognizes green practices...DANIELLE GAINES
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/v-print/story/1091070.html
The UC Merced campus, flush with solar energy programs and Earth-friendly buildings, has been recognized once again for its environmental stewardship.
10-1-09
Merced Sun-Star
Our View: 6-1 vote for Wal-Mart: 'Let's do it!'
Forget about lawsuits; the time has come to start building distribution center.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/181/v-print/story/1088645.html
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
So wrote Gustave Flaubert, the French author and philosopher.
9-30-09
Merced Sun-Star
Wal-Mart distribution center: Appeals period begins
Opponents have one month to file lawsuits to stop the project...SCOTT JASON
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/v-print/story/1086257.html
For the next month, it's a waiting game.
9-29-09
Merced Sun-Star
Merced City Council approves Wal-Mart distribution center
The vote was 6-1 in favor of the center...SCOTT JASON
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/v-print/story/1084254.html
Capping four years of debate, six hours of public input and dozens of technical studies, the Merced City Council voted Monday to let Wal-Mart build a massive distribution center.
Merced Sun-Star Executive Editor Mike Tharp flew part of the Westside in a private plane with a realtor/Westside rancher named Gail McCullough and came back with revelations. It reminded him of Iraq, where he seems to need to go, whenever the reality of Merced and the San Joaquin Valley overwhelm him, to find refreshment in the Pentagon propaganda mill. You can sugar-coat failure with belief but it is still failure, out there on the imperial frontier or here at home.
9-28-09
Badlands Journal
The WalMart project public comment period...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-09-27/007434
The Merced City Council is to be commended for holding two lengthy public hearings on the WalMart distribution center project including citizens with sharply opposed views on health, human safety and economic growth, who spoke their mind in an orderly, safe process. This begs the lie of Rep. Dennis Cardoza, the Pimlico Kid, that citizens in his district could not meet together in town hall meetings to discuss health care reform. In fact, on another contentious issue, Riverside Motorsports Park, a large number of town hall meetings were held, some by proponents, some by opponents.