Big muddy meetin' in Ole Merced
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 10 November 2009
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MARG and private citizens sue City of Merced and Wal-Mart
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 3 November 2009Merced Alliance for Responsible Growth (MARG), Tom Grave, Kyle Stockard and Joel Knox filed suit against the Merced City Council and Real Parties of Interest Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc., and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on October 28, 2009 in Merced Superior Court, according to the court’s register of actions.
The case number is CV000593.
The case will be heard by President Judge of Merced Superior Court John D. Kirihara.
The law firm of Lippe Gaffney Wagner LLP represent plaintiffs MARG, Grave, Stockard and Knox.
Reaping riches in a wretched region -- Lloyd Carter
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 1 November 2009Now, even with new legislation that will determine the future viability of Westlands’ critical import irrigation infrastructure, it seems inevitable that the political clout of the nation’s most powerful irrigation district will somehow prevail to perpetuate this culture of social, economic and natural inequity. – Carter, p. 40.
Scamramento
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thursday, 29 October 200910-29-09
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento let developers get jump-start before formal permits...Ryan Lillis
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2290221.html
For three years, the city of Sacramento has allowed developers to start work on their projects before receiving formal permits.
Welcome to the Age of Ordinary
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The claims for economic, social and environmental justice are ultimately based a moral claim not to waste, oppress or despoil the biosphere. The idea is that if people rationally consider the arguments, they will go and do better in these areas. However, a completely different side of those arguments is provided by natural reality: the economy is based on oil, the quantity of oil is diminishing, therefore the economy will have to
Some judges defending homeowners in foreclosure
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, 21 October 200910-21-09
CounterPunch.com
New Shockwaves From Courts and Accounting Board
The Next Financial Crisis Hits Wall Street, as Judges Start Nixing Foreclosures ... Pam Martens
http/www.counterpunch.com
The financial tsunami unleashed by Wall Street’s esurient alchemy of spinning toxic home mortgages into triple-A bonds, a process known as securitization, has set off its second round of financial tremors.
10-14-09
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, 14 October 2009
10-14-09
Our View: A final farewell to a visionary
Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey's determination put the University of California in Merced.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/181/v-print/story/1112385.html
Dear Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey,
It's too late for you to read this thank-you letter yourself, but we want your family, friends and all Mercedians to know how the Sun-Star feels about your contributions to our community.
10-13-09
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 13 October 2009
10-13-09
Modesto Bee
Modesto landowners fund growth campaign...Garth Stapley
http://www.modbee.com/local/v-print/story/891216.html
All of Measure E's campaign donations came from landowners hoping their rural properties eventually would be annexed to Modesto and developed, according to finance disclosure forms.
10-12-09
Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Monday, 12 October 2009
10-12-09
Merced Sun-Star
UC Merced founding chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey dies...JONAH OWEN LAMB
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/v-print/story/1108829.html
The founding chancellor of UC Merced, Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, who saw the institution through its infancy, died Saturday of complications related to cancer, according to a statement from the university.
She was 66.