9-12-09
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9-12-09
Badlands Journal
End the charade...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-09-12/007405
Badlands Journal
Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
9-12-09
Badlands Journal
End the charade...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-09-12/007405
9-11-09
Merced Sun-Star
Foreclosure wave ebbing in Merced County...SCOTT JASON
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/v-print/story/1050613.html
Merced's foreclosure rate in August slowed from last year, though it remains one of the highest in California, according to data released Thursday by RealtyTrac.
9-10-09
Badlands Journal
The price of dirt, Part 3...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-09-10/007404
In a July 30 letter to state Assemblyman Juan Arambula, the Legislative Analyst’s Office wrote:
Item 22: Health, Reconvening the Beilenson Hearing of Medical Assistance Program
Chairwoman Deidre Kelsey: We will reconvene the Beilenson hearing and I’ll have Mr. Volanti get us back on track.
The price of dirt – Part 4, the Williamson Act.
Three-quarters of likely California voters disapprove of their state Legislature this month and think it is run by a few special interests. This is the worst rating the Legislature has received in the 11 years of Public Policy Institute of California polling, the institute reported this week. The names of those interests are FIRE – Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate.
In a July 30 letter to state Assemblyman Juan Arambula, the Legislative Analyst’s Office wrote:
While certain liabilities are difficult to quantify precisely, it appears the state has over $200 billion of short-term, longer-term, and retirement-related liabilities to retire in future years. These liabilities will continue to put pressure on the state’s finances for years to come.
9-9-09
Badlands Journal
The price of dirt, Part 2...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-09-08/007402
9-8-09
Badlands Journal
The price of dirt, Part 1...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-09-07/007400
Part 1.
“Put your faith in the people who have been here from the beginning and have always paid their taxes while others come and go and cost us all money.” – Diana Westmoreland Pedrozo, executive director, Merced County Farm Bureau