California Cornerstone: 2013-06-02

Friday, June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta Related and Water News
BDCP Chapters Released: Congress Vows 'Water Wars' Just Beginning
River News Herald
http://rivernewsherald.org/articles2013/bdcp_6-5-2013.html

New BDCP Economic Studies Uses Outdated Growth Forecasts
Valley Economy Blog, Dr. Jeff Michael
Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=0015U2tEoPRVkiKsocfWn8c9gEKTopcTduyH9pKhi-9e_403J4I2YMf_zvEEtfM9M-hVhd57qA3uXIzfw9mU6hQjCFe_jBwGJFjcsKUfAnb1oddRyymtvEXJA%3D%3D

New BDCP Documents Say Taxpayers May Subsidize the Delta Tunnels Due to Uncertainty Over Tunnel Impacts
Dr. Jeff Michael
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2013/06/new-bdcp-documents-suggest-that-water.html

Bay Delta Conservation Plan's Actual Cost $54.1 Billion
Dan Bacher at Indybay.org
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/06/18738055.php

Members of Congress Slam Brown's Peripheral Tunnel Plan
Dan Bacher
http://redgreenandblue.org/2013/06/01/members-of-congress-slam-browns-peripheral-tunnel-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-redgreenandblue+%28Red%2C+Green+and+Blue%29

California Caves to Big Oil, Kills Fracking Moratorium
Dan Bacher
http://redgreenandblue.org/2013/06/02/california-caves-to-big-oil-kills-fracking-moratorium/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-redgreenandblue+%28Red%2C+Green+and+Blue%29

Jim Verdoon
LTE Stockton Record
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130606/A_OPINION02/306060317/-1/A_OPINION

Restore the Delta
Bloomberg: Who Will Pay for Jerry's Father Complex?
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001EXWmPNxFGZtt2Uj_TQulfHRT7uptePO2dZB7K8Rp54alB9LlHBtM_mgYwT5Ttnfa20L-5DI8YAUYDi8Ph5MWt5_ZJpBZ2ywUw05djn2F1SQU5mxjWWRcBQ%3D%3D

Conspiracy Theory
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/06/07/conspiracy-theory/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29

News from Restore the Delta
http://www.restorethedelta.org/news-alerts-archive/
(I'd double check the number of gallons of fresh water required for each solar panel to be constructed in WWD. At one time, I thought solar energy generation was an ideal solution for their toxic soil. Sure if it's only about retiring toxic soils and saving that water, but conventional oil pumping and solar power generation are two huge fresh water hogs...kinda be careful what you agree with what looks good on the surface!!)

A Letter from Friends of the River to Federal Officials About Fatal Flaws in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Lloyd G. Carter
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/130605618_a-letter-friends-river-federal-officials-about-fatal-flaws-bay-delta-conservation-

Big Data and Our Big Delta Plan
SFGate.com
http://blog.sfgate.com/opinionshop/2013/06/06/big-data-and-our-big-delta-plan/

Watering the Desert
All the Groundwater Law You Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask
http://aguaportucson.blogspot.com/2013/06/all-groundwter-law-you-always-wanted-to.html

Maven's Notebook
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/06/science-notes-and-reports-climate-change-and-fish-counting-bass-new-salmon-modeling-tools-endangered-aquifers-water-rates-and-more/

Jerry Cadagan's Clips 6/07

the Editor of the River News-Herald does a thorough story about the current status of the BDCP/Tunnels plan (and includes some bizarre quotes, like "we're not exactly sure where the money is going to come from" says Mark Cowin. Doesn't it fall out of the trees??) -

http://rivernewsherald.org/articles2013/bdcp_6-5-2013.html

Alameda County paper reports on Tunnels cost and says Zone 7 GM favors the plan -

http://www.independentnews.com/news/article_b1181b3c-cedb-11e2-b84d-0019bb2963f4.html

this LTE in the SacBee predicts that if the Tunnels plan went before the voters it would fail -

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/05/5471497/plan-to-build-water-tunnels-in.html

Delta Vision Foundation having a coming out party for its next report card on June 18 in Sacramento -

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=37289db013af53c1da797dc28&id=5e9507166c&e=4b3e735101

Pacific Institute has come out with a new report which examines California water rate structures in today's world of increasing costs, new regulations, etc. -

http://www.pacinst.org/publication/water-rates-series/

Tulare ID will get very little CVP water this year due to drought -

http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/news/agriculture/6401-no-surface-water-for-tulare-id-farmers-this-year

the drought is also impacting Klamath Basin farmers -

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_23406949/drought-cuts-water-klamath-project-irrigators

Stockton Record editorial points out that California water infrastructure needs $44 billion not counting the $50+ billion that the Gov wants for his Tunnels -

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130607/A_OPINION01/306070310/-1/A_OPINION

construction starts on Carlsbad desal plant -

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jun/06/construction-poseidon-desalination-water/

more on the lousy drinking water in some parts of the state -

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/jun/06/hundreds-calif-communities-rely-contaminated-drink/

Jerry Cadagan's Clips 6/06

Jeff Michael finds one of the smoking guns in the latest BDCP document dump and points out that the taxpayers will likely be subsidizing the buffalos (i.e. the water contractors) -

http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2013/06/new-bdcp-documents-suggest-that-water.html

Lois Kazakoff, Deputy Editorial Page Editor at the Chronicle blogs that the Chronicle "remains dubious" about the BDCP/Peripheral Tunnels plan and she encourages readers to use the link in her blog to do an LTE to the Chronicle expressing their views -

http://blog.sfgate.com/opinionshop/2013/06/06/big-data-and-our-big-delta-plan/

note that the blog item also has a link to an op-ed by Chuck Bonham, Director of Fish & Wildlife. Clips has broken down and paid the Chronicle in order to legally get behind its pay wall. The Bonham piece is pasted below at the bottom; now you are really encouraged to do LTEs to the Chronicle

and Dennis Wyatt (who is Editor of the Manteca Bulletin) has an opinion piece in the Turlock paper saying that we don't need the Peripheral Tunnels -

http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/26/article/20382/

Dan Bacher covers and expands upon RTD's release showing the cost of the Peripheral Tunnels -

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/06/18738055.php

the Antioch Herald picks up on RTD's release giving the true cost of the Peripheral Tunnels -

http://antiochherald.com/2013/06/gov-browns-bay-delta-conservation-plan-cost-54-1-billion-simple-math-its-not-worth-it/

and the CoCo Times runs an LTE in opposition to the Tunnels -

http://www.contracostatimes.com/tri-valley-times/ci_23387503/tri-valley-letters-twin-tunnels-water-proposal-would

a construction publication covers the cost aspect of the Tunnels and gets some things right and some wrong ("and 57 species of plants and animals saved.") -

http://california.construction.com/california_construction_news/2013/0603-price-tag-for-bay-delta-water-plan-swells-to-245-billion.asp

the Imperial Valley paper has a more detailed story about the trial court decision upholding the QSA -

http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-judge-upholds-landmark-california-water-pact-20130605,0,7617081.story

and another story saying that mediation continues on how to deal with adverse effects of QSA on Salton Sea -

http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/waterandpower/ivp-mediation-to-continue-on-salton-sea-restoration-solutions-20130606,0,6641947.story

BuRec increases allocation for CVP's Friant Division -

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=23567

more on the lousy drinking water in parts of California; usually rural agricultural towns -

http://www.capradio.org/articles/2013/06/05/epa-and-lawmakers-call-lack-of-clean-drinking-water-unacceptable/

more on the failure of the Legislature to put a moratorium on fracking -

http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9583/what-fracking-moratorium/

while this opinion piece says California doesn't need fracking -

http://www.signalscv.com/section/33/article/97734/

this will be the first and last story about the water connection in the current Calderon investigation -

http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2013/06/05/dirty-water-calderons-cashed-in-on-relationships-at-water-agency/

there's some material in this issue of Maven's Notebook that Clips has missed, and some that's worth a re-read -

http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/04/blog-round-up-bloggers-on-the-bdcp-fish-screens-climate-change-and-native-fishes-restructuring-the-swp-and-more/

Delta Related Private/Public Propaganda News
California Farm Water Coalition
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/06/news-articles-and-links-for-june-7-2013.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/06/news-articles-and-links-from-june-6-2013.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/06/news-articles-and-links-from-june-5-2013.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Sonoma Takes Unexpected Stand on Drakes Bay Oyster Co.
Press Democrat
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130604/ARTICLES/130609808/1033/news?Title=Sonoma-takes-unexpected-stand-on-Drakes-Bay-Oyster-Co-

UN Agenda 21 Frustrated by Property Rights Advocates
CFACT.com
http://www.cfact.org/2013/06/01/bonn-press-release-un-agenda-21-frustrated-by-property-rights-advocates/

Rural America's Newswire(TM) 20130603

New DRA Newswire
Defend Rural America(tm) related news has graduated to its own newswire, and will remain focused on DRA-specific topics, whereas Citizens Newswire(tm) will continue to cover wide-ranging topics. If you are getting only one newswire, but want both, drop me a request including your name, email address, city, county, state, and zip.

The News

o Hage Supreme Court case - Federal court finds conspiracy, orders Forest Service and BLM to reinstate Hage grazing permits. http://on.fb.me/1488zI7 (Doyel S) Here is a copy of the decision. (Sarah F)

o Drakes Bay - Drakes Bay Oyster Farm uses Data Quality Act to file complaint about scientific bias and use of false information. http://bit.ly/10MIKQm (Jane G)

o forestry - West Coast log and lumber exports continue to plummet. http://1.usa.gov/10HGKW6

o frogs and toads - Congratulations to the Mountain Democrat for exposing the falsity of the yellow-legged frog fantasy. http://bit.ly/1awNBWG

o frogs and toads - Monsanto's Roundup herbicide can kill frogs within an hour. http://bit.ly/17pf7ZT

o frogs and toads - Atrazine is another herbicide that harms frogs. http://bit.ly/Zfu7UJ (Chuck F)

o frogs and toads - Agricultural pesticides diazinon and chlorpyrifos, disrupt frogs' nervous systems and may cause respiratory failure. http://bit.ly/15jWYrG (Chuck F)

o wolves - Washington State enacted an emergency rule allowing pet & livestock owners to kill wolves attacking their animals. http://1.usa.gov/11A8cE0 "Wolf populations are increasing faster than anyone had expected." (Doyel S)

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“We either restore local government, or submit to global governance."―Kirk MacKenzie, 2013

Constitutional/2nd Amendment News
Open Letter to Senator Feinstein About the Bill of Rights
MyFireDoglake.com
http://my.firedoglake.com/nsolomon/2013/06/07/open-letter-to-senator-dianne-feinstein-about-the-bill-of-rights/

Agriculture/Science News

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/28/5298444/bay-delta-conservation-plan-documents.html#storylink=cpyEnvironmental News

Economic/Tourism News
Frog Hollow Farms
7x7SF
http://www.7x7.com/eat-drink/frog-hollow-farms

California Tourism Spending Means $106.48 for Economy
Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/06/07/california-tourism-spending-economy.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
California High Speed Rail Votes to Proceed with Tutor Perini
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/06/chsra-board-votes-to-proceed-with-tutor-perini-contract/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chsra-board-votes-to-proceed-with-tutor-perini-contract

National Political News
Feinstein's Call for Leak Investigation into Publishing of Top Secret Order to Verizon
MyFDL.com
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/06/06/feinsteins-call-for-a-leak-investigation-the-hope-that-lies-with-leakers-or-whistleblowers/

Feinstein, Chambliss Statement on NSA Phone Records Program
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=2884b789-fbb9-422f-8adb-ad1a52666904

Feinstein Statement on Changes to President Obama's National Security Team
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=53952562-5449-4265-a1e9-69f266ccdc9a

California Political News
CEQA Roundup
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-roundup-the-good-bad-potentially-bad-what-business-thinks-of-reform-bi

Litigation News
A Time to Sue: Regionalism Challenged
Freedom Advocates
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/planning_-_smart_growth/a_time_to_sue%3a_regionalism_challenged_20130606474/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freedomadvocates+%28Freedom+Advocates+-+Articles%29

Dirty Water: Calderon's Cashed in on Relationship with Water Agency
Hews Media News Group
http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2013/06/05/dirty-water-calderons-cashed-in-on-relationships-at-water-agency/

Tribal News

Calendar June 19-20, 2013
Delta ISB Meeting
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/event-detail/9517
(If you have the time, please come out and support the Independent Science Board. I believe this is a positive area to put effort and energy as the ISB is creating and maintaining its 'Independence'.)

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

June 4, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta Related and Water News
Would Another Burns-Porter Act Resolve the Delta Revuelta?
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/06/04/would-another-burns-porter-act-resolve-the-delta-revuelta/
(I say nope...enforce these two acts on the books and I just bet 3/4 of our 'issues' would wash away - pun intended.)

Tenacious Water Lawyers Needed Immediately!
Delta National Park
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/06/04/would-another-burns-porter-act-resolve-the-delta-revuelta/

Dirty Water, Dirty Tricks
Lloyd G. Carter
http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/130523617_dirty-water-dirty-tricks

Maven's Notebook
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/04/mavens-minutes-from-the-press-conference-natural-resources-agency-releases-remaining-draft-bdcp-documents-includes-costs-benefits-and-funding-information/

http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/04/mavens-minutes-restore-the-deltas-panel-of-experts-discusses-the-costs-of-the-tunnels/

http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/04/blog-round-up-bloggers-on-the-bdcp-fish-screens-climate-change-and-native-fishes-restructuring-the-swp-and-more/

Jerry Cadagan's Clips

Attached to today's Clips is an excellent letter from Friends of the River to the Federal fishery agencies pointing out numerous flagrant violations of law by the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Peripheral Tunnels proposal (Please see additional post for the 8-page letter. km)

the Chapter 8 and 9 material regarding BDCP that the current Brown Administration released last week make it clear that the Gov. will be relying on one or more bond measures to pay for a significant part of the scheme not paid for with the hoped for contributions from the true beneficiaries. That suggests that it is timely to now again float out for you the 2 part series done last year by Lloyd Carter and Patrick Porgans about another Brown Administration effort to use bonds to pay for a major water project -

http://www.lloydgcarter.com/content/121119588_repeating-budgets-billionaires-bonds-big-profits-and-brown-family-–-parts-one-and-

Steven Greenhut again hits the mark in saying that Gov. Brown is being reckless in his search for a legacy and with his Daddy complex -

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-04/who-will-pay-for-jerry-brown-s-father-complex-.html

the Butte Environmental Council is organizing a trip to the Delta this coming Saturday -

http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_23384747/road-trip-delta-water-education

this op-ed in the Hanford paper about water cutbacks by the State and Feds deserves a lot of comments, but the Hanford paper limits comments to 500 characters -

http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/opinion/mailbag/local-guest-commentary-kings-county-valley-water-allocations-cut-again/article_8fd8a9a6-cca5-11e2-80da-001a4bcf887a.html

June 7 is the last chance to participate in the survey evaluating implementation progress for the Delta Vision Strategic Plan -

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=37289db013af53c1da797dc28&id=53309db5ef&e=4b3e735101

Inland Empire water agencies take an appeal to the Fed. 9th Circuit of lower court decision upholding Fish & Wildlife plan adding habitat to protect Santa Ana sucker (2 items) -

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_23378031/developing-inland-water-agencies-appeal-habitat-expansion-santa

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130603-region-water-agencies-appeal-fish-habitat-ruling.ece

Peter Moyle follows up on the recent report suggesting that climate change is a threat to many species of California fish (Clips May 31), but says that there is hope --- greater flows!! -

http://californiawaterblog.com

the Chronicle's Tom Stienstra reports on the great salmon fishing these days -

http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/06/02/crazy-ends-to-salmon-spectrum/

NOAA and FWS issue bi-op for several species on the Klamath; Hoopa Valley Tribe says it's insufficient -

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/06/03/3325490/feds-ok-new-balance-for-klamath.html

and Hoopa chief says dams should come down but Klamath Restoration Agreement is a bad deal -

http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Klamath-water-pact-usurps-tribal-rights-4563630.php?t=bbba780d01cefdcb88

although this is a repeat from a few days ago it shows the complexity of the Klamath issue -

http://www.times-standard.com/opinion/ci_23351704/what-are-facts-about-kbra-dam-removal-and?IADID=Search-www.times-standard.com-www.times-standard.com

and plans for improved passage for steelhead in Piru Creek in Ventura County move ahead, but Clips isn't paying the Ventura paper to read the full story -

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jun/02/steelhead-trout-restoration-projects-swim/#ixzz2VAgNFgb3

ACWA is doing a June 13 conference on Southern California groundwater -

http://www.acwa.com/events/acwa-region-8-event-what-lies-beneath-look-groundwater-southern-california

and on June 12 and 27 the Delta Protection Commission will be having sessions to find a new Executive Director to replace Michael Machado -

http://www.delta.ca.gov/res/docs/MTG_6-12-13_Notice_and_Agenda.pdf

four new fracking stories today -

http://www.voiceofoc.org/oc_north/article_2aa179b6-cc5d-11e2-910e-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/water-125592-oil-fracking.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasdelbeccaro/2013/06/04/californias-anti-fracking-ideologues-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth/

http://grist.org/news/california-illinois-lawmakers-welcome-frackers/

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/28/5298444/bay-delta-conservation-plan-documents.html#storylink=cpyEnvironmental News

Economic/Tourism News

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News
Senator Feinstein's Mr/Mzzz Feinstein/Blum does it again...
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Senator_Feinstein%E2%80%99s_Husband_Stands_to_Make_Millions_from_USPS_Contract/26454/0/38/38/Y/M.html
(FYI, Blum's consortium of contractors underbid the other four groups to land the High Speed Rail Construction contract. BTW, Blum's companies are notorious for cost overruns into the billions.)

California Political News

Litigation News

Tribal News

Calendar

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!

35 Reasons You Should Never Be Without Vinegar
FarmWars.com
http://farmwars.info/?p=10531&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FarmWars+%28Farm+Wars%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Monday, June 3, 2013

June 3, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

"No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people."
--Thomas Paine, Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, 1776

Delta Related and Water News

Debbie Elliot ( David J. Elliot & Sons)

Pass this on so everyone is aware these two pieces ran this week. Channel 3 coverage

http://www.kcra.com/news/Courtland-finds-itself-in-middle-of-water-war/-/11797728/20367954/-/nk7he8/-/index.html

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/29/5454161/brown-tries-to-roll-delta-in-rush.html (This is also a good editorial piece done by Steve Heringer from Clarksburg in case you missed it.)

Members of Congress Slam Brown's Peripheral Tunnel Plan

Dan Bacher at Indybay.org

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/31/18737740.php

Delta Related Private/Public Propaganda News
What drivel...'thankfully, we've got one'??? Wanna guess who paid him off? And just who is Andy Bell??? A mouthpiece from down south way, seems to me.
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_23363402/bay-delta-conservation-plan-system-tunnels-levee-reconstruction

More propaganda from DWR/BDCP
http://www.sacramentoriverdelta.net/2013/05/30/calif-tunnels-delta-restoration-at-24-54-billion/

Aquafornia.com
Weekend Round-up
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/06/03/weekend-wrap-up-latest-bdcp-chapters-released-bay-delta-tour/

Calitics.com
Delta Tunnels Get SomePromotion
http://www.calitics.com/diary/15052/delta-tunnels-get-some-promotion

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Defend Rural America Action Plan for Surrounding Counties of Sacramento County
Kirk McKenzie: I want to thank all the speakers and attendees at Saturday's urgent meeting of California counties. The presentations highlight the need for ACTION NOW! Here is an electronic copy of the action plan. All of the related information and documents are hyperlinked, including proposed board resolutions. You can forward the plan to others by sending them a copy, or by sending them the download link:
http://www.defendruralamerica.com/files/ActionPlan.pdf

American Policy Center
Here It is...the Smoking Gun
The Direct Link Between Agenda 21 and Local Planners
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3af5d41d21ad9fce53c86ba9d&id=bdebec051d&e=75b5b6dbb8

Freedom Advocates
Agenda 21 News
http://agenda21news.com/

Constitutional/2nd Amendment News
The Government May Not, Under the First Amendment, Prevent or Punish Speech
http://commonamericanjournal.com/the-government-may-not-under-the-first-amendment-prevent-or-punish-speech/

Random Acts of Revolution
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/luther/luther34.1.html
(Excellent article, in spite of title.)

Agriculture/Science News
California Conservative Ag Interests Are Paying for Their Pro-Business Ways
http://www.examiner.com/article/california-conservative-ag-interests-are-paying-for-their-pro-business-ways

Political Distortion of Science
Attorney Jonathan Emord - News with Views
http://www.newswithviews.com/Emord/jonathan302.htm
(And don't we know it, too!)

Top 5 Alkaline Foods for Better Health
LouRockwell.com
http://naturalsociety.com/top-5-alkaline-foods-for-better-health/

Chemist Highlights Best Flouride Filter to Protect Family
ThePeoplesChemist.com
http://thepeopleschemist.com/best-fluoride-filter-how-to-remove-all-fluoride-and-chlorine-compounds-from-tap-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-fluoride-filter-how-to-remove-all-fluoride-and-chlorine-compounds-from-tap-water

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Fish Taken From Delta Have Most Mercury in California
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Fish-taken-from-Delta-have-most-mercury-in-Calif-4569892.php
(Duh...that's the problem with residual pollution from the Mining Era...)

Environmental News

Economic/Tourism News

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News
The IRS Scandal Is Much Worse Than Anyone Realizes
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2013/05/the-irs-scandal-is-much-worse-than-anyone-realizes/
http://bwcentral.org/

Conservative Manchurian Candidate Radio Talk Show Hosts
Paul McGuire - News with Views
http://www.newswithviews.com/McGuire/paul175.htm
(Something to think about.)

California Political News
PPIC Statewide Survery: Californians and Their Government
http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1059
(If you can stomach it...)

Calitics: Enterprise Zones Killing the California Dream
http://www.calitics.com/diary/15051/enterprise-zones-killing-the-california-dream

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