Badlands Journal
Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
7-19-09
Modesto Bee
Campaign cash puts politician dead last...Michael Doyle
http://www.modbee.com/local/v-print/story/786756.html
WASHINGTON -- Mariposa Republican George Radanovich is raising money, but his campaign war chest remains smaller than that of his San Joaquin Valley colleagues, new filings show.
7-18-09
Badlands Journal
Two ideas...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-07-17/007324
In the state Capitol, the conventional wisdom, what is politically possible, has bankrupted the state and put its most vital water resource, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, in so much peril that the only solution this wisdom can imagine is a peripheral canal.
In the state Capitol, the conventional wisdom, what is politically possible, has bankrupted the state and put its most vital water resource, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, in so much peril that the only solution this wisdom can imagine is a peripheral canal.
7-17-09
Merced Sun-Star
UC regents committee approves plan that may mean furloughs for employees
The plan is equal to a 4 to 10 percent salary reduction...DANIELLE GAINES
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/v-print/story/953241.html
7-16-09
Badlands Journal
brace of choirboys: God and Water in California...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-07-15/007321
The situation is desperate. By formally requesting the Obama administration to convene the God Squad, the governor would be following through on his promise to fight on behalf of California farmers, farmworkers, businesses and all water consumers.…”Arnold should call in the God Squad,” By Brandon M. Middleton and Damien M. Schiff, Vacaville Reporter-7/12/09
7-15-09
Merced Sun-Star
Water battle lines drawn along parties
Congressmen from the San Joaquin normally put up a united front but severe drought and environmental regulations have made this fight fierce...MICHAEL DOYLE, Sun-Star Washington Bureau
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/268/v-print/story/951301.html
7-14-09
Merced Sun-Star
Letter: Thanks, Cardoza...JOAQUIN CONTENTE, president California Farmers Union, Hanford
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/180/v-print/story/949400.html
Editor: America's family farmers and ranchers have a unique role to play in combating global climate change.
7-13-09
Badlands Journal
California water: some recent theological texts...Badlands Journal editorial board
http://www.badlandsjournal.com/2009-07-12/007317
Every culture has its sacred texts. Chinese, the Sumerians, Indians, Persians, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Arabs -- and on and on. You name the culture and we'll name the sacred text -- from the I Ching to the Koran and beyond. It is the world's greatest literature,
Every culture has its sacred texts. Chinese, the Sumerians, Indians, Persians, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Arabs -- and on and on. You name the culture and we'll name the sacred text -- from the I Ching to the Koran and beyond. It is the world's greatest literature,
the true treasury of the deepest human values and highest human visions.