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Daily Archives: November 8th, 2006

I love Santa Cruz….

08-Nov-06

Adult use of marijuana is now the lowest priority crime in law enforcement.
The city council is to to oppose UCSC’s growth plans through all legal means.
But don’t raise the minimum wage to $9.25/hour, even though we all know that’s what it takes to afford even a minimal standard of living here in the county. A [...]

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Why California voted down the alternative fuel initiative:

08-Nov-06

[I wrote an abbreviated version of this as a comment elsewhere, but think it's valid to put it here, too.]
California voted down the $4 billion program to promote alternative energy technology development, which would be funded out of additional taxes on fuel produced in California. Why?
Because we’re excited when our gasoline costs less than $2.79/gallon, [...]

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