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Ahnuld does not have exclusive use of that phrase. <br>
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I dropped off the local email list for a while primarily because I
was too busy with other things. However, the closeness of two
important issues has prompted me to return. They are water and
energy. Specifically, I am very concerned that the entire effort by
the Brown administration to build a pair of tunnels under the Delta
to divert water from it's current use to something else is very
troubling. For a while I thought that the rationale for such
fervent effort was Brown's desire for legacy as great as his
father's. Now, I am not so sure. I know that the South County
Democratic Club is taking on the issues of Delta Water and Fracking
as their key environmental efforts for 2014. I also know that our
local state assemblyman, Luis Alejo (Salinas) has managed to refrain
from voting on key fracking related bills.<br>
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The Democrats are talking about the probability that the real need
for all of the extra water is to support massive fracking operations
in San Luis Obispo / Monterey counties or expansion of the steam
recovery of oil sludge in Kern county. <br>
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It makes sense to me that Santa Clara, Monterey and San Luis Obispo
County Greens should mount an effort to show Green Party leadership
on these issues and to do so in such a manner as to prevent
Democrats from being able to claim this as their own. <br>
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"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you
don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth"
- <i>Roberto Clemente</i></div>
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