Plastics fight would inconvenience Californians, not do much to help the planet
Orange County Register | Kerry Jackson
June 22, 2022
Living in California isn’t easy. Energy prices, housing costs and taxes are outrageously expensive. The roads are a shambles and traffic is miserable. A perpetual man-made drought, likely power blackouts this summer, and rising homelessness and crime are diminishing our quality of life.
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No Investigation Needed - Government Energy Policy Fuels Record-High Gas Prices
Right by the Bay | Tim Anaya
June 22, 2022
Angry drivers paying record gas prices this year – surpassing $7 per gallon in parts of California – are demanding action from elected officials to lower gas prices.
Surprisingly, Sacramento Democrats have hung onto this scorching hot political potato for months. Democrat legislative leaders have rejected pleas from Republicans and many in their own party to temporarily suspend the gas tax
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How Many Will Die? The Progressive Criminal Justice Experiment
Right by the Bay | Steve Smith
June 21, 2022
Heroin, Oxycontin and Fentanyl are all opioids. It’s difficult to explain the incredible hold that opioids have on users, but I can tell you about one I knew named Josh. Josh was an addict (in his case heroin) I once arrested who would come and speak to my narcotics classes at Gavilan College. He, like most addicts, explained getting high on heroin in sexual terms. It makes sense because opioids activate the pleasure receptors in the brain. But if sex is a 100 on a pleasure scale – an opioid high is 100 times that. He told the classes that when he used heroin, he instantly lost all of his insecurities and became the man he dreamed he could be. Fentanyl is many times more powerful than heroin.
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When June Gloom Lasts All Year
CAPITAL IDEAS | Kerry Jackson
June 20, 2022
The overcast days of June Gloom, a month of cloud and fog cover along the usually sunny Southern California coastal regions, can be a bit depressing. It’s a natural phenomenon that can’t be controlled. The same can’t be said about the man-made darkness ahead that will affect the entire state.
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High Speed Rail Update: Cost Projections Go Up Yet Again
Right by the Bay | Kerry Jackson
June 23, 2022
Trains played a central role in the development of California. The transcontinental railroad, completed in 1869, was key in transforming California, then a state for 19 years, “from a once-isolated place to a major economic and political force, and helped lead to the state’s rapid growth.” In the early 21st century, a train is making California history again. But it’s unlikely to be written about in glowing terms by future historians.
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