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• Letters to the Editor 8/12

  Letters to the Editor 8/12

  Hoping for failure

  On July 27, Rep. Lois Capps joined the successful vote against the “Extinction Rider” in the Interior Appropriations Bill for 2012, an attempt to gut the Endangered Species Act.

  If the rider had passed, no more animals on the brink of extinction ever would have been given the protection of an endangered species listing, and their habitat would have been lost.

• Letters to the Editor 1/6

  Letters to the Editor 1/6

  Simply buy the peak

  There is a simple solution for those who would determine how Cerrito Peak should be developed: Buy it!

  For those who think Mr. Reddell should be able, within reasonable limits, to develop his own property: Today it may be Mr. Reddell’s problem, but please be aware that tomorrow it may be your property that others want to control.

• Letters to the Editor 10/31

  Letters to the Editor 10/31

  Stiffed again?

  After reading your editorial (Oct. 23) regarding the “unfounded attacks” against the solar power industry by Fox News, I believe your editorial staff has a severe case of “Fox derangement syndrome.” Never once in your editorial do you deny the facts as reported by Fox News. The point is, why do taxpayers have to provide financial backing to private companies if the product has a viable ROI?

  No sane professional business person would ever make that type of investment. I visited the SunPower plant in Point Richmond (it’s located in a defunct Ford assembly plant) about two years ago and again earlier this year. The amount of parking spaces available on my last trip was astounding.

• Government Watch: A roundup of this week’s agendas

  Government Watch: A roundup of this week’s agendas

  Arroyo Grande Planning Commission. Meets Tuesday. 473-5420. Proposed lot line adjustment between two residential lots at 311 Myrtle St. in the Cherry Creek subdivision.

  Atascadero Planning Commission. Meets Tuesday. 461-5000. Proposal to remove and trim trees in Atascadero Creek to make way for the new pedestrian bridge project; change plans at 13000 Atascadero Ave., the site of the former Eagle Creek Golf Course, into proposed homes; proposed increase in the number of residential-care patients to 15 patients from 10 at Paradise Valley Care, 9525 Galina Court; automotive repair shop expansion with indoor storage proposed at 8900 El Camino Real.

  Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees. Meets Tuesday. 462-4200. Teachers union bargaining proposal; vote on contracts with program management services firm Kitchell CEM Inc. and Michael Fredericks Paving Corp.; consider resolution to support a proposed state constitutional amendment that would make it easier for local governments to increase taxes

• Letters to the Editor 1/16

  Letters to the Editor 1/16

  Truth about ID laws

  President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have been accused of trying to “scare up some votes” by opposing the voter suppression movement by the Republican right wing across the nation in this election year. Here are the facts to counter the half-truths and outright lies used to justify the new voter ID laws passed in many Republican run states.

  First, The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN, never committed “voter fraud” as the right wing suggests. A few of their paid registration form gatherers submitted their material, ACORN checked the forms, “tagged” the ones found fraudulent and submitted them all as required by law. The Republican propaganda machine called this Democrats’ “massive fraud and corrupt practices.”