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Opinion by Kern County Human Services director urges reforms to protect abused children. The message notes legal limits on sharing case details, staff shortages, and the need for independent review while stressing early intervention and community involvement to prevent harm. The piece closes with a moral tale about valuing the son over wealth and a call to seek salvation.
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Independent Citizens
Judy
Picasso
Raphael
God
Compassionate taxpayers urged to save homecare funds
In a letter to the editor Michael Dulle of Shafter appeals to California taxpayers to oppose drastic budget cuts to Homecare for seniors and the disabled. He urges contacting Governor and Kern County officials, cites IHSS advisory roles, and asserts the need to protect social programs amid a large deficit.
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Governor
Governor.ca
Ment
Shafter
Kern County
Ihss Public Authority Governing Board
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Michael Dulle
Shafter Shafter
Dulle
California State Student Association
Cal State Bakersfield University
Reform rhetoric masks real deregulation goals in California energy
The piece argues that Governor Schwarzenegger frames energy reform as a cure while backing deregulation policies that benefited large firms like Cingular, HealthNet, and Southern California Edison. It notes 3,000 small businesses collapsed during 2001-02 due to high rates from market manipulation, costing over 100,000 jobs, suggesting reform serves big business interests over small enterprises.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger
Cingular Wireless
Health-Net
Southern California Edison
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Kern County Human Services
Depertzne Reverly Ssasiay Johnson
Kem
Wep
Margaret Baker
Reed Print Inc
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
California
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
P.O
Frank W. Reed Donald L. Reed
Lerdo Highway
Givens
P.O. Box
Bae Mt A
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