ITTC to boost Kern County economy with foreign trade zone
Supervisor McQuiston outlines the International Trade and Transportation Center plan for Kern County. The ITTC aims to bring over 60 million dollars in annual salaries, spark at least 350 million in new assessed value, create intermodal rail service, and attract national and international distributors, manufacturers, and auto makers to the region. Next week, McQuiston will discuss Promising Partnership and Working Together.
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California
International Trade and Transportation Center
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Silence is Acceptance Echoes in a Journalist Voice
Roy Patrick reflects on a fleeting screen message saying Silence is acceptance. He laments that decent people avoid involvement, enabling injustice, and cites Rebel Without a Cause to urge responsibility for the community and not to stay silent.
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Middle America
James Dean
Jim Stark
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Faith, science, and a middle ground in truth
A reader reflects on why skeptics doubt both the Bible and evolution, noting common honesty in seeking truth. The piece argues that many Bible believers accept evolution's broad human origins, rejects species-origin evolution, and urges faith alongside science, warning against fearing the counterfeit in either domain.
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Voters Bill of Rights aims to fix finance and gerrymander US
Republican Ron Unz and Democrat Tony Miller co sponsor a California voter initiative titled the Voters Bill of Rights. It would ban corporate donations provide unlimited matching public funds require full disclosure cap legislator salaries and establish an independent redistricting commission to redraw political lines. The plan seeks cross party appeal despite opposition from entrenched interests and lawyers.
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Sacramento
Ron Unz
Tony Miller
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Willie Brown
Pete Wilson
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