Arnold budget plan dwarfed by stale unfair ideas
Opinion criticizes Gov. Schwarzenegger's new state budget for skipping major revenue options and targeting the poor with tax hikes while protecting wealth. It argues the plan would fail politically and economically, raises sales taxes and college fees, raids Proposition 10 and 63 funds, endorses up to 15,000 early prison releases, raises the car tax, and worsens conditions for the poor.
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Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger
California
Schwarzenegger
California State University
University of California
Federal Aviation Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Prison Guards Union
Elias
Burzynski
Thelias
Aol
Inauguration Reflections on Dr King and Obama Era
Deanna Rodriguez Root contemplates the January 20 2009 swearing in of Barack Obama as the first African American president. She links Martin Luther King Jr to the moment, notes the challenges ahead, and urges community service to honor Dr King and support the new administration.
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Barack Obama
Martin Luther King
Obama
Washington DC
Dr King
Week in the Church and Community Activities Recap
Barbara Prickett Craig writes about a week of church gatherings at the Church of Christ, a Golden Living visit with residents, Bible class, a City Council planning commission swearing in, AARP and Gleaners events, a birthday lunch with her daughter, and a Friday-Saturday social with Red Hat members at the Old Woolworth’s Antique Mall.
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Golden Living
Planning Commission
Ron Nunlist
Carmen Trujillo
Church of Christ
Bakersfield
Mom
CSU
Historical Society Board of Directors
Annabel Thompson
Thompson
Red Hat
Barb
Tim
Virginia Bender
Helen Duvall
Mary Nixon
Kathryn Osher
Melody Rains
Toni Mesa
Aileen Rice
Karen Beauchamp
Jim Rice
Tom Beauchamp
Woolworth’s
Karen
Shafter Healthy Start Announces 2024 Activities
The program outlines January Mommy and Me classes on Thursdays from 10 30 to 11 30 at the Public Health Department with four topics Nutrition Bonding Positive Parenting and Ages and Stages. Monthly Car Seat Safety Classes teach proper use. an annual Health Fair is set for April 24 from 2 to 5 at Richland Jr High Activity Center. A Thursday night Parenting Class runs for 12 weeks in English and Spanish, and a School Readiness preschool class serves 4 and 5 year olds preparing for Kindergarten.
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Shafter Healthy Start
Public Health Department
Richland Jr. High
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California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
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Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
The
P.O. Box
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Melissa Hill
Diane Givens
East
Lerdo Highway
Shafterpress
Earthlink.net
Barbara Prickett Craig
Aurie RC
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