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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1983
Page
4
In a reaction to street vendors, a vendor visits the Press alleging the article and council debate omitted both sides. The piece argues street merchants meet a need, charge lower prices, and attract different customers, challenging a proposed city ordinance. The author compares mobile advertising to street sales and questions limits on consumer choice.
A reader writes that voting decisions hinge on which candidate seems more trustworthy and morally right, noting prior belief that supporters fit their criteria. The letter mentions Councilmembers Prout as a point of confusion in this context.
The note questions whether Clearing House Little and Wise require spouses on business trips due to concerns about trust and morality, or if the trips are merely tax supported vacations in disguise.
News From Assemblyman Don Rogers reports that California Assembly Democrats refuse to send the budget to the Governor by June 15 as required, delaying pay for 22,000 state workers and cutting aid and care. The piece urges citizens to contact Democrat legislators, led by Speaker Willie Brown, to honor oaths and push a budget. It notes the 1983-84 budget failed in the Assembly after Democrats refused to vote.
In Chicago and beyond, critics contend school busing drains hundreds of millions yearly while harming student achievement. They cite National Commission findings and studies from Los Angeles New York and Ann Arbor to claim desegregation did not raise black test scores and that opinions among black communities have shifted against forced busing.
A Conservative Chronicle by H L Richardson mocks California reapportionment fights. A cantankerous allegory features Sir Sebastiani hauling a petition to Sacramento, Democrats as foes, and the Budget Maiden held hostage as a joust and dates loom.
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