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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1984
Page
4
The writer urges citizens to become informed and vote on June 5, urging active participation, review of official ballot materials, and engagement with legislature minutes and officials. The piece questions impartiality of campaigns and stresses personal responsibility, urging readers to mark the date and study the sample ballot before voting.
Paul Harvey notes leaders drift from campaign rhetoric to practice, citing FDR Truman Eisenhower Nixon and Reagan. He argues openness to change fuels political attack lines, predicts tax reform increases after budget promises, and humorously suggests welfare division could end poverty. 1984 LA Times Syndicate.
Richardson reports on the California Bullet Train plan backed by Jerry Brown, a 130 mile San Diego to Los Angeles route with speeds up to 160 mph funded by up to 1.25 billion in revenue bonds. Environmental hurdles, local opposition, and questions about demand, costs, and state subsidies form the core concerns.
A letter urges Shafter residents to back Proposition 18 the California Park and Recreation Facilities Act of 1984 proposing 370 million dollars in state bonds over 20 years to expand and improve parks. It cites rising park use, funding gaps, and broad GOP and Democratic support led by governors Deukmejian and Brown plus groups like the Chamber of Commerce and Sierra Club. Also notes Cub Pack 913 and Boy Scout Troop 913 thanking the community for fundraising pancake breakfast and Lerdo School District thanks Shafter merchants for carnival proceeds boosting student activities.
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