13 Oct 1999
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1999
Page
1
Roy Patrick, editor, reports a pupil’s emotional toll as rumor and silent stares engulf a Shafter family after school. The piece laments gossip’s impact on social life, noting misperceptions and public speculation as life becomes a continuous soap opera for those with time on their hands.
Miguel A. Montoya, a longtime Shafter resident and local businessman, faces rumors linking him to a Bakersfield figure. He insists he has never been arrested and questions why neighbors gossip about his life and family. He says he does not know the man named in the chatter and hopes rumors fade.
Assemblyman Dean Florez cites political roadblocks in securing funds for Highway 46 improvements. He notes a Kern Council of Governments meeting recommended against his proposal, potentially jeopardizing Route 58 funding. Florez advocates reallocating $60 million from Kern River Freeway to Highway 46, citing deadly crashes and environmental hurdles delaying action until 2007.
A California dump site operated by Safety-Kleen faces renewed controversy as 83 rail cars of low level radioactive debris from a New York uranium facility were buried at Buttonwillow on March 19 1999. Residents fear environmental risk while state regulators dispute permit scope and NRC licensing, prompting U S Senator Barbara Boxer to demand removal and halt future disposals.
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