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- Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon issued a “mixed bag” style commententary on the Obama budget, particularly related to defense issues VVDAILYNEWS
- And the story that simply won’t … die : in Buck’s tele-town hall meeting yesterday, our Congressman who knows a thing-or-two about serving on the SC City Council said he “would like to see Bob issue an apology” JEFF WILSON
- Forget about the media in the county, state, USA; Kellargate made the TAIWAN NEWS
- Speaking of apologies, Toyota hit the mea culpa circuit yesterday everywhere except Oprah’s couch WASHPOST
- Hart School Board will decide Wednesday if the Hebrew language charter school “Einstein Academy” can move forward. Can we at least have Rabbi Blazer advise on the West Creek school naming? SIGNAL
- Man attacks wife, threatens to kill their shih tzu. Scumbag due in court today SIGNAL
- Shhhh… and touch. Laurene Weste has yet another column in SCV Magazine, encouraging dog owners to get a license. Go for the content, stay for the photo op with the Dog Whisperer SCVMAG
- The $200 rent increase at Polynesian Mobile Home Park rent hike is 8x too high, according to the City’s hired consultant SIGNAL
- SCV “Cash-for-gold” parties monetizing stolen property, reports Tammy Marashlian SIGNAL
- So… we raised serious coin for Haiti, yet we can’t muster the resolve for healthcare reform? Asks a SIGNAL LTE
- A city ordinance has been proposed in LA for new developments and redevelopment projects to capture rainwater or face stiff fees. After they passed the measure, LADWP heard a shrill “YESSS!!!” coming from Lynne Plambeck’s residence LATIMES
- A good segue is priceless, and the response to Ms. Plambeck’s recent Signal column is too. Here’s a preview: “It’s my life and if I want a lawn, by God I’ll have one.” For maximum entertainment, read Lynne’s piece first then get out the popcorn SIGNAL LTE
- And the award for best SCV headline goes to… Carol Rock of 1120AM! “Would-Be Carjacker Gets Business End of Bat” KHTS
- City website adds more credits to the SCV reel CITYBRIEFS
- Razzies are out, Sandra Bullock, Land of the Lost and Transformers 2 are the worst of the worst SFGATE (ok, Oscars too AP, FINKE)
- For the LOSTies among us, after an unbearable 9 month hiatus, it’s back tonight with a 2 hour bang. It was apparently leaked on YouTube but the die-hards are waiting for full HD bliss. ABCNEWS And for those that aren’t digging it, don’t fret: this is the last season. Promise.
- Punxsutawney Phil’s supremacy as “Prognosticator of Prognosticators” is challenged this Groundhog Day WSJ (six more weeks, BTW)
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“Lost” was a pretty good series through season 5, especially when watching it on DVD in a blitz mode. Season 6 really defined the title “Lost”. Hopefully season 7 is better understood.
Sure, the dude is entitled to his lawn.
He is also entitled to pay the REAL cost including higher water bills, pollution cleanup (to remove poisons and fertilizer from the runoff), and the ever-threatened chloride treatment plant. I bet he whines about those costs, too, perhaps even blaming Lynen personally for them!
Or maybe, just maybe, there of defining personal freedom as the “right” to unlimited consumption, subsidized by others, has passed, and he doesn’t have that “right” after all.
But he won’t get it until his tap runs dry. Rampant overconsumers live in a state of denial until it bites them in the leg. Then they try to find a scapegoat, rather than blame themselves.
Clean water and air belong to all of us, not just to each of us to consume in unlimited amounts. That’s reality, not just a view of environmentalists like Lynne.
slow day