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We’re not second-class citizens

Thanks to one biased letter to the editor, the Friends of Davis Public Library has now put a restriction on booksellers with scanners being allowed into their book sale when it opens. First, I have been a bookseller for five years and have lived in Davis for the past two years. Second, please allow my […]

June 14, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

Al-Qaida seeks the young, the willing, the stupid

The issue: Arabian Peninsula group tries a haphazard approach to terrorism One of al-Qaida’s last but most dangerous franchises is al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. It has links to chapters spread across North Africa but appears to work largely out of Yemen, where it has launched several unsuccessful attacks against American airliners. They might have […]

June 14, 2013 | Posted in Our View | Tagged ,

Energy justice was long-delayed

It’s taken almost 13 years, but justice finally may be coming to California consumers victimized by the federal government during California’s energy crunch of 2000 and 2001. Yes, by the federal government. For folks who weren’t in California or don’t remember, that was the time when power prices here soared as electricity-trading companies like Enron, […]

June 14, 2013 | Posted in Columns | Tagged ,

Remember our most vulnerable

We were heartsick to read the news about the current issues at FamiliesFirst. Our experience with the organization was prior to the merger with EMQ and shortly thereafter. We were there every Wednesday for several years because staff sought us out to prepare a healthier on-site school lunch than the one that was available via […]

June 14, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

Blame the new rules

I was terribly saddened upon hearing the news that youth from EMQ FamiliesFirst residential treatment program had fled the facility and were charged for the rape of a younger resident who had also left the premises. This tragic news made The Davis Enterprise headlines twice in three days. The information in the article was based […]

June 14, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

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