Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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Crisis looms at nuclear plant

Whether you are pro- or anti-nuclear power, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is very critical, especially Unit 4. Unit 4, which is very unstable, especially the water-saturated ground it stands upon, needs to have its heavily toxic spent fuel rods (sitting in a protective pool 100 feet high) immediately removed to prevent them […]

October 22, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

Next they’ll want our vote?

So, the Party of No, like a petulant 3-year-old who did not get his/her way, shut down the government, thereby damaging and ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of persons they were elected to serve. Now I suppose they’ll have the gall to ask people to vote for them as well. John E. Moren […]

October 22, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

Pleasure vs. health, well-being

I guessed there would be blowback when my memo to Robb Davis appeared in print, but I was surprised by the volume of calls and emails. So to rebut: The option to report an offending fire is no panacea and a lame compromise. Supposing the source of offending smoke is known and one doesn’t have […]

October 22, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

Make Cannery Park bike-friendly

The qualities that make Davis special and desirable can be attributed, in part, to the bikeways in the newer parts of town on the periphery. Without these facilities where people feel safe riding bikes, car traffic on our streets would increase markedly, especially near schools twice a day. The more car traffic we have, the […]

October 22, 2013 | Posted in Letters | Tagged ,

Council should take a step back

The issue: Conservation, business interests can both be satisfied In a perfect world, there would be time for all competing interests to fully discuss important civic issues before nagging realities like deadlines set in. In the real world, however, decisions sometimes must be made in haste, with far-reaching and unpleasant consequences. SUCH WAS THE CASE […]

October 22, 2013 | Posted in Our View | Tagged ,

Weigh all options for city-owned land

By Gregg Herrington, Rose Cholewinski, Jeremy Brooks, Jeff Adamski, Dennis Lindsay, Chuck Roe, Dick Luna, Michael Bisch and Kemble Pope The city of Davis owns several hundred acres of land along Interstate 80 at Mace Boulevard. This land, north of I-80 and east of Mace, is arguably the most valuable asset in our city’s portfolio. […]

October 22, 2013 | Posted in Columns | Tagged ,

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