American exceptionalism
Posted: Monday, Sep 6th, 2010
Tossing our anchor chain overboard, we maneuvered in searchlight-illuminated darkness away from the cliffs. Toronto sat before the radar adjusting its brightness. Pale blue luminescence glowed in her hair as she leaned into the screen.
"Ten degrees to port," she called.
"Ten degrees," I repeated from the helm.
Lee stood silently behind her, leaning over her ...more
Nurses should be seen as essential in schools
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010
At the Aug. 25 Pajaro Valley Unifed School District Board of Trustees meeting, district nurses used their allotted time during open comment to make an organized, collective presentation to the school board and community.
There were about 10 community members present, along with reporters from the Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Register-Pajaronian. The meeting was not televised, as ...more
Sticking to the basics is best
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010
Glenn Beck made news with his rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. To some for him to choose the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s great "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, as the moment for a rally by some folks who oppose many of the issues for which Dr. King lived and died was ...more
The weighted vote was fair and legal
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Two front-page articles in the Register-Pajaronian in the last week have called into question the recent election on rate increases in the area served by the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. It is important for people to know that the election was conducted under the terms of California law as the culmination of an open and public 18-month process aimed ...more
World War II and propaganda
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Today marks 65 years since the end of World War II, when on Sept. 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri.
During and shortly after the war years, little was ever mentioned about use of radio weapons against allied troops, otherwise known as propaganda or "War on the ...more
Let’s move forward with solutions to our problem
Posted: Friday, Aug 27th, 2010
"There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
The decision to fund the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency's debt and preserve its ability to find future solutions has begun to strain some sectors of our community and has the potential to redraw a line of contention down the middle of our ...more
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