Statement of Friends of the Truckee Library: Countdown to Decision Day
By: Friends of the Truckee Library Feb. 8, 2010 – The Nevada County public libraries are under threat of outsourcing to LSSI, a private company in Maryland State. In October, in response to the economic downturn, the County CEO presented the BOS with a Request for Proposals for private contractors to manage the...
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Mary Ann Trygg Describes Library Options A & D, Will Support Either
I had an interesting email dialog with County Librarian Mary Ann Trygg this morning. First, she described the significant issues she’s having to juggle right now: “Currently, we are working on several projects to bring in money to the library such as the Union newspaper plea, an upcoming NCTV Telethon,...
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Why Did Doctor Margaret Flowers Decide to Get Arrested (Twice)?
The best Howard Zinn quote I heard after his recent death was this: “The problem is civil obedience.” That’s not Doctor Margaret Flowers’ problem. What sort of fire burns in the heart of this soft-spoken, thoughtful pediatrician that would lead her to choose arrest, a course of action that...
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Job Losses Under Bush and Obama Compared
This is a chart prepared by Nancy Pelosi’s office. It’d make a nice tee shirt, something for Democrats to wear at Town Hall meetings. Josh Marshall explains: “The red bars are the accelerating rate of job loss during President Bush’s last year in office; the blue bars are the decelerating rate...
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Articles
Published by Yes! Magazine on February 1, 2010 How families are achieving ecological, social, and economic transformation… starting under their own roofs. by Shannon Hayes Long before we could pronounce Betty Friedan’s last name, Americans from...
What’s Your Connection to Mountaintop Removal?
Published by Yes! Magazine on November 10, 2009 Power plants across the country use coal from destroyed mountains. Search your zip code to meet the communities and landscapes to which you’re connected. Not In My Backyard? Click here to find out...
Will the Citizens United Ruling Let Hugo Chavez and King Abdullah Buy U.S. Elections?
This post was originally published on January 22, 2010 on the website of the Center for Public Integrity and is reprinted on Sierra Voices with CPI’s permission. Supreme Court Ruling May Open Door to Foreign State-Owned Corporate Political Spending By...
Who’s Polluting the Climate Conversation?
Published by Yes! Magazine on December 1, 2009 Money, think tanks, and the scientists-for-hire behind the doubt and denial. by James Hoggan Scientists now warn that climate change is happening faster, and is a bigger threat, than they predicted just...
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Reviews
Amazing Buzz on New Book: Eating Animals
I’ve never seen this kind of buzz on a new book before, and since I’m a sucker for book buzz and hype, and I haven’t actually read the book yet, I’ll just pass on some of the buzz and hype about Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran...
Book Review — The End of the Long Summer
Dianne Dumanoski, in her book, “The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth,” writes with great breadth and depth about what she calls the planetary era. Since the beginning of this era, in...
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