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Archive for December, 2005

Daily Star trumpets right-wing flak

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Perhaps you noticed the opinion cover story in today’s Star on “an expert’s close analysis” showing that, contrary to decades of study to the contrary, suburban sprawl is good for us and should be encouraged.
Too bad Jim Kiser, who wrote this column, didn’t check out the background of his source: Robert Bruegmann, a professor [...]

Posted in Media Watch, Protecting the Environment, Public Health, Sensible Development, Transportation | 7 Comments »

Tucson Water’s free sex-change plan

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

UPDATE: Tucson Water Director Dave Modeer has publicly stated that Tucson Water has abandoned any efforts to directly deliver treated sewage to our taps, which in any case circumvents state law. Our concerns about treated sewage have changed our leaders’ minds. This issue should certainly in no way lead anyone to vote for the misguided [...]

Posted in Protecting the Environment, Public Health, Respecting Citizens, Sensible Development | 1 Comment »

Change the way we pave our roads

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

I went to the Urban Heat Island workshop yesterday, which was very well attended (by city staff and members of the public alike) and had quite a few useful suggestions for how we all can do our own part to reduce global warming in our own backyard, and little tidbits like a list of trees [...]

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