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There will be NO fish or farms if global warming happens.
How could we spend money to get rid of a zero carbon renewable energy source?

The money we spend on removing this renewable energy source could be spent on more renewable energy to reduce global warming.

If this setback to solving global warming happens, where will the electricity come from to make up the electricity los by dam removal?

posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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If you Don't Know Don't Vote.
The danger of voting for a Measure that you don't understand is that we will have a new government policy that does not work.
21 millions dollars on sound bits is not a way to get good information on Measures.
This is a huge waste of money and resources that could be used to improve our state.

Having an initiative process that goes around the legislator makes no sense.
Why can?t the initiative process just bring bills to the legislator?

If we don't like a legislator we can vote them out, that is our power.
The real problem with the state government is that it does not meet often enough to govern our state. The initiative process is just a big Band-Aid for this.

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Journalists are the cornerstone of any healthy democracy!

There is a major difference between a journalist and an activist. It is unacceptable for any journalist to have political biases.

The goal of a journalist is to report the news not interpret it and spin it. This is a respected profession and should have high standards.

To even consider a magazine such as Mother Jones as journalism is ridiculous.

Blogs are very dangerous because there is no accountability, no editor, no one to be fired if they lie, how can anyone trust news from a blog. How can any blogger consider themselves a journalists?

posted 4 years, 7 months ago
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