The mayoral recount in Vallejo is final.
Although former council member Gary Cloutier was sworn in as mayor two days ago, after an original counting that put him five votes ahead, former Solano county supervisor Osby Davis edged ahead in the final recount by three votes.
I guess this is when one person really does make a difference. Or more accurately three people.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Death Threat Against Muslim Leader
The FBI is investigating a death threat against Sacramento area Muslim leader Basim Elkarra.
The threat stems from a lawsuit between his organization and radio host Micheal Savage.
Savage supporters.
The threat stems from a lawsuit between his organization and radio host Micheal Savage.
Savage supporters.
Monday, December 3, 2007
San Francisco Wants to Ban Burning on Bad Air Days
A proposal being examined in the Bay Area Quality Management District will be open for public comment in the coming months.
On moderately dirty nights, burning in fireplaces and old stoves, but not in EPA certified stoves.
On the 20-30 severly dirty nights, all wood burning would be banned.
Wood smoke in winter accounts for as much as a third of the region's fine particle air pollution, the district estimates. The soot can irritate healthy people and harm children, the elderly and those with lung and heart problems.
There's a reason people stopped burning wood a long time ago. Of course they decided to burn coal instead, so...
"I don't want some fireplace Nazis telling me I can't burn," Bruce Griffing said.
Tom Foley, who has asthma, yearns for a ban to spare him from a neighbor's fireplace smoke that leaves him coughing and choking.
"When I come home from work at night, it's like walking into a cloud of smoke," the Redwood City resident said. "What about my right to breathe clean air?"
Fireplace nazi?
On moderately dirty nights, burning in fireplaces and old stoves, but not in EPA certified stoves.
On the 20-30 severly dirty nights, all wood burning would be banned.
Wood smoke in winter accounts for as much as a third of the region's fine particle air pollution, the district estimates. The soot can irritate healthy people and harm children, the elderly and those with lung and heart problems.
There's a reason people stopped burning wood a long time ago. Of course they decided to burn coal instead, so...
"I don't want some fireplace Nazis telling me I can't burn," Bruce Griffing said.
Tom Foley, who has asthma, yearns for a ban to spare him from a neighbor's fireplace smoke that leaves him coughing and choking.
"When I come home from work at night, it's like walking into a cloud of smoke," the Redwood City resident said. "What about my right to breathe clean air?"
Fireplace nazi?
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