DarinRMcClure/politics

From the page: "Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi has just fragged Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger over the 241 (Foothill-South) toll road. The road, proposed by the Irvine-based Transportation Corridor Agencies, would cut through the Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy, itself mitigation for the Talega development, and the inland portion of San Onofre State Beach, not to mention disturb a site sacred to the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians."

Attend the California Coastal Commision Hearing

Wednesday, Feb. 6 starting at 9 am, at Wyland Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA 92014

From the page: "Campaign tools A-twitter A hip version of cablese jazzes up campaign coverage
ORLANDO, FL:...Speaking of Rudy: Scuttle is that on the bus there is open talk coming loss. 12:27 PM January 28, 2008 from web. So reads a "tweet"� from Ana Marie Cox, typed on her mobile phone and automatically published by a web service called Twitter. Ms Cox, formerly the internet blogger Wonkette, covered the 2004 presidential campaign from home, on her blog. This year, traveling for Time.com, she is developing a new medium: the two-sentence observation."

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From the page: "The Toll Roads are a joke. And the laugh is on OC motorists. Why? Let's start with the 241 and the plan to extend it.
1.) 241-- all of it, not just the proposed south extension-- goes nowhere."

From the page: "Bolsa Chica, Will Rogers, San Clemente, Carlsbad and San Onofre state beaches would all be closed to visitors. Topanga and Mt. San Jacinto state parks would be shut down. Lifeguards and other seasonal staff would be laid off."

Our fearless decider covers r.e.m.'s End of the World

The Eastern Long Island Chapter held a fundraiser for the Montauk 8; eight surfers who were ticketed for....surfing in Montauk Point State Park. East end artist Peter Spacek created the tee shirt above just for the event. You've seen his work in the Surfer's Journal and he is a strong supporter of the organization.