California Politics
$.0075 Sales Tax Hike for Roads?
Would you vote for a $.0075 sales tax hike for Street Repair? I will be voting NO on this one. Firstly, call it what it really is, a one cent increase. After all, it will be rounded up. Secondly, Taxes don’t ever seem to go DOWN. So to say that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 24 so far )Strange Laws
In my home town near Buffalo there are some old and now bizarre laws still on the books. Buffalo is a lot older than Ridgecrest, with historic buildings from the 1800s and some much older than that. Still, these bizarre laws stay on the books. Back home you are required by law [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )Minutemen in Ridgecrest?
I don’t know anything about Minutemen, but there has been quite a bit of controversy in town lately about the group, and whether or not they belong in Ridgecrest. I’ve been doing some reading online, and doing my best to sort through a lot of information, both positive and negative, probably some completely true [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 189 so far )Bakersfield Murders: BPD Contact
BPD Special Enforcement Unit is looking for leads to help investigate the three day, three murder string earlier this week. David Timberlake age 23, Darryl Porter age 21 and Shakka Porter age 19.
You can contact BPD at 661-327-7111.
More on this story here: http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/home/8345167.html
-Missy
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Drug Smugglers Getting Creative in Arizona
Mexican drug smugglers are getting creative, on June 29th, 2007 a newly discovered, fresly excavated drug smuggling tunnel was sealed after a raid. The raid was performed by both US and Mexican authorities at Nogales, AZ and neighboring Nogales (Mexico). American Agents had been monitoring the tunnel since April, and claim that no smuggling had [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )California Debate To Sterilize Pets, The Truth About the AKC
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine’s bill passed the Assembly in June 2007 requiring pet owners to spay and neuter their pets. An estimated 500,000 dogs and cats are euthanized yearly in California shelters, and the bill is designed to lower these numbers. Like some other states, all shelter animals would need to be sterilized before [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Police Logs
In response to a few comments in our guestbook for www.ridgecrestca.com: Some of our readers really would like to see the police log posted on our website. During a telephone survey to a few thousand of our customers performed in December 06, many customers commented that they did not care for the police log [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 32 so far )Ghost of BRACs Past
The whole community of Ridgecrest is pretty worked up about BRAC and it’s effects on the China Lake base. I think if BRAC does ever actually happen it will only benefit the community. What could possibly be a true negative impact from BRAC? A little bit of traffic maybe; but face it [...]
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