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$.0075 Sales Tax Hike for Roads?

Posted on November 16, 2007. Filed under: California Laws, California Politics, Ridgecrest, Ridgecrest Sales Tax Increase, Sales Tax, Taxes and Tariffs, california, desert |

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 [...]

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East Coast vs West Coast, the little things.

Posted on November 9, 2007. Filed under: Desert Life, East Coast, East Coast VS West Coast, Kern County, Ridgecrest, West Coast, california, desert |

Recently on a trip home I had a chance to really observe and think about the differences between East Coast life and West Coast life. Some of this applies to all of the East Coast, and some of it is for Buffalo only, but I thought I’d mention it.
Back home I:
Eat “Chicken Wings” not [...]

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Time Capsule 2007

Posted on August 16, 2007. Filed under: Desert Life, News, Technology, Time Capsule, death valley, desert |

Watching MSNBC recently, I was made aware of some new Windows technology that really amazes me; technology that we will all be using by the year 2010, allegedly. Technology has moved so quickly over the last few years.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a Technology Time Capsule? If we were to start [...]

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Ridgecrest Super Solutions

Posted on August 14, 2007. Filed under: Desert Life, Kern County, News, Newspapers, Ridgecrest, desert |

Inspired by various Rants and also conversations elsewherere in the blog, and comments regarding www.ridgecrestca.com I’d like to offer the community a place to share their Solutions for all types of issues. Anything from simple time savers in the home, to Big Ideas for local, state or federal government. ***We’re publishing some great [...]

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Ridgecrest Complaint Corner

Posted on August 8, 2007. Filed under: Complaints, Desert Life, Kern County, News, Ridgecrest, Ridgecrest Complaint Corner, california, desert |

I’ve read about 3 emails asking for this topic. Thanks for the feedback, guys. So here it is, as an extension of www.ridgecrestca.com, here is your place to rant on about anything that bugs you. Currently, you don’t have to create an account or agree to a long legal document to post [...]

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Minutemen in Ridgecrest?

Posted on August 3, 2007. Filed under: California Politics, Congress, Immigration, Immigration Issues, Immigration Laws, Kern County, Minuteman, News, Newspapers, Police, Ridgecrest, West Coast, california, death valley, desert |

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 [...]

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Pros and Cons of Living in Ridgecrest, CA

Posted on July 18, 2007. Filed under: Desert Life, Kern County, Lancaster, Ridgecrest, West Coast, california, death valley, desert |

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit lately, and I’ve noticed that a lot of our readers feel very firmly one way or the other about life in Ridgecrest; it’s either awesome, or the pits. So I’ve decided to jot a few notes about the Pros and Cons of Life in Ridgecrest, California. [...]

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Drug Smugglers Getting Creative in Arizona

Posted on July 3, 2007. Filed under: California Politics, Drug Smuggling, Kern County, News, Ridgecrest, california, death valley, desert |

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 [...]

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