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Beyond Ojai

MIC-Mars, MIC-Occupied …

by Millennium Twain January 31, 2012

(Special to the Ojai Post)

“In a neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to trade I was bound …”

during the ’90s, a decade after I had left UC Space Sciences and done the California Senate and Space Station — after spending the ’80s becoming a ‘gee whiz’ expert on all…

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Corporations are NOT People and Money is NOT Speech

by SPK January 20, 2012

Why we need a Constitutional Amendment against Corporate Personhood

                   tea party

This will take a second. The jurisprudence behind corporate personhood did not come into existence overnight with the Roberts Gang in the Supreme Court and the Citizens United decision. The idea that a corporation is a person and therefore due the rights of a human being under the Bill of Rights finds its roots in post Civil War America. But to explain the whole issue we have to start back still further in our nations history. The Revolutionary War which birthed the United States was as much a war against Royally chartered corporations like the East India Company as it was against British rule.

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Stop The Trucks: State deals business blow to Ojai Quarry

by Howard Smith January 10, 2012

Read excerpts from Tony Biasotti’s new article in the Ventura County Star that appeared in Tuesday’s online edition:

“While Ojai Quarry owner Larry Mosler waits to see whether the county will revoke his mining permit, he got bad news from the state: His mine has been barred from supplying material for…

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Stop The Trucks: The Past and Future Legacy of the Ojai Valley

by Howard Smith January 9, 2012

By Michael J. Shapiro

The Stop the Trucks! Coalition (Coalition) has had to fend-off countless, scurrilous attacks from the moment we organized five years ago. We were vilified again following the most recent Ventura County Planning Commission hearing (December 15, 2011) after expressing our opposition to the Ojai Quarry (Quarry) being…

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Stop The Trucks: Two Breaking News Events: Mosler Delisted & Santa Barbara County Ready to stop the trucks

by Howard Smith January 7, 2012

Two new major breaking news stories have taken place this week as can be see from the emails below. The first is from Steve Offerman in Supervisor Bennett’s office and the second is from Gary Kaiser at the Santa Barbara Planning Department:

1)   When the Ventura County Planning…

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Off to Travel and Work Around The World

by Tyler Suchman January 6, 2012

My intention was to post something really clever. Maybe in the form of a love letter to Ojai or a cryptic contest to guess where we’re going first. But I think the direct approach works best. So (deep breath) here goes: my love Ali Sun and I are leaving Ojai…

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Please help end the use of cruel glue traps

by Suza Francina December 16, 2011

Update, here is PETA link re use of glue taps (am having trouble getting link “live,” so if it doesn’t work, please copy in your browser.)

http://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/Urge-US-Capitol-to-Halt-the-Use-of-Glue-Traps-.aspx

Please email:
Christine A. Merdon, Chief Operating Officer, Architect of the Capitol cmerdon@aoc.gov
and
Eva Malecki,Communications Officer, Architect of the Capitol
emalecki@aoc.gov

I am writing to urge you to join…

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Ojai Stories: Birth of Monica at Home of Beatrice Wood

by Suza Francina December 16, 2011

December 16, 1981

As I looked at this baby I was aware that her gentle, peaceful birth did not disturb her innate tranquility. She was still in the Garden of Eden, our original, unconditioned state. I could sense that she came from Source and was still deeply connected to Source. I…

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During December and Beyond Remember to Bring in Your Own Bags

by linda Harmon December 9, 2011

During the busiest shopping season of the year Ojai will celebrate the fifth annual ‘Day without a Bag.’ On December 15 volunteers of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition will be out encouraging shoppers to give up the plastic bag habit in favor of reusable bags and make a big difference…

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Kickstarter Patron of the Writing Arts Update

by Suza Francina December 2, 2011

 Kickstarter Backer Alert. $1,072.00 is currently pledged toward the $1,000.00 goal!

Saturday Morning Update:  34 Backers! $952 Pledged of $1,000 Goal! 50 Hours to Go!

Friday Night Update: 29 Backers! Close to $800! 63 hours to go!

Update, Friday, 3pm. 68 hours to go: I now have 26 Backers and…

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