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L.A. City Council takes step toward fracking ban

1785468_ME_fracking_ban_GMF_Under the state law, “We’re basically telling people, ‘Let yourself be guinea pigs and we’ll study this. If this is a problem, we’ll tell you after the fact,'” said Brenna Norton, Southern California organizer for the environmental group Food & Water Watch. Read complete Los Angeles Times article

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Occidental Petroleum to move HQ to Houston, spin off California assets

By Shan Li February 14, 2014, 10:43 a.m.

Earns–Occidental

Occidental Petroleum, the longtime Los Angeles-based energy giant, announced Friday that it would move its headquarters to Houston and spin off its California assets into a separate company.

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FYI – As a courtesy, I am forwarding this statement I sent to the Daily Breeze.

Albert_RoblesThe concern that has caused me to request an item be placed on our agenda for the next City Council meeting next week on March 4th calling for this Oxy project to be shelved and stopped in its tracks is that we have absolutely no idea who we will be dealing with in the operations and management of this Project. The City of Carson is completely clueless and in the dark as to who, what company or what individuals will be managing the operations of this so-called Oxy Project. In fact the only thing we know for sure about who will be managing the operations of the Oxy Project – is that it will not be Oxy.

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Councilman Albert Robles’ Response to Carson Connected’s email Connected We Can Live Life Unlimited where we sent out special thanks to Dr. Rita Boggs.

Albert_RoblesRead complete email response by Councilman Albert Robles HAT flyer provided by Councilman Albert Robles Anonymous flyer provided by Councilman Albert Robles Councilman Albert Robles’ Response to Carson Connected’s email Connected We Can Live Life Unlimited where we sent out special thanks to Dr. Rita Boggs. With all due respect, and to the extent it even matters to you, I DID NOT refer to or call all Carson residents or Senior Citizens liars as Ms. Boggs erroneously claimed at the city council meeting last night. And for you now to applaud someone without checking or inquiring about the facts is a disservice to your readers and undermines your cause.

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Dr. Ritta BoggsConnected We Can Live Life Unlimited

I applaud the residents of Carson for attending the City Council Meeting and letting their opinion be know on the evaluation of the City Attorney.

Job Well Done

A special THANKS goes out to Dr. Rita Boggs

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Employee Performance Evaluation for the Position of City AttorneyEmployee Performance Evaluation for the Position of City Attorney

The City Council Meeting Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Closed Session Agenda ITEM NO. (6) Public Employee Performance Evaluation for the position of City Attorney states the Council will be evaluating the position of City Attorney in closed session; it is not clear what the intention is.

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Citizens, Residents, Friends

We need Volunteers to help get our community to attend the: 

Joint Planning Commission and Environmental Commission Workshop

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 6:30 PM

Helen Kawagoe Council Chambers,

City Hall 701 East Carson Street Carson, California 90745

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Gulf Cost Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill:

Federal judge accepts Halliburton guilty plea agreement Halliburton agreed Thursday to pay a $200,000 fine for destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill

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Exxon Valdez

In 1989, a tanker ran aground off the coast of Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in United States history. Nearly 25 years later, the lessons of the Exxon Valdez continue to resonate.

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