Gary Wechter, in his “criticism” entitled “Gun-free Australia” (March 8) wrote that another letter writer, Ken McCalip, “lied or failed to check his facts when he stated that since 1996, when Australia banned and confiscated certain types of weapons, they’ve had ‘zero’ mass shootings” and suggested McCalip “take the time” to check Google’s link to […]
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The rail expansion debate isn’t about NIMBY
The Phillips 66 “rail expansion” is a euphemism for the railroad depot proposed across Highway 1 from hundreds of residences at Monarch Dunes. That depot would take about two years to construct on the sands south of the refinery in an area already polluted by particulate matter at a dangerous level. Phillips proposes bringing in […]

