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Politics and gas.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)
ITEM: California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante "focused on soaring gasoline prices in his campaign for governor ... by announcing his support for a constitutional amendment that would give public utility regulators authority over California oil companies," reported the Contra Costa Times for August 29th. "'Gas prices in California are the highest in the nation,'he said at a news conference in front of a Sacramento gas station. 'Californians are being gouged and, under current law, we are powerless to do anything about it.'"
BETWEEN THE LINES: This demagogic move should have elicited nothing but hoots of derision. It would undoubtedly mean that Californians would face long lines to fill their gas tanks. Other probable results, which occurred during price controls in the 1970s, would be shortages, black markets, and politicians deciding who might buy gasoline, when, and at what price.
Even the liberal Socrumento Bee could ...
- Community Newspapers Group Buys The Californian.(East County Community...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Rodrigues, Tanya February 7, 2000 700+ words
...Inc. purchased El Cajon paper The Californian on Jan. 26 for an undisclosed sum...publisher of the Alpine-based company, Californian seller Central Valley Publishing, Inc...The sale also does not include the Californian's contract to operate the Navy Compass...
- California program offers access to low-cost drugs.(RX/NEWS)(Rx Help for...
- Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review April 18, 2005 700+ words
...prescription medications through Rx Help for Californians. The web site and toll-free hotline...RxHelpforCA.org. More than 6 million Californians are eligible for the program. Patients...individual's needs. "Rx Help for Californians will open the door for millions of...
- The Californian way; Health.(new study questions U.K. health system)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 19, 2002 700+ words
...Compared with NHS patients, however, Californian Kaiser customers have little to complain...article had not taken the higher costs of Californian drugs and doctors into account--which...to appreciate another message of the Californian comparison: the virtue of competition...
- Californian Moon rises. (Wines--Spirits--Beers).(BRL Hardy is expanding into...
- Magazine article from: Grocer February 22, 2003 700+ words
...BRL Hardy is expanding into the Californian wine market with a brand called...don't believe there is another Californian brand available in this country...will be important in the UK's Californian wine market."
- Newspaper Scales Back Publication.(The Daily Californian)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Rodrigues, Tanya November 22, 1999 700+ words
The Daily Californian, a daily newspaper covering the East...Saturdays beginning Dec. 1. The Californian has been for sale since March, as...pages every day but Sunday, said Californian publisher Danny Dean. The twice...
- Trinchero's premium Californian. (Beers Wines Spirits).(Chardonnay, Cabernet...
- Magazine article from: Grocer February 23, 2002 700+ words
Californian producer Trinchero is introducing a...Charles Marshall said: "The premium Californian sector is growing at 40% across all...points and gives us one of the best Californian portfolios in the UK." Once the wines...
- Californians Bring Home the Bacon.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Magazine article from: California CPA September 1, 2001 700+ words
Californians Bring Home the Bacon Solvency may be a matter of temperament and not of income, but here's a look anyway at what Californians brought home in 2000. These income statistics (inflation adjusted), are according to the latest data...
- Californian politics - Engineering a victory.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 7, 2000 700+ words
...different parties at different levels of the election--is a Californian tradition. With Mr Gore likely to carry the state at the...unseating Mrs Feinstein in the Senate. Although 83% of Californians now recognise his name, more than twice the proportion who...