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The good news is that the next chapter of Of Course We Do is probably done?

The bad news is that I’m squinting at it. Because it was meant to be cute? And I feel like I beat it with the angst stick.

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I’m spending a lot of time coming up with fun wedding traditions for different parts of Thedosian culture.

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Blocking Alternatives: How Poseidon's OCWD Board Members Try to Make You Spend More and Get Less

Blocking Alternatives: How Poseidon’s OCWD Board Members Try to Make You Spend More and Get Less

By John Earl

There are lots of more efficient, environmentally safer, and cheaper alternatives to the proposed Poseidon Resources Inc. ocean desalination plant for the ratepayers of the Orange County Water District.

But the Surf City Voice has reported in-depth that pro-Poseidon members of the Orange County Water District Board of…

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Municipal Water District Will Study Poseidon Desal Alternatives

Municipal Water District Will Study Poseidon Desal Alternatives

By John Earl

Karl Seckel in background

For years, members of the Orange County Water District’s Board of Directors (OCWD BOD) have lied to the public and state officials about establishing the need for a $1 billion ocean desalination plant that they want Poseidon Resources to build and operate in Huntington Beach.

But the Municipal Water District of Orange County  (MWDOC) is about to undo that…

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Comments About the Revised Poseidon Resources - OCWD Term Sheet for Proposed Desalination Plant

Comments About the Revised Poseidon Resources – OCWD Term Sheet for Proposed Desalination Plant

Poseidon Resources Inc. and the Orange County Water District’s Desalination Funding Ad hoc Committee have negotiated a proposed revised term sheetthat if passed by the Board at its meeting June 6, 2018, would serve as a blueprint for a future full contract to build and operate a $1 billion ocean desalination plant in Huntington Beach. The following comments were received by the Surf City Voice…

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Orange County Water District's Poseidon Obsession: Spurious 'Ad Hoc' Committee Pushes Billion-Dollar Desal Project

Protected: Orange County Water District’s Poseidon Obsession: Spurious ‘Ad Hoc’ Committee Pushes Billion-Dollar Desal Project

By John Earl

California law says that the Orange County Water District, which manages the Orange County Groundwater Basin, belongs to the 2.4 million people who live in its service area. But some of the District’s 10 board members act like it’s all theirs. The Brown Act, which protects the peoples’ right to monitor and address their local government agencies, would have them act otherwise.

“The…

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Spurious 'Ad-hoc' Committee Pushes Poseidon Project Forward Behind Closed Doors

Protected: Spurious ‘Ad-hoc’ Committee Pushes Poseidon Project Forward Behind Closed Doors

By John Earl

California law says that the Orange County Water District, which manages the Orange County Groundwater Basin, belongs to the 2.4 million people who live in its service area. But some of the District’s 10 board members act like it’s all theirs. The Brown Act, which protects the peoples’ right to monitor and address their local government agencies, would have them act otherwise.

“The…

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OCWD - $240 Million Water Budget Passed at 'Worst Public Meeting Ever'

OCWD – $240 Million Water Budget Passed at ‘Worst Public Meeting Ever’

By John Earl

The Orange County Water District Board of Directors (OCWD BOD) is out of control and the consequences could be costly for the District’s 2.4 million customers.

That’s my conclusion after attending hundreds of OCWD board meetings and examining thousands of documents over the past five years, including hundreds that I received recently from a Public Records Act inquiry.

Those recent…

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