Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The Olympic torch has arrived in San Francisco today, under tight security. The proteststhat we saw in Paris and London are likely to happen here as well. Butnot to worry: "I like to think in San Francisco we know how to do aprotest. Here in San Francisco, we're not the type to jump on people ina wheelchair to try to snuff out the flame," said David Perry, aspokesman for SF's Olympic torch preparations.

Prominent Arizona businessmen are backing a California ballotinitiative that would force the state to quadruple its production of alternative energy sources by 2025, but unions, industry experts, and environmentalists oppose it."John Sperling is genuinely well-intentioned and wants to do somethingabout global warming. But the initiative was put together by people whodidn't know what they were doing," said Ralph Cavanagh from the NaturalResources Defense Council.

Governor Schwarzenegger is taking some heat from protesters who are upset with his plan to close 48 state parks. Schwarzenegger waspaying a visit to the American River Parkway to plug his plan for parkvolunteers.

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