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Patricia K. Shaw

Wednesday, August 18 2010
LWVAV Kicks Off!
August 26, 1920 is a very special day in our nation’s history as it was on this day that women officially became voters. We are celebrating the 90th anniversary of this historic day by announcing the formation of the League of Women Voters Antelope Valley.

Not coincidentally, the League of Wo…
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Tuesday, July 20 2010
Down Again! Palmdale’s Crime Rate Continues to Drop
In what is becoming a consistent and positive trend, the City of Palmdale and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Palmdale Station officials have announced that crime statistics for the second quarter of 2010 are down once again. Officials report an 8 percent decrease in the number of …
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Thursday, May 27 2010
Steve Knight Fights Placement of Child Killer in Lancaster
May 25, 2010
Matthew Cate, Secretary
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
1515 S Street, Suite 502 South
Sacramento, CA 95811

Dear Secretary Cate:

To confirm our conversation earlier today, I want to more formally express to you and the department my strongest opposit…
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Tuesday, May 18 2010
League of Women Voters AV
Not so long ago we all marveled by the news scenes showing Afghanis waiting in very long lines to vote and proudly displaying their purple thumbs after they had done so. A very stark contrast exists when we can walk right up to the table in our polling places; no waiting necessary.

Here in th…
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Thursday, May 06 2010
Meg on Guns
I have seen numerous comments on various internet sites that accuse, in one form or another, California Governor candidate Meg Whitman of being “anti-gun”. And it is this question that tops the list of all that are asked of me about her.

So when I had the chance to speak to her recently, I us…
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Tuesday, April 27 2010
Meg on Illegal Immigration
California has the most to gain from sensible immigration reform, and the most to lose from the failed status quo. We need common-sense solutions to the problem of illegal immigration while preserving the many benefits our state derives from legal immigration.

Too often, the rhetoric surround…
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Tuesday, March 16 2010
Marvin Crist
As most of you know, I live in Palmdale and because of this I don’t get much involved in Lancaster politics. Since decisions made in one city do affect the other I am interested however in who gets elected, even if only as a spectator.

My goal is not to tell you for whom to vote, that is a pe…
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Thursday, February 04 2010
Here We Go Again . . .
The California state legislature, blatantly and unapologetically, is again planning to take local funds to fund their financial mismanagement.

In fiscal year 2009-10 the state is “borrowing” $1.9 million in property taxes from the city of Palmdale (I don’t have the figures for Lancaster but I’…
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Monday, February 01 2010
Casino Night
The Palmdale Sheriff Boosters is raising money to build the “Palmdale Sheriff Station Memorial Patio”. This will be built in the back of the station so that families of the Deputies can barbecue and enjoy spending time together.

The kick-off event for this fundraising effort will be a casino …
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Thursday, December 10 2009
Circular economy
It’s a slow day in a little East Texas town. The sun
is beating down, and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody
is in debt, and everybody lives on credit……

On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through
town. He stops at the motel and lays…
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