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Oil companies paid off Gov. Brown for favorable regulations.

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Posted by badanov 2016-08-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Oil companies (among others) donate to ALL the major candidates, to make sure whoever wins owes them.

Posted by Glenmore 2016-08-18 00:50|| 2016-08-18 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Oil companies paid off Gov. Brown for favorable regulations.

Duh...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-08-18 05:03|| 2016-08-18 05:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm pleased to see a green socialist "consumer advocate" attacking Gov. Moonbeam.

Posted by Bobby 2016-08-18 07:39|| 2016-08-18 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Ever notice that the one time liberals don't see economics as a zero-sum game is when it comes to lining their pockets while in office...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-08-18 07:52|| 2016-08-18 07:52|| Front Page Top

#5 It's for The Cause, y'know.

Posted by Pappy 2016-08-18 10:59|| 2016-08-18 10:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Business as usual in Sacramento.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-08-18 11:06|| 2016-08-18 11:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Is this why we are losing to the Left? Are we just being outbid by lefty advocacy groups? Have the oil companies (once again) shown us the way?

Posted by Iblis 2016-08-18 15:14|| 2016-08-18 15:14|| Front Page Top

#8 A chip off the old block!

Posted by Secret Master 2016-08-18 18:18|| 2016-08-18 18:18|| Front Page Top

#9 The advocacy groups raise the price and gives cover.

Nice, straight forward example - Lawrence KS vs. Wal-Mart.

Lawrence, aka Berkley on Kaw, was petitioned by Wal Mart to build a new store and was initially agreed upon...then suddenly there were the people's uprising, No to Wal-Mart! booo never never! Suddenly, the zoning was suspended, no new Wal Mart.

The people had won! Power to the People!

Well, a couple months later, the zoning was re-approved. Yeah, it had to be away from the high school, have a fancy façade, hire a certain number of youngsters, face saving stuff.

Well, The People were shocked, betrayed. What are they famously called....useful idiots? Any rate, it begs the question - what sort of donations did the councils' spouse's hobby collect?

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-08-18 18:18|| 2016-08-18 18:18|| Front Page Top

#10 #9

Yeah, but why should Walmart have to *bribe* anyone to build a store? I've seen it from the opposite side too--liberal city councils attempt to obstruct legitimate businesses all in the name of "preserving downtown" or "neighborhood standards".

Posted by Crusader 2016-08-18 19:49|| 2016-08-18 19:49|| Front Page Top

#11 That's just it; and at first they didn't other than normal construction costs.

But, The People, probably KU students and affluent proto-hippies, raised such a stink the council, an elected position, made such a counter-popular decision to continue with the Wal Mart construction, it was what The People accused them of...it was so bad, I would talk to someone in the area and they would lead the conversation with Can You BELIEVE those bastards are letting that Wal Mart be built? To me, though, it was the only thing which made sense, but I'm of the Rodney Dangerfield Back to School. School.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-08-18 20:27|| 2016-08-18 20:27|| Front Page Top

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