| Obituary: 'Mayor' served on many panels
Merle M. Tilton, a Fruitridge resident who helped develop a library and community center, served on advisory panels and was a founding member of the Kiwanis Family House, has died at age 98. He died Dec. 13 of pneumonia, said his son, Glenn Tilton. Merle Tilton was dubbed "mayor of Fruitridge" for his contributions as an activist, volunteer and longtime member of Kiwanis clubs, his family said. He settled in the unincorporated Sacramento County community in 1971 and invested in rental properties after retiring as a civil engineer on international projects with Bechtel Corp. .
Thousands Exposed to Poison by Government's Aerial Spraying
(NewsTarget) Sometimes bad dreams do come true. My bad dream was that the government issued quarantine, and forced everybody to be vaccinated for some fake disease. In my dream, I took my family, and fled to the hills to avoid being vaccinated.
Now, nine months later, this dream has come true. In an emergency, I relinquished my rental contract and moved my pregnant partner and three and a half year old daughter out of Santa Cruz, CA, to avoid being exposed to potentially deadly chemicals.
The chemicals, known by their trade names as Checkmate OLR-F and Checkmate LBAM-F, have been sprayed via state owned airplanes in September and October in Monterey County California. These same aerial chemicals, despite their known health risks, were sprayed on two nights (11-8, 11-9) over the people of Santa Cruz County.
doesn't stand up to scrutiny
Paul Mirengoff makes the best case for McCain's charge that Romney "wanted to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq. It's still weak!*** (See also AP and Lowry and Ponnuru.) McCain seems to believe his wartime heroism entitles him to an unlimited moral bank account that he can withdraw from whenever it's in his self-interest to do something dishonest. Of course, sometime down the road when it helps advance his candidacy he may righteously apologize for having lied to advance his candidacy--and bask in the press' fawning over this "extraordinary act of contrition," the same way he did in 2000. ... **--Quote is from Lindsey Graham. [What about him?--ed He's McCain with all the self-righteousness but none of the heroism.] ***--Clarification: I'm not saying Mirengoff defended McCain, but rather that he went out of his way to give McCain the benefit of every doubt and still concluded it was a smear.
Wal-Mart, SunPower install solar system
GE unit to help fund SunPower projects [East Bay] New execs named at Solar Power Inc. [Sacramento] SunPower to buy Italian solar company [East Bay] Palm Coast prepares for traffic near new Wal-Mart store site [Jacksonville] Internal probe slims Dell Q2 2008 earnings [Nashville] .
Ford to Challenge Chrysler Van
Ford intends to market the vans as a solution for small-business people, such as caterers. Larger vans in the U.S. are often used by plumbers, electricians and for transporting people from hotels and airports. It is unclear how Ford intends to price the van, though the 2008 Dodge Sprinter cargo van sells for about $34,000. Write to Mike Spector at mike.spector@wsj.com .
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