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IN THE NEWS 
ABC’s Nicole Goehring quoted in Fresno Bee on greenmail:  Protests over Valley Solar Projects called a ploy (04/29/2012) 

We need to protect local control of local projects - BakersfieldCalifornian.com(04/28/2012)

Governor signs SB 829,
Gut and Amend Bill interferes with local control for California Charter Cities
(04/26/2012)

What the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) is saying about the California PLA study: “We have found the original study by the National University System Institute for Policy Research (NUSIPR) to be credible.”  (03/27/2012)

Scandal-Tainted California Politician Voted for Project Labor Agreements in Two Different Lives!
(02/22/2012)

VTA elected officials vote for union-only Project Labor Agreement(02/09/2012)

See Editorial from San Jose Mercury News

Jerry Brown signs law preventing project labor agreement bans - FOX News Footage (10/07/11)

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