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Hostess business killed by bakers union
Thanks again to another selfish union organization, a long time business has had to shut its doors: Web Link...
 
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on Nov 23, 2012 at 6:03 am by joe, a resident of the Mission Park neighborhood
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Reclaiming America in 2016: Where there's a will there's a way
Republicans need to take heart after their inexplicable defeat of a couple weeks past. Despite Gov. Mitt Romney's heartfelt promise to provide every American with the gift of...
 
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on Nov 21, 2012 at 10:35 am by OtherObserver, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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What a well liked GOP guy thinks about the age of the earth
So this is what a well liked republican, Marco Rubio, thinks about how old the earth is: "“Whether the Earth was created in seven days, or seven actual eras,” Rubio con...
 
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on Nov 20, 2012 at 10:45 pm by john, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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B1 transportation sales tax measure loses by fraction of percent needed to achive 2/3rd majority approval
Alameda County Registrar David Macdonald reported today that final results of the Nov. 6 election show that the hotly contested Measure B1 transportation tax lost by a fractio...
 
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on Nov 20, 2012 at 3:01 pm by Al, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Thanks to Our "Unifying" President, 20 States Petition to Secede Thus Far
First it was Louisana. Now 19 other States have petitioned to secede from our Union. These States are... Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Tennesse...
 
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on Nov 16, 2012 at 11:59 pm by Hmmmm, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Mitt Romney and the Republican Party of Dumb
This past presidential election should be looked upon a a real learning experience for the Republican Party and its supporters. It exposed the right wing echo machine as it i...
 
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on Nov 16, 2012 at 11:41 pm by Did You Mean Petraeus?, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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County Registrar's vote tally shows Measures B1, A1, I failing to gain 2/3rds majority votes to pass
A measure that would have doubled Alameda County's transportation sales tax to a full 1 cent appears to have been defeated. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on Nov 15, 2012 at 9:50 pm by They failed, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Prop 30 passage means no furlough days for Pleasanton teachers, staff
Pleasanton school administrators are breathing a sigh of relief with the passage of Proposition 30. A statement from PUSD superintendent Parvin Ahmadi notes that the district,...
 
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on Nov 15, 2012 at 7:51 pm by john, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Evidence Mounts...This Election was Stolen
The reports of vote fraud by the Democrats is breathtaking...but not surprising. This party is so corrupt that they will do anything to stay in power. Yes, they had a good "...
 
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on Nov 14, 2012 at 11:13 am by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Just what WAS Romney thinking? Selective perceptions in the Republican bubble zone
It is becoming clearer. Romney's concession speech was as weak as it was because it was impromtu, written only minutes before he appeared on stage, and while his wife Ann and...
 
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on Nov 14, 2012 at 9:32 am by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood
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Pleasanton teen visits U.N. with Girl Up
Not every day does an American teen get to meet the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, but last month Sri Muppidi, 17, was happy to make the acquaintance of the renowned South ...
 
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on Nov 12, 2012 at 6:01 am by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online
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Pleasanton: Where Teachers and Unionized Workers are Enemy #1
Forget about drugs, crime, poverty,etc. According to comments on the Pleasanton Weekly TownSquare Forum and from local conservatives, there is no greater threat to the well-be...
 
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on Nov 11, 2012 at 10:03 pm by Truth, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood
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OBAMA WINS!!! Is the Romney Victory Parade Canceled?
Im so sorry to all the teacher-hating, unionized grocery worker-hating, liberal-hating local conservatives. Must be tough see OBAMA WIN!!! Dont let that stop you from fighti...
 
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on Nov 11, 2012 at 7:46 am by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Time for real republicans to return
Please,I beg all of the Limbaugh,Palin,Norquist types to go away and the moderate,common sense republicans to come back and speak up. I am so sick of the negative,hateful and...
 
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on Nov 10, 2012 at 12:33 am by Myself, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Romney victory parade?
Since the Giants are having a victory party, shouldn't we have one for Romney? Rasmussen has Romney winning every state and only losing Washington DC! Now is a great time to...
 
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 7:43 am by Nancy s, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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"No on 32" equates to "I Like What Happened to Detroit"
Vote Yes on 32 For 40 years the autoworkers' unions and politicians kept a lock on the Detroit auto industry...in return for favorable government regulations and concession...
 
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on Nov 6, 2012 at 3:45 pm by Tennessee Jed, a resident of the Jensen Tract neighborhood
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CA Teachers' Union spends $20,961,399 on its "No on 32" campaign
The CA Teachers' Union has spent $20,961,399 of its members' union dues on its "No on 32" campaign as of Oct. 27. CA teachers must pay union dues, and there is no easy way fo...
 
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on Nov 6, 2012 at 12:30 pm by None of the Above, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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If Romney wins....
For those who say that women's rights are not in danger if Romney wins this November, read this article. It is about how Texas has now stopped funding for Planned Parenthood...
 
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 9:47 pm by Arnold, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Vote Yes on 37 - Unregistered
This is a parallel conversation to the topic created by Susan Stasek in which she was asking people to vote for Prop 37, but restricted it to those registerd so the Against 37...
 
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on Nov 3, 2012 at 1:53 pm by VOTE NO, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Romney is Right -- Proposition 13 Needs reform
I saw this article today on Bloomberg, and I can't help but agree that measures 30 and 38 don't really address the core problem in California. Web Link...
 
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on Nov 3, 2012 at 11:03 am by hoops, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood
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Stark Continues To Show Why He is Not Qualified To Represent
Here's the latest disregard that Stark has demonstrated for his constituents. He was asked by KCBS for an interview as was Eric Swalwell. Despite numerous requests from KCBS, ...
 
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 11:46 pm by Ridiculous, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Supreme court to decide about drug sniffing dogs
The decision about drug sniffing dogs is expected soon: "The second case involved Clayton Harris, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy in Liberty County outside Tallahasse...
 
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on Oct 31, 2012 at 10:14 pm by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Democrat Pollster: "U.S. Mainstream Media Has Now Become an Enemy of America"
Now even a democrat pollster, Pat Caddell, is so outraged that he states loudly that ... "the mainstream media in this country is becoming a fundamental threat to American ...
 
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on Oct 31, 2012 at 11:11 am by oh, brother, a resident of the Amador Estates neighborhood
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Vote Yes on Prop 37
I am dismayed to see that The Pleasanton Weekly recommendation is to vote no on Prop 37. Even more distressing is the reasoning: It is too expensive to relabel food. I a...
 
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on Oct 31, 2012 at 10:53 am by mooseturd, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood
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Robert Murray of Murray Energy: "Obama will destroy low cost energy in America"
Check this video out. It is an interview with Robert Murray of Murray Energy who talks about a group of his 500 coal miner employees who wrote a letter to Obama asking him, "...
 
More Coal
 
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 6:45 pm by ALL, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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