Politics

“Sustainability.” This seems to be a loaded word these days, especially in Amador County. The dictionary definition is simply this: Able to be maintained. There are other definitions as well. I’m a member of the American Tree Farm Association, and they have standards for sustainability. The standards include items such as this: Reforestation or afforestation must be achieved by a suitable process that ensures adequate stocking levels. The wording is a little more complex, but the meaning is similar: Able to be maintained. [Read More]

Sometimes I’ll see charts like this: and think, “Wow! That is a lot! maybe those republicans are right! Maybe spending is out of control! And so quickly after President Obama took office!” So why how did we go from a 500B to 1750B budget deficit? I thought I’d track the numbers down. The first thing I found was that the chart I saw (from this site, and a few others) was not exactly true. [Read More]