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	<title>About Cambria</title>
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	<description>Cambrians for a Better Community and CSD</description>
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		<title>Cambria&#8217;s water history</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ms Adleson&#8217;s comments on the water history of Cambria includes some very misleading comments and lots of fiction.  Please, if you will Ms Adelson come up with some proof verifying the following allegations.
1. The 26,000 population figure!
2. The heliport claim!
3. The golf course claim!
4. 10&#8243;s of thousands of trees cut down!
5. Silting of the reservoir [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/07/cambrias-water-history-2/</link>
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		<title>Cambria&#8217;s Water History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the August 21, 2008 CCSD meeting, Director Peter Chaldecott and General Manager Tammy Rudock presented a 10 minute history lesson of water issues in Cambria since the mid-nineteenth century. There is a downloadable version of the history at cambriacsd.org. Here is the excerpt of the meeting:

  More valuable than a gallon of gas? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/06/cambrias-water-history/</link>
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		<title>Desal for Cambria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
I wonder how many reading this were around in 1996.  FYI the CCSD at that time had a Desalination system designed, permitted and ready to be constructed.  We had spent over 3 million dollars on this very complicated problem dealing with many varied government agencies.  Funny thing is that it was 3 times the size [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/</link>
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		<title>No Water Moratorium for CCSD Attorney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that in May 2004 when the CCSD Board hired it&#8217;s current District Counsel in addition to his $10,106.00 monthly salary (which increased at the rate of 5% per year) he received the right to a free water meter?  More specifically, his contract read as follows:


&#8220;Employee shall receive the following benefits:  To encourage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/03/no-water-moratorium-for-ccsd-attorney/</link>
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		<title>What is a CSD anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we rev up into election season and three positions on the Board of the CCSD are open for election,  a little refresher on some of the basics about this form of local government might be helpful.
Back on May 1, 2008, I posted an article called CCSD 101 - The Basics. Read it here. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/02/what-is-a-csd-anyway/</link>
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		<title>League of California Cities Offers Insight: Ethics in Public Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the League of California Cities&#8217; website you will find some excellent information. In particular, take a look at the  Public Service Ethical Dilemmas Analyzed page. The site says:  Check out our analysis of a series of commonly faced dilemmas, including their legal and ethical dimensions. You can download, free of charge, analysis of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/01/league-of-california-cities-offers-insight-ethics-in-public-service/</link>
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		<title>CCSD Board Discussion On Rates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally available through Google video, the discussion between the Board Members about what to do about the rate increase. It provides an interesting perspective of the outcome of the rates proposal and prop 218 protest. It&#8217;s about 20 minutes in all.

  More valuable than a gallon of gas? Say YES! with a small donation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/08/31/ccsd-board-discussion-on-rates/</link>
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		<title>Looking Forward with Clarity (aka: What&#8217;s Next?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the Rates Committee meeting held last Friday morning, the small group of us agreed that keeping the group going to act as a kind of watchdog for the CCSD is a good idea. The Rates Committee is currently the only  active committee from the larger group, but agreed that the larger group should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://aboutcambria.com/2008/08/31/looking-forward-with-clarity-aka-whats-next/</link>
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