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	<title>The Amador Observer</title>
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	<description>Insightful On-Line News and Opinion For Our Region</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hibernation Mode&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=80</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Editor's Posts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To those of you who may stumble across this site, you may wonder, &#34;&#8230;where is the breaking news?&#34; or, &#34;&#8230;there is nothing current here.&#34; etc.  Well, you&#8217;re right. I believe an explanation is in order.  At this time, the Amador Observer is in &#34;hibernation mode&#34;. Time is lacking for the editor, thus, so&#160;are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Big Fat Tiff</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=79</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 03:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing like a little malicious controversy to spice things up around &#8216;ol Amador County. I am referring to the &#8220;did too&#8221; &#8220;did not&#8221; spat between Jack Mitchell, representing the Amador Chamber Commerce, and Tom Bambert, former County Supervisor, representing local government.
Jack&#8230;you are so incensed, so outraged at the vicious, unfair charges leveled at you for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth Without Logic</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=78</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Editor's Posts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opinions of growth in our county come from many sides. The developers see mainly their own financial gain and many residents would like to close the gate. Somewhere in between lays the reality. What is happening now in our county is a fascinating study of retail growth outpacing residential growth. The recent influx of big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Endorsements and the Ledger Dispatch</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=77</link>
		<comments>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=77#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Editor's Posts</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite his acknowledged &#34;pain&#34; at having to do it, it is still difficult to understand why the Publisher of the Ledger Dispatch, Jack Mitchell, feels so compelled to offer his political endorsements for the November 7 election. There is some irony in the front page of this October 20 issue showing a reader poll that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATV&#8217;s Annoyances are in the &#8220;Ear of the Beholder&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=73</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent decision by the Amador County Board of Supervisors to not initiate any kind of ordinance regulating the use of ATV&#8217;s is a major&#160;disappointment. What&#8217;s worse, it sets up the potential for neighborhood feuds that could rival the proverbial Hatfields and the McCoys.

Let&#8217;s face it, if people were left to their own devices to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson City Council Declines to Change Zoning on Surian Property</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=72</link>
		<comments>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=72#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Late Breaking News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another big crowd voiced their opinions at the July 24th meeting of the Jackson City Council in regards to changing the Commercial zoning of the 58 acre Surian property which is the proposed location for Home Depot and several other large retail stores. In the end, the Council approved a motion to retain the C-2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packed House Hears Jackson Planning Commission Vote &#8220;No&#8221; To Rezoning</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=70</link>
		<comments>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=70#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Late Breaking News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was standing room only and the public&#8217;s opinion was in full force at a special July 5th meeting of the Jackson Planning Commission. The special workshop was prompted by local resident Thorton Consolo who requested that the&#160;current C-2 commercial zoning&#160;for the 58 acres be reconsidered by the City. This property is owned by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Jackson Planning Commission Recommed Limiting Retail Store Size?</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=44</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Late Breaking News</category>
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The next meeting of the Jackson Planning Commission on July 27th&#160;could be a lively one. On the agenda is the issue of establishing an &#34;LRE size ordinance&#34; for the City of Jackson as proposed by the Amador County Citizens for Smarth Growth (ACSG)&#160;group.
An &#34;LRE&#34; is the acronym for &#34;Large Retail Establishment&#34;, also known as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Details Of The Gold Rush Ranch Development Presented to Sutter Creek Planning Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=67</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Late Breaking News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sutter Creek Planning Commission and the public received a closer look at the proposed details&#160;for the&#160;954 acre Gold Rush Ranch and Gold Resort at a meeting held June 26. This project plans to bring over 1,300 homes, 300 time share units, a 60 unit hotel and an 18 hole golf course to Sutter Creek. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Commentary:Home Depot Sets Up In-Store &#8220;Voting Booths&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=66</link>
		<comments>http://www.amador-observer.com/?p=66#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Local residents have reported that the Home Depot stores in both Folsom and Rancho Cordova have set up a large display inside the front of the stores&#160;asking their shoppers to fill out ballots to support a store in Amador County / Jackson. Obviously there is no information available in regards to the controversy surrounding this [...]]]></description>
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