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Monday Nov. 23rdMONDAY: Fatherhood - what is it? Patt, Tom Leykis and Gloria Allred discuss in light of over-the-counter DNA tests; and New York Times financial reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin explains the financial meltdown with his new book "Too Big to Fail: the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system - and themselves"
Patt Morrison for November 3, 2009
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What kind of an LAPD chief with Charlie Beck be? The governor of Maine talks about his state's own version of Prop 8; a behind-the-scenes-look at the Secret Service; and Sen. Boxer weighs in on Senate's cap and trade bill
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After hours of interviews with the final three candidates, Mayor Villaraigosa today named Deputy Chief Charlie Beck his pick to replace LAPD Chief Bill Bratton. The 32-year LAPD veteran, sandwiched between two generations of LAPD service—his father and two children, Beck oversaw reforms of the department's Rampart division in the wake of its corruption scandal and was a popular choice for the city’s civil rights groups. Patt gets reactions from civic leaders and the community—what do you want to see in your next police chief?
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Is Maine picking up where California left off over same-sex marriage? Today the citizens of Maine are voting on whether or not to repeal the state’s new same-sex marriage law. If upheld, it would be the first victory at the ballot box in the battle for same-sex marriage rights. Patt talks to Governor of Maine, John Baldacci about his state’s version of Prop 8.
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There are 500 million reasons for California to race toward some fairly sweeping education reforms, and ready-or-not the state legislature is ready to pull the trigger. The special legislative session to change California’s education system, to make the state eligible for $500 million in federal stimulus dollars aimed at education program, starts this week and possible reforms include open school district enrollment, performance pay for teachers and easier creation of charter schools. Is this the right way to go about reform?
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Some Democrats and Republicans have expressed reservations about the sweeping climate change legislation being considered in the Senate. Hearings on the bill, aimed at limiting green house gas emissions, were held last week by California Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, with Senator John Kerry, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, NRG Energy's CEO David Crane, and Senator John Warner testifying, among many others. Senators Boxer and Warner join Patt on the scope of the bill and its role in national security.
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Threats against President Obama are 400 percent higher than for his predecessors—and the secret service may not have the money to handle them all. Author Ron Kessler takes us behind the scenes and tells some of the secrets about the presidential protection force.
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HI, Pat,
Although ex-Senator Warner recognizes the reality of Climate Change, I wonder if he allies himself with certain industries (thar's gold in them there ills!) that would not give us the best chance of limiting carbon dioxide, namely nuclear and coal. Concerning coal, he is "banking on" coal sequestration. Regarding coal sequestration, I wrote this letter (abridged) to Senator Boxer:
Dear Senator Boxer,
Thank you for being so concerned and active in the field of environmental protection. As a former teacher (LAUSD) of chemistry and environmental science, I, too, cannot help but be deeply concerned about the current state of affairs.
The Obama administration has awarded (or is planning to award?) billions of dollars to the coal industry to promote "Carbon Sequestration". We don't know if that CS investment will pay off. It may go the way of fusion power and Star Wars, which has produced a very small bang for the buck.
The Carbon Sequestration (CS) subsidies, if given instead to support solar (e.g. thermal) would replace up to at least 30% of current coal based electricity for every 10 billion dollars of subsidy. CS is simply the wrong "horse" to bet on.
We DO know that solar thermal works! It doesn't pollute or produce carbon dioxide. And we DO know that carbon sequestration inevitably involves separating gases, such as carbon dioxide from exhaust gases, or oxygen from air . This separation inevitably requires energy, increasing the cost of future "clean" coal power, making solar thermal even more competitive in the future. I In a Scientific American article the increased cost of separating gases would add at least 2.7 cents per KWh. And, no one know the long term fate of billions of tons of "buried" CO2. Also, we don't have the luxury of decades of research. Climate change is more extreme and more rapid, and, therefore, a more immediate challenge than we had first predicted. Also, there is a growing NIMBY resistance to storing CO2 near communities.
Let's not kowtow to coal!