David Hogan
David Hogan
beginning buying cards extend gift holiday past season until week
Basically, gift cards extend the holiday buying season well past the first week of January, when it traditionally would end, until the beginning of February.
biggest gone grocery involved past player
In the past 10 to 12 years, Wal-Mart has gone from really not being involved in grocery at all to being the biggest player in the grocery industry.
greens miss
I still miss the South, the collard greens and the Bulldogs,
endangered federal government matter open protection space species whether
It doesn't really matter whether it's the federal government that oversees the protection of endangered species and open space conservation or the state,
continue formed hard though work
They work hard and will continue to work hard even though they were just formed this summer,
benefit efforts fire good human news save species
Expanded fire suppression efforts may be the only way to save these species from extinction, ... The good news is that fire suppression should also benefit nearby human residents.
asked definitely three trend wait
It's definitely something that is a trend in the here and now. And three years ago, if you had asked me that question, I would have said that we would have to wait and see how this was going to go.
angeles critical habitat los means nice people river trees
Do people want a concrete-lined river like in Los Angeles or a nice river with trees and vegetation? A critical habitat designation means we'd get the nice trees and vegetation.
fast good lay moving parts rain south west
We got some pretty good rain in the south and west parts of the valley, ... thunderstorms were pretty short-lived, and they are moving fast enough that they didn't lay a whole lot down in any one spot.
agencies authority decision dodge endangered federal protect species state
Federal agencies shouldn't be able to dodge their obligations to protect endangered species by delegating important decision to the states. The state doesn't have the authority to protect endangered species the way the feds do.
benefits economic habitat harm totally
They overemphasized speculative economic harm to development while totally disregarding the real economic benefits of habitat protection.
against along celebrate claimed commission due environmental groups incomplete means position supporting victory
This means that the commission is supporting the position of the environmental groups and the communities who have claimed all along that the application was incomplete and would have subverted due process. Environmental groups and communities will celebrate this as a first victory against this unnecessary project.
concern feels protecting public seems step
It seems like the (Bush) administration is very out of step with the concern that the public feels for protecting nature,
commentary complete despite endangered land life needs size small species toad undermine
It's an unfortunate commentary on the willingness of this administration to undermine the Endangered Species Act. Despite its small size this toad needs a lot of land to complete its life cycle.