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Control freaks! Planners, enviros, unions, and developers form cabal to tell you how to live

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

I have hear so many leftists say that their ideology returns “power to the people.” This is, of course, complete blather. In all the leftist paradises that have been created, the people have been virtually powerless.

What actually returns power to the people is—and hey, here’s a novel notion—returning power to the people. Letting us choose. Letting us make our own decisions. But that cannot happen so long as government has the power to make decisions for us. When government...

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APS Continues Pressure to Quash Solar Energy Choice in Arizona

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Several weeks ago when I took up the cause of energy choice via the issue of net metering, little did I realize I would strike at the nerve of the big utility energy monopolies like APS. While my intention was not to overly criticize the Republican-led Arizona Corporation Commission, several of my posts were mistakenly perceived that way when all along criticism, was meant to challenge big utilities for quashing energy choice.

Recently, Arizona Public Service Co.’s CEO Don Brandt wrote an edit...

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