POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Posted by Chilton. Rep. Brandon Klevinger Ever heard of his name? Probably not. And the state representative looking after some fine folks in Northern California would rather keep a low profile. No such luck. Representative Klevinger is the head of the states Nuclear Facilities Planning Committee, which means the bomboops, excuse me, the buckstops with him on the issue of those little gadgets called reactors. And you want to know something interesting about them? Nogo away, Greenies. Go whine elsewhere! I have no problem with nuclear energy; we need it to achieve energy independence (from certain interests overseas whom Ive written about at great length). But what I do object to is this: Nuclear power loses its advantage if the price for the plants and the energy expended in the construction outweigh the advantages. Ive learned that Rep. Klevinger just happens to have been on a couple of posh golfing trips to Hawaii and Mexico with his newfound friend, Stephen Ralston. Well, guess what, boys and girls? Ralston happens to have put in bids for a proposed nuclear facility north of Mendocino. Mendocino Lovely place. And very pricey to build in. Not to mention that it seems the cost of delivering the power to where its needed will be huge. (Another developer has proposed a far cheaper and more efficient location about fifty miles south of Sacramento.) But a source has snuck me the Nuclear Committees preliminary report and it reveals that Ralstons probably going to get the go-ahead to build in Mendocino. Has Klevinger done anything illegal or wrong? Im not saying yes or no. I just ask the question. He was lying all along, TJ said. Sure was. Still, she couldnt concentrate on Royces duplicity just now. There was, after all, no need to blackmail him at this point, considering he was headed home in a day or two. Good work. Just dotting my js. As he left she hunched over the MCSO report. She was a little surprised that David Reinhold, the eager kidthe one shed played cat-and-mouse with last nighthadnt brought it in person. From: Dep. Peter Bennington, MCSO Crime Scene Unit To: Kathryn Dance, Special Agent, California Bureau of InvestigationWestern Division. Re: June 28 homicide at house of James Chilton, 2939 Pacific Heights Court, Carmel, California. Kathryn, heres the inventory.