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		<title>Communications Lessons from Kim Jong Il</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laer.pearce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our sympathies go to the North Koreans we&#8217;ve seen on YouTube bawling inconsolably at the passing of Kim Jong Il, their &#8220;Dear Leader.&#8221;  We truly hope some day they will have a chance to understand how duped they were by the man who drank $700,000 worth of cognac a year while they slaved and starved.
That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Weekly 3: Godzilla vs. Moonbeam!</title>
		<link>http://clutterinclarityout.com/water-weekly-3-godzilla-vs-moonbeam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>linda.ou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What were the three biggest California water stories of the past seven                   days?  Well, the news-heads and policy wonks here at  Laer        Pearce       [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Clarity, Look to the Source</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laer.pearce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airwaves over the weekend were choked with name-calling, blame and recrimination regarding Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s downgrading of US debt, and the clatter is only going to get louder as stock markets around the word suffer big losses today.
There is no clarity when fingers are stabbing, tongues are wagging and ears are closed.  At times like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry&#8217;s Jack Benny Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laer.pearce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They should drop Bob Hope&#8217;s name from Burbank&#8217;s airport terminal and put up Jack Benny&#8217;s.  Benny, as younger readers may not recall, made a career out of humor based on his obsessive frugality &#8211; well, cheapness, to be more exact.  I was reminded of him this week when Gov. Jerry Brown emerged from the terminal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inside the Brown Horseshoe</title>
		<link>http://clutterinclarityout.com/inside-the-brown-horseshoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laer.pearce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it last week, Gov. Brown has released his &#8220;insider&#8221; appointments &#8211; the policy, press and legal folks that work &#8220;inside the horseshoe,&#8221; making the decisions and statements that will define the Brown Administration.
Our water and development clients should read Nancy McFadden&#8217;s bio very carefully, as the former PG&#38;E policy Senior VP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Crystal Clear Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laer.pearce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of political tea leaf reading, no brew is stronger than the appointments a recently inaugurated politician makes, so California&#8217;s political pundits &#8211; myself included &#8211; have been watching Jerry Brown very carefully.  And today there&#8217;s an extremely clear message in the bottom of my teacup.
One of the biggest questions asked of Brown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Weekly 3: A veteran pol and a veteran plant</title>
		<link>http://clutterinclarityout.com/water-weekly-3-a-veteran-pol-and-a-veteran-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LP&#38;A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What were the three biggest California water stories of the past seven   days?  Well, the news-heads and policy wonks here at Laer Pearce &#38;   Associates have compiled them for you here.  You’ll find the Big Three   here every Thursday, or you can follow LPAWater on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Weekly 3: Friendlier or Snippier Times Ahead?</title>
		<link>http://clutterinclarityout.com/land-weekly-3-friendlier-or-snippier-times-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://clutterinclarityout.com/land-weekly-3-friendlier-or-snippier-times-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LP&#38;A</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://clutterinclarityout.com/?p=633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What were the three biggest California water stories of the past seven  days?  Well, the news-heads and policy wonks here at Laer Pearce &#38;  Associates have compiled them for you here.  You’ll find the Big Three  here every Thursday, or you can follow LPALand on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and analysis. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Land-Use Matters Split November Ballot</title>
		<link>http://clutterinclarityout.com/local-land-use-matters-split-november-ballot/</link>
		<comments>http://clutterinclarityout.com/local-land-use-matters-split-november-ballot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LP&#38;A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Diego Union Tribune identified 17 key local land-use matters before California voters on Tuesday.  After all the votes were cast, nine resulted in positive news for the building industry, while eight weren’t so great.  See the rundown below.
 
 Merced County Measure C: Voter Confirmation of Zoning Changes - Failed 
Considered a slow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winner by a landslide!</title>
		<link>http://clutterinclarityout.com/winner-by-a-landslide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LP&#38;A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was more than election day &#8230; it was also Christine Iger&#8217;s Election Day Lunch, a longstanding OC tradition Laer has been involved with since its inception (or almost since its inception &#8230; it&#8217;s hard to remember back that far!).
This year one of the tasks that fell to LP&#38;A was to design the trophies for [...]]]></description>
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