California Governor Brown reappoints Mary Nichols as ARB chair
05 January 2011
Newly inaugurated California Governor Jerry Brown reappointed Mary D. Nichols as California Air Resources Board Chairman.
Nichols was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chairman of the California Air Resources Board in July 2007 for her second stint in the position. She first served as Chairman under then-Governor Jerry Brown from 1978 to 1983.
As one of California’s first environmental lawyers, she initiated precedent-setting test cases under the Federal Clean Air Act and California air quality laws while practicing as a staff attorney for the Center for Law in the Public Interest. Nichols holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Yale Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University.
I am delighted to join the Brown administration and be reappointed as Chairman of the California Air Resources Board. I look forward to continuing the work of ARB to clean California’s air, protect the public’s health, and help drive the development of clean and more efficient energy sources and technologies to power our state’s economy and generate new, green jobs.
—Mary Nichols
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Bankruptcy here we come!!!! This is so exciting, getting to watch the bankruptcy of California play out as the religious extremists shut down businesses in the state. I'm happy for the people of China, getting all of our manufacturing jobs because of government burdens placed on businesses in the US force said businesses to flee. Lets shut them all down!!! Go Big Government!!! We don't need no stink'n jobs!!!
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Posted by: The Goracle | 06 January 2011 at 05:21 AM
Predictable.
One eco-loon appoints another. Even more ridiculous after Mary dissed the Volt. Why? Just becasue its not her "Idee fixe", a FCEV.
Posted by: ExDemo | 06 January 2011 at 09:16 AM
To be expected from Governor Moon Beam.
Posted by: Mannstein | 06 January 2011 at 10:44 AM
"Nichols was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chairman of the California Air Resources Board in July 2007 for her second stint in the position."
I guess the negative comments should be directed at the former Governator then.
Posted by: SJC | 06 January 2011 at 12:21 PM
SJC,
If the shoe fits....
Posted by: ExDemo | 07 January 2011 at 12:50 PM
Goracle: There was an article in today's paper that individual States deficit level depend on the percentage of unionized employees they have. If you get rid of unions you would get rid of deficits at the same time. Would that be the way to go for California and 30+ other States?
Are unions existence protected by the Constitution?
States could start by stopping union fees collection? Nothing illegal there?
Posted by: HarveyD | 07 January 2011 at 12:58 PM
You could lose the union structure but preserve the collective bargaining process. Employees need to have some level of representation that matches the weight available to the front office.
I always liked Moon Beam. Wonder if he can talk any sense into Mary??
Posted by: Reel$$ | 07 January 2011 at 04:24 PM
"If you get rid of unions you would get rid of deficits at the same time."
If you get rid of government employee unions you would get rid of deficits at the same time.
Are government employees, with their multimillion dollar retirement packages after 20 to 30 years of "work" (age as low as 37 to 47 if starting out of high school) really that put upon where they need to be unionized?
Is it really right that tax dollars pay for government union employees to work to have taxes increased so that they can take more tax dollars?
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Posted by: The Goracle | 07 January 2011 at 06:06 PM
We could all do a race to the bottom and Walmartize America, or we could stop the effort to match low wage countries with value added. You could destroy all unions and pay minimum wage and become a third world country, those are not the "good old days".
Posted by: SJC | 08 January 2011 at 11:15 AM
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"You could destroy all unions and pay minimum wage and become a third world country, those are not the "good old days"."
SJC, Please reference who wants what you are referring to (or are you simply being silly with ridiculous statements). I don't recall anyone saying that they want minimum wage for all union people.
Eliminating government unions will not suddenly force all government employees to be paid at minimum wage (I'm a little stunned that you believe this). It will make it so that wages and benefits return to normal, back down to around private industry levels.
Posted by: The Goracle | 08 January 2011 at 04:39 PM
You could bust all the teachers unions and turn them into the McDonald's of education. You attract good teachers and keep them by paying them well.
Just because we have lost real income in the private sector does not mean we need to destroy the public sector. I want good salaries and benefits for ALL workers and the race to the bottom is just the opposite of that.
Posted by: SJC | 09 January 2011 at 12:43 PM