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Mad As Hell: Protesting Judge Fox’s slap on the wrist hit and run sentencing in Beverly Hills at last night’s Blood In. Photo: Barleye/Midnight Ridazz Leahy: Bus Service Has Expanded in the Last 25 Years (The Source) Prepare for a Disappointing Energy Bill (DC Streetsblog) Reid’s Paltry Energy Bill Includes Billions in Automotive Subsidies, Zero … Continued

By Damien Newton

7:31 AM PDT on July 28, 2010

Mad As Hell: Protesting Judge Fox’s slap on the wrist hit and run sentencing in Beverly Hills at last night’s Blood In. Photo: Barleye/Midnight Ridazz

Leahy: Bus Service Has Expanded in the Last 25 Years (The Source)
Prepare for a Disappointing Energy Bill (DC Streetsblog)
Reid’s Paltry Energy Bill Includes Billions in Automotive Subsidies, Zero for Transit (TNR)
Ballot Measure Pits Transit and Development Advocates Against Everyone Else (Chronicle)
Villaraigosa Wants Bike Summit, Talks About His Crash (YouTube via LAist)
They Skipped the Paving, and Just Turned Paradise Into a Parking Lot (Brayj Against the Machine)
Sharrows Appear on Abbot Kinney (LADOT Bike Blog)
Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for High Speed Rail (CAHSR)
Just a Reminder: L.A. Used to Have a Lot More Smog (Curbed)
Save the Date: 8/13 Rally for 30/10 (The Source)

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