Skip Descant writes the Siskiyou County Dispatch, a local news site on Substack.
Yreka, CA
Joined August 2012
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Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch.
President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.
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SacRT was just awarded a $45.1 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to support the purchase of 16 new light rail vehicles.
The grant will help SacRT towards the purchase of 16 new low-floor light rail vehicles.
Learn more here: bit.ly/3M9s1DP – at Sacramento, CA
ALT Text: SacRT Awarded $45 Million for New Low-Floor Light Rail Trains Image: New low-floor train
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Attendees are already picking up their badges for this morning’s State of Technology - California Industry Forum 2022 in Sacramento. I’m looking forward to hearing from a slate of inspiring California IT leaders. #govtechlive
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I am very excited and humbled to announce that The @POTUS Administration has asked me to head up the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, working with @USDOT + @ENERGY and the @WhiteHouse to implement crucial elements of the BIL and electrify the transport/mobility system: – at Washington, DC
As the 1st-ever Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy & Transportation, @gabe_klein will oversee $7.5B in BIL funding to build a national electric vehicle charging network & other vehicle electrification programs across the @ENERGY & @USDOT energy.gov/articles/doe-and-…
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Beam Global's #EVARC™ is held in place by gravity requiring no grid connection and makes and stores all its own electricity to deliver clean, renewable energy. NO Permitting, NO Construction, NO Electrical Work and NO Utility Bill. Enjoy #DrivingOnSunshine!☀️⚡️
Today @MayorOfLA placed into service @LACity ‘s first @FordPro F-150 Lightning pickup truck, which will be charged by @BeamForAll solar power at our StreetsLA Center for Green Innovation in North Hollywood. Budget Chair @PaulKrekorian & @LACityDPW @Spottnik joined us too!
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In our July cover story, @TDSskip looks at what our roads might look like in 2050, and what it might take to get there govtech.com/transportation/s…
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Republicans are getting very upset people keep retweeting this ad so I figured I would post for any of you who haven’t seen it yet and then I am going to retweet myself tonight.
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kind of a culmination of most things that I’ve written about over the past five years, very nice to see it in print
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There’s a lot I love about getting to work in print media, but getting something I worked on in my mailbox will never get old
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SCOOP: Tennessee Department of Health halts all vaccine outreach to kids – not just for COVID-19, but all diseases – amid pressure from GOP. Staff ordered to remove the agency logo from any documents providing vaccine info to the public, per internal dox. tennessean.com/story/news/he…
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Tennessee just fired its top vaccine official. On the way out, she dropped a 1200+ word statement torching government leaders and lawmakers for politicizing the coronavirus vaccine. You can read the whole thing here. tennessean.com/story/news/he…
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Yesterday @GovTechNoelle and I rounded up some of the highlights so far of another virtual @NASCIO Midyear. More to come!
govtech.com/gov-experience/s…
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Many thanks to @TDSskip, it was a pleasure corresponding with him about all the ways California can work to meet its emission reduction goals: govtech.com/fs/Study-Califor…
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I am deeply honored to be joining @BidenInaugural on January 20 to sing the National Anthem and celebrate the historic inauguration of @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris! 💙
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QUESTION: How can cities work to achieve goals around sustainability, equity & greener urban development?
ANSWER: Smarter transportation.
Transportation leaders from @CentennialGov, @ColumbusGov & @CityofSanDiego explain via @TDSskip @govtechnews: buff.ly/2U0ecvb
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CoMotion LA Opens With Eye Toward a New Administration govtech.com/fs/infrastructur…
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The @latimes editorial board is proud to endorse @JoeBiden for President. latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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President Trump, who never served in the military, canceled a visit to a cemetery where American troops are buried, saying: “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” @JeffreyGoldberg reports: on.theatln.tc/CBLXLz0