Marylee Shrider

Marylee Shrider: Time to grow economy, not shrink it
If the phone rings in the next week or so and it’s Americans for Prosperity calling, don’t hang up.

Marylee Shrider: Man 'gave up the long board for the long cross'
Why does Tom Alexander take to the streets of Bakersfield each morning, lugging a 60-pound cross on his back?

Marylee Shrider: Murray Family Farms won't be unhinged by fire
Vickie Murray didn’t shed a tear over the fire that incinerated her three-acre hay maze the day before Halloween. Heck, she barely raised an eyebrow.

Marylee Shrider: Gay marriage debate just getting started
You didn't really think it was a done deal, did you?

Marylee Shrider: Mettler shouldn't have to bear the blame
It’s been a great week for gay-rights activists, Prop. 8 protesters and the local media, all of whom are simply giddy over the infamous sign scuffle at a recent Friday-night rally.

Marylee Shrider: Vote no on Prop. 2, an attack on farmers
Flash a photo of a dead chicken before our eyes and our collective lower lip trembles, so easily convinced are we that the sins of a few farmers are the standard for most.

Marylee Shrider: Proposition 8 no civil rights issue
What was I thinking?

Marylee Shrider: Say yes to Prop 8 — and no to PG&E
It's good to be the king. Or PG&E.

Marylee Shrider: Tilted Kilt servers shouldn't tour outside of pub
I wasn’t going to talk about the Tilted Kilt.

Marylee Shrider: Heard of Harvey Milk Day? Be worried
Up in Sacramento, awaiting the governor’s pen, is a bill that apparently doesn’t mean much to the mainstream media, but should.

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