The elected Board of Supervisors in Kern County, CA, in the middle of the state’s oil patch in the lower San Joaquin Valley, was sued in California Superior Court last Thursday for allegedly ignoring environmental risks in approving a $100 million crude-by-rail project in Bakersfield. The Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and the Association of Irritated Residents, among others, filed the legal action.
I have no opinion on the merits of the case, but I love the name “Association of Irritated Residents.” Would that more groups went this rout. Some ideas:
“The Coalition Against Stuff We Can’t Afford.”
“The Association of Envious Malcontents.”
“The Super-Judgmental Alliance.”
“If We Can’t Have Any, No One Can Incorporated.”
“Nostalgia United.”
“The Unjustifiably Dyspeptic Council.”
“Everyone Should Love What We Love Association.”
Etc.
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