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They make bathtubs cleaner, dishes shinier and hair silkier. But water softening systems could be bad news for the limited water supply in Monterey County. And a state bill originally intended to green-light municipal bans on softening systems has been so watered down by industry that local …

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DOLLAR DOWN… Squid could never quite decide if redevelopment agencies were a Ponzi scheme or a real solution to blight. But considering how many decrepit buildings are still festering on the ol’ Fort Ord, Squid can’t help but think maybe we’re all better off without them. 


Robinson Jeffers died in 1962. But he lives in Carme…