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Ken Calvert: “If you think, for years we talked about trying to transition the Inland Empire from a bedroom community supplying jobs…”

On the recordOctober 17, 2011
If you think, for years we talked about trying to transition the Inland Empire from a bedroom community supplying jobs to the coastal communities...
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Ken Calvert
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of water supply uncertainty on business development in the Inland Empire.

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