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Politics & Government

OPINION: Union's Pro-Nuke Plant Cheers Just for Show

The hundreds of San Diego union members who packed a public meeting to support the reopening of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station were actors in political theater.

I attended the Feb. 12 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (come to Jesus) meeting at Capo Beach Church where officials came to discuss with the public the "yays" and "nays" of restarting the dangerous 'ol San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

I sat in a row of "labor" reps, all in orange t-shirts from the Laborers International Union of North America. They arrived in six busloads to react on cue. Few had worked at the plant.

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