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Editorial Page Editor Dianne Hardisty  writes about reader response to concerns in the Kern River Valley that Caltrans signs warning visitors not to swim in the Kern River are intimidating and discourage tourism. Sunday Column July 1, 2007 A friend breathlessly pointed out in a telephone call last week: “It’s like the movie ‘Jaws.’” OK, I responded cautiously, not having the guts to tell him that I had never seen the 1970s box-office-busting thriller. It was just too scary. I love action movies. I’m a “Die Hard” fan. I even sing the praise of the flop “Con Air.” But I can’t sit through Freddy Krueger, chainsaw stuff and man-eating sharks. There, I said it — I’m a chicken. So, I let my friend carry on thinking that I understood the point he was making. And that point was that the whining merchants and tourism boosters in the Kern River Valley were just like the characters in...
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