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EDITORIAL

Mendota Unemployed

MENDOTA,CA---Juan Mejia is one of the forty-one percent of the population in Mendota that is unemployed. Mejia walks over some railroad tracks on his way home in a light rain on April 21, 2010. The ag-based economy of Mendota has been hit hard by lack of water deliveries to farmers as part of California's water crisis. Mejia worked in a packing shed but has been out of work. A new prison, the Mendota Federal Correctional Institution, is nearing completion of construction that began in September of 2006. The medium-security prison will employ approximately 350 workers. It is hoped by many in Mendota that there will be economic benefits associated with the prison.