Former planning commissioner Lynna Lan Tien Nguyen Do running for Dublin City Council | News | #citycouncil
Lynna Lan Tien Nguyen Do, former member of the city’s Planning Commission, has solidified a spot in the race for Dublin City Council in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. Do has most recently been employed in the private sector and previously worked in public service and government. She currently serves on several boards and commissions, […]
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Dublin Vice Mayor Jean Josey seeking second term on City Council | News
Current Dublin Vice Mayor Jean Josey is running to earn a second term on the Dublin City Council in a three-candidate race for two seats in the November general election. Josey, who was first elected for the position in 2018, identified several key issues that she believes are important to voters this election, including growth, […]
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Opinion: There’s a Small Chance California Could Help Democrats Keep House Majority
Republican Rep. Michelle Steel canvasses for voters in Buena Park before the primary. Photo by Bing Guan for CalMatters Political handicappers almost universally expect that Democrats will lose their paper-thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, if it’s closer than expected, what happens in a handful of California congressional districts could make the difference. […]
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City Council members should turn down pay hike | #citycouncil
We know Chicago alderpersons are unlikely this week to refuse the 9.62% pay raise they’re in line to receive next year. That’s because they’ll say they’ve earned the raises. And also because, since its inception, the deliberative body’s members have rarely turned down an opportunity to feather their own nests, nor have they denied colleagues […]
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Mayor speaks about racist letters spread in Enfield just days after Confederate monument bulldozed
ENFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — Some disturbing letters showed up at several homes in Enfield early Saturday morning, days after Mayor Mondale Robinson sparked outrage by removing a Confederate monument. “This is a terrorist act, whether we want to call it that or not, it’s intended to create fear,” Robinson said of the letters found across […]
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California’s budget process is corrupt, no longer transparent, and has poor priorities – Orange County Register
This is my final season in California’s Legislature. My final budget. It’s bittersweet. In my decades representing the people in the state Assembly and Senate, I’ve seen a gradual erosion in the traditions and processes of each house. In respect for the rules of the institution. In respect and trust for each other. Traditions, processes […]
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California, Berkeley university law school student orgs pledge to boycott Zionist, pro-Israel speakers
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Student organizations at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law are facing backlash from their own dean after adopting a statement that pledges to not invite any Zionist or pro-Israel speaker to give lectures. Law Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley Law made an Aug. […]
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City Council backs woman’s efforts to seek police officer job | News | #citycouncil
HAVERHILL — The City Council has rallied around yet another woman looking to serve as one of Haverhill’s emergency responders. When it met Tuesday night, the council voted unanimously to file a home rule petition on behalf of Lauren Bonnell, who informed the council that she has already taken and passed the police Civil Service […]
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Explosions heard in Melitopol overnight Mayor
SUNDAY, 28 AUGUST, 2022, 07:45 Explosions have rung out overnight in the Russian-occupied Melitopol and the village of Myrne in Melitopol district. Source: Ivan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol, on Telegram Quote from Fedorov: “At 01:00 residents of all districts heard loud explosions. The first of them was so powerful that windows in some houses shook […]
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Leave groundwater management to local water experts – Marin Independent Journal
Assemblymember Steve Bennett’s proposed Assembly Bill 2201, which would create a new permanent permitting process for groundwater wells, negatively affects local water districts, municipalities and California’s agricultural community. Despite recent amendments to the bill language, AB 2201 would force a strict new mandate on how groundwater sustainability agencies must operate. The bill removes the ability […]
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