by altha-admin | Feb 24, 2015 | Articles
While reading up on California, particularly South Bay Congressional politics, I stumbled upon the 1946 Congressional race for the 12th District, which pitted Republican Richard Nixon against Democratic incumbent Jerry Voorhis. Richard Nixon v. Jerry Voorhis What...
by altha-admin | Feb 24, 2015 | Articles
I have written at length about my hopes for the East Bay State Senate District Seven, which encompasses Livermore and Walnut Creek all the way . Just when a number of interested politicos have given up on the special election race, a mailer promoting a now inactive...
by altha-admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Articles
At the SCROC Ad Hoc Budget Committee meeting (Feb 17, 2015), another gentleman and I attended the meeting. I had the brief opportunity to share that there is growing support in the community to keep SCROC open. I also reiterated my hope that the SCROC Board...
by altha-admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Articles
I have received two reports about protests going on near the ExxonMobil refinery. One report informed me that the United Steel Workers and Occupy Wall Street affiliates dropped manure at the refinery. Another report then informed me that out of town protestors...
by altha-admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Articles
It was Wednesday February 18, and within minutes of waking up, the walls of my apartment jolted briefly. Even the windows rattled. At first, I though that someone had slammed their door really hard in the apartment rooms below me, or the garage door to the complex had...
by altha-admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Articles
For the two years after the previous assemblyman was elected to represent the South Bay (66th Assembly District) it looked as if any reader would find some story about him in the press, whether reading to children or receiving awards from local business leaders. For...
