What Ron Roberts and Donna Frye have in common…

10 June 2010

With Supervisors Roberts and Horn heading to a run off, both supervisors have been spinning the run-off as a result of a large field. Of course a scared campaign would try to spin bad news into good news but the fact is that both Supes were given astounding messages from their voters that they were [...]

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June 2010 Election Predictions

08 June 2010

While I have been quiet and busy, I haven’t stayed away from keeping my eye on the local races throughout the county. I want to throw in my two cents before results come rolling in tonight. The Big One – Board of Supervisors The biggest race tonight will be Ron Robert’s re-election race for the [...]

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Salas Comes Out Swinging

19 April 2010

The Salas for State Senate campaign has come out swinging the past two weeks. They needed to kick it up a notch since Juan Vargas’ buddies from the insurance companies that he is chummy with are going to be burning through cash to help people remember who Vargas is and why they should send him [...]

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Salas Wins BIG in Race for Dem Nod

22 March 2010

A while back I figured that Juan Vargas had the edge for the 40th State Senate seat. After all his campaign has the nicest holiday greeting card/letter out of all South Bay politicians. Just a week ago I heard a knock on my door. It was 7pm and I wondered who the heck would be [...]

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Danon takes a stand on County’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Program

22 March 2010

I woke up early this morning to see that Danon sent out an e-mail to Pam Slater-Price and her Chief of Staff, John Weil, regarding the County’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Program (NRP). The email was brief and had a nice long letter in PDF format attached to it. In the e-mail Danon states: Dear Chairwoman Slater-Price, [...]

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Whitburn Campaign Gains Gravitas

21 March 2010

When Stephen Whitburn announced his candidacy, I was skeptical of Whitburn’s chances. I changed my tone and became a believer in Whitburn. I wrote a post about how his campaign had a legit shot at winning since Frye was a low name ID candidate who had won low vote campaigns and went from a sub [...]

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Whitburn Press Conference

12 March 2010

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Closer Look at Whitburn’s Chances

11 March 2010

I enjoyed reading Andrew Donohue’s brief analysis of Whitburn’s candidacy for the Board of Supervisors. I want to throw in some figures here that might change our perspective of a Whitburn candidacy. Up until a few hours ago I thought a Whitburn campaign would be a long shot but now I see it as a [...]

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Whitburn for Supervisor Launch Tonight

11 March 2010

It is (un)official… Stephen Whitburn is entering the race for the Board of Supervisors tonight at 5:30pm at a press conference at Twiggs in University Heights. It is the worst (and best kept) secret on the streets now. Everyone is emailing me heads up of this and I haven’t seen it posted online yet so [...]

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Frye for Supervisor Re-launch?

10 March 2010

Word spread like wildfire that Stephen Whitburn would be hosting a press conference on his birthday tomorrow at Twiggs in University Heights at 5:30pm. Everyone remembers Whitburn for his strong come from behind campaign in 2008 against Todd Gloria. He has been popping up more and more as he has rebuilt his image for a [...]

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Whitburn Press Conference

Whitburn Press Conf