Polls indicated the race for the state Senate District 28 seat between Republican incumbent Jeff Stone and Democratic challenger Joy Silver is tightening. Financial contributions seem to support Silver’s closing the gap. Through Sept. 22, she had received more than twice Stone’s contributions and had spent nearly twice as much. Her available cash for the…
Bianco still leads in money The race for the Riverside County Sheriff position is costing the candidates — incumbent Sheriff Stan Sniff and his challenger Lt. Chad Bianco — millions. Through Oct. 20, with about two weeks remaining for the campaign, each candidate had spent more than $1 million. While it appears (see accompanying table)…
Pelzer’s contributions significantly trail Ruiz Dollars are not votes and upsets happen. Representative Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-36) can personally vouch for the possibility of a challenger overcoming the name recognition of an incumbent congressman. Nevertheless, at the end of September, with five weeks until the election, Ruiz had 12 times the cash available than his Republican…
Proposition 6, on the November ballot, proposes to repeal the Road Repair and Accountability Act (Senate Bill 1) enacted into law by the Legislature on April 28, 2017. RRAA increased transportation-related taxes and fees, including the gas excise tax, diesel excise tax and diesel sales tax, and was designed to dedicate the revenue to transportation…
The campaign for Assembly District 71 has attracted little attention within California’s political landscape. Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Randy Voepel is facing a challenge from Democrat James Elia. Unlike the gubernatorial race or several Southern California congressional contests or the local state Senate District 28 race, Democrats have not poured money into Elia’s challenge; only $1,000…
Editor’s note: Next week, we hope to publish an interview with incumbent Dr. Raul Ruiz. Kimberlin Brown Pelzer is the Republican challenger seeking to represent California’s 36th District, which includes the Hill, in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is hoping to turn the tables on Democratic incumbent Dr. Raul Ruiz, who upset the incumbent…
Barrett relishes the challenges and embraces the people Editor’s Note: Dr. Christi Barrett is starting her third year as superintendent of Hemet Unified School District. This is the second part of an interview the Town Crier had with her. Part 1 is in the Oct. 4 edition. Barrett adamantly says, “I love my job.” When…
Planning and involvement key to her style Dr. Christi Barrett is starting her third year as superintendent of Hemet Unified School District. Some staff is new and some have been in their positions longer. Barrett adamantly says, “I love my job.” And her style seems to be involvement, participation, attention and planning. Her office is…
Fire insurance subject of many bills On Thursday, Sept. 20, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed 29 bills that affect the state’s preparation or response to wildfire, or the relation between individuals and fire insurance firms. The most important bill, with breadth of import, was Senate Bill 901. “Wildfires in California aren’t going away, and we…
While approving many bills recently, Gov. Jerry Brown did veto a few. Senate Bill 328, which would have limited the start of middle school and high school days to 8:30 a.m., was vetoed last week. In his message, Brown said, “This is a one-size-fits-all approach that is opposed by teachers and school boards. “Several schools…
