California Central Coast Transportation Needs: Another Head of the Hydra
Feb 2, 2009 No Comments ›› adminMOVING THE CENTRAL COAST FORWARD was a meeting about regional transportation needs held on Saturday, January 31 in the cafeteria at Ventura College. Hosted by ASERT, the Alliance for a Sustainable and Equitable Regional Transportation, and by CAUSE, the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, the meeting featured keynote speaker Senator Alan Lowenthal who ...
Continue ReadingSustainable Transportation in the Obama Era: Santa Barbara Celebrates Measure A
Jan 26, 2009 No Comments ›› KK01The Santa Barbara based Alliance for Sustainable and Equitable Regional Transportation (ASERT) convened a panel discussion at the Santa Barbara Central Public Library on Saturday January 24th, 2009. The event celebrated the Nov 2008 passage of Measure A, which funds county transportation projects through a dedicated sales tax, while anticipating future challenges and opportunities ...
Continue ReadingWillie Brown Suggests O’Connell Would Be Favorite for Lt. Gov.
Jan 10, 2009 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David AtkinsVia Timm Herdt at the VC Star, there's been an interesting development in the game of musical chairs that is the Governor and Lieutenant Governor races. Despite little previous mention of Jack O'Connell's name in association with the Lieutenant Governor's race, Willie Brown's influential column in the SF Gate suggests not only that O'Connell ...
Continue ReadingTony Strickland Fights Efforts to Pass a State Budget
Jan 10, 2009 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminOur new State Senator Tony Strickland stood in lockstep along his extremist Republican friends and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association this week in announcing they were suing to stop a California state budget plan by the Democrats. Perhaps coincidentally, he is positioned at the “far right” of the photo above. The plan, passed by both houses, ...
Continue ReadingExtremist Republican Tony Strickland Causing Trouble Already
Dec 20, 2008 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David AtkinsFresh off winning by a sliver of a percentage point by pretending to be an "independent" with "green" credentials, Tony Strickland is already causing trouble. In a move that will surprise absolutely no one but the moderate voters unfortunate enough to get suckered by Strickland's con artistry, Strickland is already carrying water for his ...
Continue ReadingJackson Remains Hopeful
Nov 21, 2008 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminFriends of Hannah-Beth Jackson PO Box 92010 Santa Barbara, CA. 93190 Dear Friends, It has been over two weeks since Election Day, and it is hard to believe that we still do not know the results of our State Senate race. We have been receiving periodic updates from Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, and as we suspected, the ...
Continue ReadingImmigration Reform: The 600 Pound Gorilla
Nov 3, 2008 No Comments ›› BrianThe 600 pound gorilla in the room is immigration reform—and neither political party is admitting that it is there, at least at the top of the ticket. But in the 24th Congressional District, it’s not possible to ignore the gorilla. There’s too much at stake. The economy and the quality of life in Ventura and ...
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