Satellite image of a Kings County farm bisected by proposed HSR route.

California Farmers Continue To Battle High Speed Rail

Published by Cynthia Ward on August 23, 2012

This is an update from a RedCounty.com piece http://redcounty.com/content/farmers-governor-can-you-hear-me-now written in February 2012. Following the recent vote to pass billions in State Bond funding for the first phase of High Speed Rail construction in the Central Valley, farmers, businesses, and residents of Kings County continue to fight the State over the largest, and most ill-conceived, transportation project in the history of… Read more →

Moving Over From Red County

Published by Cynthia Ward on August 23, 2012

I just celebrated half a million page views over at RedCounty.com, just in time for the investors to pull the plug, and the site is going dark. A few contributors and I have created this new site, which admittedly needs work. I will try importing the best of  old RedCounty posts over here, with updates to bring them up to… Read more →

12 Candidates Vie for 3 Open Seats in Fullerton

Published by Cynthia Ward on August 23, 2012

In Fullerton, 12 candidates have filed for the three open Council seats. Incumbents Bruce Whitaker and Travis Kiger are expected to retain their seats. Whitaker had been elected to the City Council in 2010, and was not subject to the recent recall of three other Council members in June. Kiger, a former Planning Commissioner, was elected to serve the remaining… Read more →

Blogger Files Suit Over Candidate Filing

Blogger Files Suit Over Candidate Filing

Published by Cynthia Ward on August 21, 2012

I filed a lawsuit this week. Frankly I am as surprised as you are. I am used to reporting events, not creating them. But in researching Anaheim Council candidate Steve Lodge in an effort to determine who he is and what makes him tick, I found some issues that I simply did not want to let pass. So I filed… Read more →

Anaheim City Council 2012: The Race Is On

Anaheim City Council 2012: The Race Is On

Published by Cynthia Ward on August 16, 2012

Friday, August 10th, was the last day for Anaheim candidates to file papers for the two open Council seats being vacated by termed-out members Lorri Galloway and Harry Sidhu. The field is significantly smaller, and a lot less interesting  than expected, with only nine candidates running. Biggest disappointment: Mike Brennan and Robert Nelson formed Committees to run, but in the… Read more →

Districts and a Strong-Mayor

Districts and a Strong-Mayor

Published by Grant Henninger on August 7, 2012

NOTE: This article has been cross posted from Anaheim 2060. Recently, the ACLU sued the City of Anaheim under the California Voter Rights Act, asserting that the city’s large Latino population is effectively shut out of the political process. The ACLU has asked the court to force Anaheim into adopting some type of district system, where city council members must… Read more →