The Visalia City Council got a little younger but lost a little hair after the swearing in of its newest member, Brian Poochigian, at the December 10 Visalia City Council special meeting. 36-year-old Poochigian was sworn in alongside Greg Collins and Steve Nelsen, both of whom were returning members. Collins and Nelsen’s challengers for District […]
Isn’t Cock Fighting Illegal? Democrats won every statewide office, gained super majorities in both state houses, flipped seven of their seven targeted congressional races, and will control the House of Representatives in Washington come January. Time for the Democrats to celebrate, right? Wrong. The fighting started this summer between consummate party insider, Eric Bauman, and […]
Kern County election update has pushed Democrat TJ Cox ahead by 436 votes over Incumbent David Valadao late this afternoon. As of 6:14pm the California Secretary of State released new numbers that gave TJ Cox 55,672 votes to 55,236 votes for Valadao. If Cox prevails it will be the 40th Democrat flip in the House […]
A Midterm Post Mortem It was freezing and quiet outside St John’s Hall in Hanford with a few unconcerned security guards lingering by the doors, but hot and crowded inside the Portuguese Hall on Election Night. Even though not in his district, this was still Nunes country, and a Nunes-friendly crowd, where no sharp edged […]
Tulare residents, family, and friends gathered around Assembly District 26 candidate Jose Sigala at the Roox Agency for an election watch party and to give their support. Sigala is currently a Tulare City Council member. A band played on stage, people drank and ate food, while Sigala remained glued to his laptop refreshing the election […]
It was election party night in Visalia, Hanford and Tulare with the biggest shindig at St. Johns Hall outside Hanford. It was a who’s who in politics with Congress Member Devin Nunes, Congress Member David Valadao, State Senator Andy Vidak, and candidate for Assembly District 32 Justin Mendes hosting the party. Various Hanford City Council […]
A Press Release issued by Congress Member David Valadao’s Campaign HANFORD – Today, TJ Cox’s distributed a press release explicitly stating claims against his health care facility, Bella Vista Memory Care, “are false.” In response, Valadao for Congress Campaign Spokesman, Cole Rojewski, released the following statement: “Mr. Cox can try as best he can to […]
Is the Blue Wave real? In less than a week the nation will find out. The following are my predictions for local and federal elections: Congressional District 21: Democrat TJ Cox and Republican Congress Member David Valado Mr. Valadao lives in a district that has a Democratic advantage of 16 points but they tend to […]
The Visalia Chamber of Commerce and the Foothills Sun Gazette held a forum at 210 café on October 18 to give Visalia residents a chance to meet their school board candidates face to face. A total of nine candidates are running for four seats in the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD.) Districts 1, 3, 4, […]
The race for Visalia City Council District 3 is heating up with three candidates and only two weeks left before the November 6 election. To air out their differences and similarities the Visalia Chamber of Commerce and the Foothills Sun-Gazette held a forum October 18 at Cafe 210. District 3 encompasses the western quarter of […]