At the Visalia City Council special session on Friday, December 16, the council members said goodbye to one colleague and ushered in a new mayor. Not a dry eye was to be seen as each council member expressed gratitude for the time they spent with Councilmember Amy Shuklian. Mayor Steve Nelsen said that he admired […]
Love in the Times of Politics A few shock waves rippled through the Valley when the Tulare County Registrar of Voters released its final results on December 5. Nationally the election was a wild, emotional ride. Locally, there were Election Day irregularities resulting in long waits, ballots running out, and a huge delay in releasing […]
Visalia’s new sales tax could begin being assessed as soon as April, according to Renee Nagel, the City of Visalia’s Financial Director. “We will get an additional fiscal quarter of funds if we get the state paperwork done by February 1st,” Nagel said. At the Visalia City Council’s December 5 meeting, council members voted to […]
The City of Hanford swore in two new city council members and conducted a reorganization of the council at its regular city council meeting on December 6. In addition to swearing in Martin Devin and former council member Sue Sorenson, David Ayers was appointed as mayor and Sue Sorenson was appointed as vice-mayor. The council […]
The Hanford City Council held a work session November 15 to hear a presentation by community development director, Darlene Mata, and Police Chief Parker Sever about two Canadian medical marijuana facilities. Mata and Sever visited the two facilities in October. City Manager Derrel Pyle, Police Chief Sever, and Police Captain Pat Crowe visited a third […]
Equal Representation of The People The summer heat, Tule fog, and flat Valley floor separates Tulare and Kings Counties from the rest of the California, along with how the region votes. Whatever their differences, after our being fairly ignored by the Bay Area, Los Angeles and the liberal coastal areas, these two Central Valley counties finally […]
On November 16, the Real Mooney Grove Project and Mary Bryant sent notice to Tulare County Supervisor Phil Cox, Tulare County Parks Director Neil Pilegard and the County of Tulare that they are filing an emergency restraining order in the California Federal Court Eastern Division to stop all unlawful activities at Mooney Grove Park. The […]
Prognostications in Hindsight It would make sense for me to hang up my prognostication hat, except for the fact that I, along with a lot of other people smarter than myself, were completely wrong about this election. Donald Trump won, despite insulting every minority and special group in the United States, and campaign chair Kelly […]
Republican pundit and political animal Cheyne Strawn of Tulare released his election predictions today on the eve of the Presidential election. Though some predictions match those of the Valley Voice‘s Political Fix column, he gives a “young guns Republican” view of what is in store for the nation and Tulare County on Tuesday. His most […]
Hanford residents have a wide selection of candidates this election. Three candidates are running for Area C. Mark Cole and Martin Devine are challenging incumbent Gary Pannett, who was first elected in 2012. Area B is an open seat that has four candidates. Incumbent Russ Curry and his wife have moved to Henderson, Nevada for […]