Conference of California Cities

We were recently represented at the Conference of California Cities, in Long Beach by not one, but two of our City Council members.  Councilmember Federighi assured me that this conference was worth attending and important enough to warrant the use of taxpayer money for it.  I believe her, but do not understand why we had [...]

Missing Campaign Signs

Recently, some of my campaign signs were removed from a lot now bearing signs for two of the councilmembers running against me.  I do not believe that whoever put up their signs took mine down and, in fact, they were courteous enough to speak with me about the incident to see if we could piece [...]

Videos!

I threw together some videos for the campaign.  I did not really have the time to polish them to perfection, but they get the point across.  The short one is in this post, but the Roads and About Me section have one each, too.  In addition to YouTube, these videos will be available through the [...]

We are getting our message out and it is having an impact!

Tonight, I sat in on a Council meeting and was happy to hear the Council discussing some of what we’ve been pushing for.  Though they are reluctant to cut costs and still prefer raising taxes, they are debating some of my campaign points.  They were trying to find ways to reduce landscaping costs, which is a small, [...]

Campaign Swag is In!

We are just starting to get in all of our campaign ammunition.  So, anyone with room on their yard for a yard sign; windowspace for posters; or counterspace for flyers, please let me know.  Let’s get the message out that we are tired of the Council’s policies!

Welcome Home for the Troops

I learned something today that is not a focus of my campaign or really political at all, that was quite upsetting to me.  There are groups, like the Lafayette Flag Brigade, who welcome home troops returning to their hometowns, from Livermore to Orinda.  They like for the local government to type up a nice letter [...]

Lafayette Vistas

I was reading the last Lafayette Vistas and realized that it is a taxpayer-funded way for the Council to push their political agenda.  The largest portion of the newsletter is an argument for the already-failed sales tax.  It includes a statement that the Council plans to pass the sales tax again in the future and [...]