A Made for TV Presidential Election The word chaos has become synonymous with Donald Trump. Some headlines include, “Chaos and disaster in campaign manager’s firing.” “Trump campaign – an organized circus of chaos.” “A Donald Trump presidency would be chaos.” And being the Reality Television star that he is, every time I hear the word […]
At the June 21 Hanford City Council meeting Hanford Environmental Action Team (HEAT) lost their appeal to protect a remnant of Mussel Slough. The council voted 5 -0 to deny HEAT’s appeal of the Bajun American Properties’ site plan review for a multi-family apartment complex. The proposed project will be built on Centennial Drive and […]
After staying in third place since the June 7th primary, Emilio Huerta, candidate for the 21st Congressional District, finally pulled ahead of Fowler Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Parra. Rep. David Valadao continues his dominating lead with 55.7% of the vote while Huerta now has 22.8% and Parra has 21.5%. Huerta and Parra are battling for second […]
The battle between Visalia and Fresno over which city will win the anticipated Nordstrom distribution center came to an anti-climatic end as Nordstrom put off its decision until 2020. A letter from Nordstrom to Visalia Mayor Steve Nelson and Visalia City Manager Mike Olmos said: “I want to thank you for working so closely with Nordstrom […]
Hindsight is 20/20. It was an exciting finish to a very contentious primary election. In State Assembly District 26, incumbent Devon Mathis and Democrat Ruben Macareno advanced to the runoff in November. Dennis Smith and Kuyler Crocker advanced to a runoff for Tulare County Supervisor District 1. Amy Shuklian won outright for Tulare County Supervisor […]
After a grueling three-week trial, it only took 45 minutes for a jury to come to a verdict on a suit against Tulare County, Paula Mendoza and Yessica Ozuna, both employees of Tulare County Animal Control. Paul Grenseman and Julia Jimenez filed suit in Tulare County Superior Court, against the County of Tulare, in November […]
After 38 years Visalia has new a new sign ordinance. At the June 6 city council meeting, the vote was three to two in favor, with council members Amy Shuklian and Greg Collins voting no. While Shuklian and Collins voted no they were mostly satisfied with new sign ordinance. Updating Visalia’s sign ordinance has been […]
Measure K, the proposed public safety tax, suffered a tough loss during the June 7 primary while both incumbents retained their Kings County Supervisor seats. Measure K needed two-thirds of the vote to pass but just missed the mark by receiving 66.35%. The measure came within 40 or 50 votes of its goal. A few […]
Final results for the 26th District State Assembly race showed only a 583 vote difference between second place Democrat Ruben Macareno and third place Republican Rudy Mendoza. Assemblyman Devon Mathis was the clear winner Tuesday night with 44.1% of the vote. Macareno had 28.7% and Mendoza had 27.3% of the vote. The top two vote […]
Tensions were high as all of the local candidates waited patiently for the election returns Tuesday night. Initial results came out at 8:15, with the absentee vote, and those results remained consistent throughout the night. Visalia City Council woman Amy Shuklian won over Tulare County Supervisor Phil Cox by ten points and was the winner […]