The Kings County Board of Supervisors voted in February of 2015 to put Measure K on the June 7 primary ballot. The measure would raise the county’s sales tax by a quarter of a cent. Two thirds of the voters need to vote “yes” for the measure to pass. Beside the county supervisors, the city […]
Incumbent Richard Valle and longtime Corcoran business owner, Debra Kwast, are running for Kings County Supervisor District 2, which covers Corcoran, Kettleman City, and Avenal. The district also includes Home Garden, the residential enclave south of the Kings County Fairgrounds. Though not a partisan office, these supervisorial candidates hail from opposite sides of the political […]
Vying for District 5, which encompasses the northeastern corner of the county, is former Kings County District Attorney Greg Strickland and incumbent Richard Fagundes. Stickland dropped a bombshell on the election when he announced that if elected he would work without pay. “I am not going to take a salary,” declared Strickland. If he wins […]
After announcing a Special Board Meeting to vote on a resolution to call for a Tulare hospital bond election, the Tulare Regional Medical Center has posted the agenda for the upcoming meeting on its website, including an outline of the proposed bond. If adopted by the Tulare Local Health Care District Board of Directors as […]
On April 11, during Cafe 210’s monthly community forum the legalization of marijuana was hotly debated. On the panel were Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, Tulare County Office of Education’s Craig Wheaton, Operating Manager of CannaCan Help Wes Hardin, CannaCan Help’s attorney Doug Hurt, and Lt. Steve Phillips of the Visalia Police Department. The purpose of the […]
Even though ballots for Measure H were mailed out April 4, the arguments for and against the bond are still heating up. Registered voters in the Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) are being asked to vote on a general obligation bond for $327 million to build a new hospital. Ballots are due on May […]
In a tentative ruling on April 18, the Honorable Bret Hillman ruled against the county and denied the County of Tulare and individual defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The defendants in this case are the County of Tulare, Tim Lutz, Health and Human Resources fiscal operations manager, Animal Control employees Paula Mendoza, Yessica Ozuna and Motor Pool former […]
Sheriff Mike Boudreaux welcomed five new employees to the Tulare County Sheriff Office this week including the new Sheriff’s Pilot, Michelle Simoes. She will fly the Sheriff’s airplane that will arrive in May. Her desire to fly was sparked when her younger sister won a free introductory flight lesson. Simoes said she thought she would […]
The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States was Congressman Nunes’ special guest to Tulare County March 29 and 30. Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzon was appointed to his current post eight months ago, but had met Nunes years before through the US Intelligence Committee. Pinzon was the former Deputy Secretary of Defense of Colombia and […]
In a unanimous vote at the April 5 City Council meeting, Hanford councilmembers chose to listen to their constituents and voted in favor of having the Endless Dreams playground area resurfaced in rubber as opposed to a wood fiber finish, which had previously been approved by the Recreations & Parks Commission and voted upon by […]