Stop Killing People With Our Tax Money I recently sent a note to Rep. Jim Costa about the bombardment in the Middle East—not a “war” when one side is bombing the shit out of the other side, [...] Continue Reading
Elections
CVLRT Endorses Republican for Congress
On Dec. 9, 2023, the Central Valley Leadership Round Table (CVLRT) met in Firebaugh to interview candidates for California’s 13th Congressional District, which includes parts of Merced, Madera, [...] Continue Reading
Can We Prevent a Frightening Prospect?
It has long been said that all great empires come to an end. Is that to be our fate? Yes, we are an empire even though we seldom apply that word to the American Dream. I fear that we are about to get [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC Sponsored Page
February 2024 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Central Valley Progressive PAC Sponsored Page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
Trump: una Amenaza Real Para los Migrantes y la Democracia
(Nota del Editor: este artículo se reproduce con la autorización de HispanicLA.com) Dicen que “Año Nuevo, Vida Nueva”. Pero ese no es el caso para los miles de migrantes que siguen llegando a la [...] Continue Reading
La Mesa Redonda de Líderes del Valle respalda al Republicano Duarte
El 9 de diciembre de 2023, la Mesa Redonda de Liderazgo del Valle Central se reunió en Firebaugh para entrevistar a los candidatos para el 13º Distrito Congresional de California, que incluye partes [...] Continue Reading
Cruz Challenges Controversial Supervisor Magsig
Jennifer “Jen” Cruz, of Clovis announced her candidacy for the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) District 5 seat on Jan. 4. She has more than 20 years of experience managing businesses and [...] Continue Reading
Supervisors’ Political Appointees to Censor Books
On Nov. 28, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to establish a censorship panel for the Fresno County Library system. An 11-member panel, with two members appointed by each supervisor [...] Continue Reading
Getting to Know a School Board Candidate
(Author’s note: Dan Bordona has announced his candidacy for a school board seat in the November 2024 election. The author worked as a teacher at Edison High School when Bordona was also there—first as [...] Continue Reading
Las Elecciones 2024 Estarán Marcadas por el Voto Étnico y el Racismo
POR IVÁN WIELIKOSIELEC El 15 de mayo de 2018, el por entonces presidente Donald Trump autorizaba la construcción de un muro en la frontera mexicana de 300 millas. ¿La razón? “proteger al país de [...] Continue Reading
De Política y Cosas Peores
El debate, el intercambio de ideas, el no pensar necesariamente igual que los demás son cosas que personalmente valoro. Pero no la aberración. Eso es lo que ha venido sucediendo en [...] Continue Reading