HSR Agency: Rail to cost $98.5bil
During Fresno State’s High-Speed Rail town hall meeting last week, California Assemblyman David Valadao said that the project, which at the time was projected to cost $67 billion, would wind up costing tax payers $100 billion. According to the Associated Press and the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s business plan, the Hanford native was pretty close … Read more
It’s Official for Borgeas
Borgeas announces Supervisor bid; Ex-Judge Wanger calls for more Federal judges. Yesterday, City council member Andreas Borgeas announced, to no one’s surprise, that he was officially running for Fresno County Supervisor. Borgeas, who started preparing for the race nearly two seconds after Supervisor Susan Anderson announced she would not seek reelection, stood in front of … Read more
Undecided 2012: Possible New Contender in Calif. 16th
Clovis native and CEO of CargoBay Case Lawrence said that he’s considering a run for Congress against four-term Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA20). The conversation has turned from Costa versus Cardoza to Costa versus Lawrence.
Opinion: What does the Assembly have to hide?
Assembly Speaker John Perez may be in a spat with colleague Anthony Portantino stopping the release of legislature office budgets; but why should that stop Valley Republicans who have no vested interest the Democratic Caucus’ intra-party fight?
GOP to Brown Tax hike: Time to Caucus
With the California legislature awaiting Jerry Brown to propose a tax hike on a special election ballot, there is one clear thing: Republicans will have none of it. Republicans in the Assembly and Senate have joined created a new “Taxpayers Caucus” to address Brown’s moves towards raising income, sales and vehicle tax. Founded by Senator … Read more
