Stacey Mortensen, executive director of the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, was profiled in the latest installment of the “10 Questions” Sunday feature. In it, she talks about the resurrection of Altamont Commuter Express’s Stockton station and the possibility of future train riders taking the ACE to 49er games.
Bob Elliott’s campaign announced a Tracy businessman and longtime county planning commissioner was hosting a fund-raising dinner for Elliott’s bid for an open seat on the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisor. Hosted by Commissioner Stan Morri and wife, Eileen, the dinner is scheduled Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $100 per person and $150 [...]
Congressional candidate Ricky Gill’s campaign send out a release announcing its first television advertisement. You can watch the ad here. In it, Gill empathizes his local credentials, saying: “Times are tough in the Valley. It’s time to have a local voice in Congress.” He says this on a bridge somewhere that looks like it’s in [...]
I caught a whiff of some tasty nachos while walking through the County Administration Building today. Since it was coming from the direction of the Second Floor chapel, my first thought was that it might be a wedding celebration. But it wasn’t that. A group of employees from the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s Office were raising money for [...]
Mark Stebbins, candidate for District 1 Supervisor had a letter in today’s paper. In it, he embraces the therm “perennial candidate,” which appeared in brief news item that ran early this month: He writes: “The towering California redwoods are perennials; the pesky star thistle, an annual that springs up only for a season in barren [...]
San Joaquin County officials are on their annual lobbying trip to Washington D.C. this week. The first wave flew out on Saturday, but the meetings began in earnest on Monday. Elected officials and other local leaders have a packed schedule of meeting with members of congress and their staff as well as officials with the [...]
The campaign for Republican Rep. Jeff Denham announced on its website this week the endorsement of three of San Joaquin County’s five members of the Board of Supervisors. The congressman’s current district extends to the border between San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. Last year’s re-drawing of the congressional maps has him running for the 10th [...]
Tracy City Councilman Bob Elliott today released names of five campaign co-chairmen in his run for open seat in District 5 for the Board of Supervisors. The district includes Tracy, Mountain House and part of Manteca and the surrounding unincorporated areas. The seat is held by Supervisor Leroy Ornellas, who is terming out. Tracy Planning [...]
The South San Joaquin Republicans have put out to call to Republicans running for office in the southern part of San Joaquin County to come and speak at its May 7 meeting in Manteca. Already on the speakers card are Bob Elliott and Thomas Benigno, the two Republicans running for the District 5 seat on the [...]
Today was the final day of the nomination period, a significant moment in the timeline of the June 5 election. So I found myself in the familiar position of hanging around the county Registrar of Voters Office, waiting for the latest information. One of the busy staffers determining that the candidates had done everything necessary [...]