Author Archives: Roger Phillips

New Mayor Michael Tubbs just delivered a four-page speech at tonight’s swearing-in event at the Bob Hope Theatre. You can read an advance copy of the speech here. 

Ceremonial swearings-in will be held Tuesday night for Mayor Michael Tubbs and council members Jesús Andrade, Susan Lenz and Dan Wright. Also at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Bob Hope Theatre: Tubbs’ committee assignments and Tubbs’ official appointment of Elbert Holman as vice mayor. Click here for Tubbs’ City Council seating chart and his statement [...]

Today, the city released Tuesday night’s agenda for the first council meeting of the year. Swearings-in of new Mayor Michael Tubbs, new council members Susan Lenz and Jesús Andrade. and newly elected Councilman Dan Wright will be the highlights of the meeting, at the Bob Hope Theatre starting at 5:30 p.m. You can view the [...]

New Mayor Michael Tubbs and new council members Susan Lenz and Jesús Andrade will be sworn in Tuesday at the year’s opening City Council meeting, which will be held not at City Hall but at the Bob Hope Theatre. It’s always interesting to see who is granted the honor of swearing in new officials. Tubbs [...]

I stayed for about the first 150 minutes before moving on to other obligations. You can view it here. And here’s the handout from the meeting.

… was James Tufts. As for real mayors of cities with populations larger than 100,000, however, Michael Tubbs may set the record when he takes over in 315,592-resident Stockton on Jan. 1. He will be 26 years, 152 days old when he officially assumes office. According to Wikipedia, Luke Ravenstahl of Pittsburgh (304,391), was 26 [...]

Click on this link to listen.

As we all know, the election is now 15 days in the past, but votes are still being counted nationwide. That said, the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters posted “Unofficial Final Results” a few days ago, so if you are curious about Stockton “unofficial final results,” whatever those are, read on. MAYOR Michael Tubbs: [...]

Tonight’s meeting was the first since the election. Here’s what outgoing Mayor Anthony Silva, who lost in his reelection bid last week to Councilman Michael Tubbs, had to say: “This election is over. The people of Stockton have spoken. So, basically, as your mayor I have two main points. “The first is that we have [...]

Sometime over the weekend, political consultant Scott Winn’s home and vehicles in north Stockton were pelted with eggs. Winn says he has absolutely no idea who did it or why, but he has filed a report with the Stockton Police Department.                             [...]