Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Supervisor Peters fundraiser, Sheriff's meeting and playoffs in girls soccer, baseball and softball.
Today's events of the day are a fundraiser for Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, a Sheriff's community meeting and high school sports playoffs in girls soccer, baseball and softball. A reception honoring Peters, who is running for reelection in District 3, which includes Carmichael will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the home of supporter Lawrence Garcia on Ard Aven Place. The cost is $250 per person. Join the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department for a discussion of crime and related issues for the Carmichael community. The meeting is at 6:30 pm at the Del Campo High School Library at 4925 Dewey Drive in Fair Oaks. The playoffs are under way for Carmichael-area high schools. Today's schedule is: Girls Soccer Division III quarterfinals …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
District 8 includes Carmichael; Peter Tateishi, Ken Cooley endorsed.
Two candidates for the state Assembly District representing Carmichael have received the endorsement of The Sacramento Bee. The Bee endorsed Peter Tateishi, the Republican chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) and Rancho Cordova City Councilman Ken Cooley, a Democrat. The two are running for the reconfigured state Assembly District 8 seat, which covers eastern Sacramento County, including Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova and Arden Arcade. Their opponent is Republican Barbara Ortega, a small business woman and former lobbyist. Under the new open primary rules, voters on June 5 can vote for any candidate regardless of party, with the top two vote-getters competing in the general election in November, again …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sacramento County is seeking precinct officers for the June 5 election.
The Sacramento County Elections Office is preparing for the statewide June 5 election, and needs more precinct workers who speak Cantonese, Mardarin or Spanish. These workers staff polling places, and are paid $100 for working from 6 a.m. to about 10 p.m., according to a press release. First-time precinct workers also earn $25 to attend a training class. "To serve as a precinct officer you must be a United States citizen, California resident, registered voter, able to read and write English, and are at least 18 years of age," the office said in a press release. "Persons on parole for the conviction of a felony may not serve as a precinct officer." The precinct officers issue and collect ballots, assist voters, and "prepare, open, maintain …
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Local group to gather at Carmichael Library.
Today's Event of the Day is the monthly meeting of the Carmichael, Citrus Heights and Fair Oaks Tea Party Activists at 6:30 p.m. at the Carmichael Library. Speakers include David Wolfe from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Joseph McCray, who is challenging incumbent House Rep Doris Matsui and Rory Scott, campaign manager for Roberta MacGlashan. --- Subscribe to newsletters | Follow on Facebook and Twitter | Blog on Patch | Claim your business or group's listing
Monday, April 23, 2012
Eleanor Brown, Estelle Lemieux seek Area 4 seat representing Carmichael, Fair Oaks.
Two candidates are in the race for the Sacramento County Board of Education representing parts of Carmichael and Fair Oaks, The Sacramento Bee reported. Eleanor Brown was appointed in December 2010 to complete the Area 4 term of trustee Victoria Dane, who moved out of the county, The Bee reported. A retired teacher and principal who lives in Fair Oaks, Brown worked in the San Juan Unified School District for 35 years. Brown's challenger, Estelle Lemieux, is an education consultant, The Bee reported. --- Subscribe to newsletters | Follow on Facebook and Twitter | Blog on Patch | Claim your business or group's listing
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Local election officials posted an online ad last week.
Sacramento County Elections officials have enlisted a young spokesman for voting by mail, and they aren't bashful about their influences. “The E-Trade Baby commercials are attention-grabbing and entertaining,” a press release quoted Sacramento County Registrar of Voters Jill LaVine as saying. “We wanted to use this medium to reach out and communicate with people of all ages about voting by mail.” In a video posted last week and originally produced by Riverside County, a talking toddler reminiscent of the ones promoting the online stock trading website advises his mom to vote by mail to avoid "standing in line like a vote-a-saurus." Just more than half of Sacramento County's 645,558 registered voters vote by mail, according to the press …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Sac. Bee: Congressman outraises challenger.
U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) took in more than $500,000 for his re-election campaign in the first three months of the year, outraising rival Ami Bera, an Elk Grove Democrat, The Sacramento Bee reported. Lungren ended March with just under $900,000 on hand, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission, The Bee reported. Bera, whose filing has not yet appeared on the FEC website, said in a release issued earlier this month that he raised $366,000. Mario Galvan, a Carmichael resident and San Juan High School teacher who supports the "Occupy Sacramento" movement, previously announced he would also challenge Lungren in the newly drawn 7th Congressional District, which includes east Sacramento County and stretches …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Sign at Fair Oaks/Garfield intersection targets congressman.
A Carmichael billboard may have just kicked off a war of words between U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) and his Democratic challenger leading up to this fall's 7th Congressional District race. "Congressman Lungren. Protecting Millionaires Instead of Medicare" reads the billboard located at the intersection of Fair Oaks Boulevard and Garfield Ave., across the street from the Sunrise Assisted Living center. The billboard invites viewers to visit the website www.MillionairesOverMedicare.com and was paid for by the Democratic Congresssional Campaign Committee. Democratic leaders, including Ami Bera, an Elk Grove Democrat who also ran against Lungren in 2010, have told The Sacramento Bee "provisions in the House GOP budget plan, which …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Mario Galvan announces he's running for Congressional seat, Bee reports.
A Carmichael man who supports the "Occupy Sacramento" movement has announced he will run against U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) for Congress, The Sacramento Bee is reporting. Mario Galvan, 64, will run in the newly drawn 7th Congressional District, which includes east Sacramento County and stretches from Citrus Heights to Galt, The Bee reported. Ami Bera, a Democrat from Elk Grove who lost to Lungren in 2010, faces a rematch with the congressman. Galvan is the third Carmichael "Occupy" supporter to run for elected office, joining Jeff Kravitz and Gary Blenner, who are both running for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The House held hearings Thursday on an Obama administration plan to require that health insurance companies provide free contraceptives.
We got an email late last week from Janine Bera, wife of Ami Bera, the Elk Grove doctor and Democrat who's running against U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren in the 3rd Congressional District. In the message—presumably sent to women on the Bera campaign's email list—Mrs. Bera, who is also a physician, expressed her outrage at the hearings on birth control coverage that unfolded Thursday on Capitol Hill. Republicans and religious leaders are protesting President Obama's plan to require that health insurance companies provide free contraceptives to women. It's an issue affecting most women of childbearing age who enjoy sex but don't plan to have children in the near future—which is to say, a whole lot of women. Bera was upset that the House Committee on …
Todd Elving
9:28 am on Thursday, April 19, 2012
He is going to need every penny. Go Ami Bera more ›