I don’t like waiting in lines, apathy, stupidity, bad food, lousy wine, boring people, and a host of other stuff we must contend with in the course of our every day lives. Such preferences are on a personal level thus adjustments can be made to lower exposure to what can be termed as chumpism. Failures in government are placed in a different category as millions of people are effected by what elected officials do and how they choose to administer laws. [click to continue…]
Rein in the IRS Rallies will be held at noon today across the country. Tweet, e-mail and call your Congress Critters, send letters to the editor of your failing newspapers, flash signs at busy street corners. See the full posting below from Jenny Beth Martin, of Tea Party Patriots. [click to continue…]
In an uproarious session of the Orinda City Council on Monday, May 13, residents of Orinda and other Bay Area communities expressed strong opposition to plans requiring local communities to build high-density, high-rise housing in Orinda and elsewhere. [click to continue…]
Concord Mayor Dan Helix, Councilman Ron Leone, and Tim Grayson have one thing in common. All were registered Republicans who recently bolted the Party. It is speculated that in the case of these office holders, being a member of the GOP has proven to be a handicap not only for holding local non partisan posts, but also in dealing with political matters outside of city limits. Can the new state GOP chairman turn Republican prospects in California around? [click to continue…]
Bill Gram-Reefer is Editor & Publisher of Halfway To Concord, founded in 2004. Halfway To Concord is the leading online source for community-driven political news, events, and opinion for Contra Costa County and the San Francisco East Bay.