Kevin Dayton
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Kevin Dayton is a public policy consultant in California.
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City of Monterey residents have now received their ballots, so...
"Kevin Dayton for Water Board 2024" campaign website:
ID
#1475938
Includes the "50 Ways to Get Your Water" list:
"There's no excuse for our insufficient water supply!"
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Democrats have held all 8 California state offices since 2010, the full state legislature since 1996 and currently a ¾ supermajority of both chambers of the legislature. They also control most major local governments in the state. Where does the buck stop?
These pictures cry out for change. CA has invested more in wildfire prevention than any time in our history. Enacted bold climate policies. But it’s not enough.
We must do more. We need action at EVERY level. CA cannot do this alone.
Climate change is REAL.
So please — VOTE.
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In case you think California is a Republican political bastion, see this chart.
In the region where I live, Republicans are a fringe political party. Yet the social ills persist - especially lack of adequate housing & water and population decline.
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This letter reflects views of many people who have moved in the past few years to where I live.
They are older wealthy educated environmentalists escaping area codes such as 510 (San Francisco - East Bay) & locking out everyone else, while thinking they're righteous in doing so.
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Attention, Northern California!
This would be a good place to visit in the next several days & spend a lot of money.
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Californians Who Support Limited Government & Fiscal Responsibility:
Stop paying attention to Russian bots & focus on policies & elections at your LOCAL governments. This is how you can make a REAL difference, by protecting your communities from bankruptcy when recession comes!!!
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Here's the cheapest Covered California "Obamacare" option in Monterey County for a family that doesn't qualify for a subsidy.
Nice 25% year-to-year increase!
It's costly in California for the self-employed or small business owner to evade the embrace of institutional employment.
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Groups in San Francisco make their arguments in opposition to local measures that would make it easier to build housing.
Source:
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Municipality Envy!
San Francisco Board of Supervisors can afford $20,993,039 for its multi-year "San Francisco Sugary Drinks Distributor Project" to stop people from drinking such beverages.
The benefit of high taxes - you can keep on spending.
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Cannabis businesses in San Francisco already must sign a Labor Peace Agreement or union collective bargaining agreement.
Now, must have 35% of new hires as graduates of State-approved apprenticeship programs or of City-certified pre-apprenticeship programs
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Degrowth (along with Demolition) will become California's dominant ideology in the 21st Century.
Letter to Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors condemns explosion of economic growth, industry & agriculture and calls for adoption of a Degrowth Strategy.
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Pie Chart of reasons for visits to Level II Trauma Center at Natividad (Monterey County's public hospital), as presented today by its CEO.
He says most people guess gun shot wounds, but that's 5%.
Motor Vehicle Collisions are 43%.
Motorcycle Collisions are 7%.
Falls are 21%.
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As I've said many times before (and people don't believe me), the proposed development type in California that provokes the most hostility is SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES. Look at public comments for any senior living facility.
My theory: such facilities remind people they will die.
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I'm STILL holding to my belief that senior living facilities are the most hated kind of development in California. Environmental reviews are packed with public comments objecting to them.
The Fear of Decline and Death.
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"Ben Has No Worries In the World."
With the tourists gone and the locals staying away, Ben is able to enjoy a peaceful 90 minute swim today in the harbor of the
@CityofMonterey
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Ha, thanks to people talking too loudly among themselves in a public space & a few hours of research, I identified likely corruption in a California city. I'll pass this to the locals along with advice on how to expose it.
Loose Lips Sink Politicians.
Keep Your Corruption Quiet.
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@davidmschmalz
The head of one of three branches of government at one level of government based in Washington, DC is the cause of all the current misery in California. I get it.
South Dakota will get the blame if Biden gets elected (because no one will touch the People's Republic of China).
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It's hard to be an expert on both epidemiology & Afghanistan, but many public intellectuals have achieved this feat in the past 18 months. Good job!
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Paperwork is signed, oath is taken, statement of qualifications is below the maximum number of words, and I’m now an official candidate for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
@mpusd_now
board to represent City of Monterey.
Excellent service (as usual) from
@MontereyVote
.
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Sometimes you see something happen, you say “it seems like a conspiracy!” & then it turns out to be one.
#SecretWin
The images in this Clinton email are labeled "secret win."
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Reality: US is in a "Great Depression" like 1930s. It's disguised by social programs, phony statistics, debt & monetary policy manipulation.
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The country's most salacious political news isn't getting mainstream news media attention at all. The story is doing some damage, I think.
Eventually someone will break & publish because of the potential for a lot of clicks & the money that will come from that. Then, floodgates.
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Idea for the afternoon: go to the nearest lot or street corner that's accumulating litter & owned by the public. Spend 15 minutes picking it up.🗑️
Neglected public property suggests that Government is no longer capable of functioning. Remember, We the People are the Government.
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@seasidefatty
The Democrats are all talk about climate change, because they know the people would vote them out if they imposed stringent restrictions on personal lifestyles. Even banning natural gas hookups in new buildings gets people upset. "But I practice a special kind of slow food diet."
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How is Monterey County doing with its COVID-19 community transmission rates?
Exceptional, both in the USA and in California.
Source: via
@CDCgov
Not what people would have expected in a place where agriculture & tourism are 2 of the dominant industries.
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"a new $4.50/month fee for rooftop solar customers...a 60 percent cut to how much it pays customers who end the year having produced more electricity than they used"
Homeowners, did you think big corporations & unions would let you escape their hegemony?
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My daughter, a high school senior, showed me the substantive research she's doing as she considers her college applications. ↓ UC campuses on the list!
I noted colleges Celebrate Diversity. Some students live in vans, others live in houses adjacent to campus bought by parents.
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"just retired and moved to Santa Cruz last spring...surprised and upset when I learned of the plans...99 condos...chaos this will wreak on the area can not be allowed to happen."
"Just retired" new arrivals also oppose Monterey HS football field lights.
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“California’s public employee pension systems have immense gaps – called 'unfunded liabilities' – between what they have in assets and what they will need to meet their obligations to retirees.”
They say it’s because taxes are too low.
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Watching smoke from the
#RiverFire
burning near Salinas. Lightning apparently started it this morning.
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Environmental groups:
"Don't build anything that isn’t infill."
Neighborhood associations:
"Don’t build anything that is infill."
Commercial property brokers:
"Don't convert commercial buildings to residential use."
Families: "We're moving to Texas."
People staying: "Good-Bye!"
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Has any noticed that many of the places in California most outraged about the treatment of migrants are also the places most resistant to new housing?
Where will the migrants live after they are admitted to the US?
Somewhere else will have to be somewhere.
Armed with signs, the group is calling for the closure of mass detention camps where they say migrants are being held. The event is part of a national day of action, according to organizers.
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@SFBART
A public accommodation is required for the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability.
Federal regulation promulgated in 2010.
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I have a polite request for the Sacramento press corps:
as the Newsom Administration proposes new programs to help people, please ask how the state will get the money, especially if recession comes. It’s nice the new California Governor wants to help but programs aren’t free.
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Pulgas Water Temple, near the Interstate 280 - Highway 92 interchange, west of San Mateo.
Beautiful place to visit.
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@HollyHGreen
This upset person moved to Santa Rosa shortly after the fires that destroyed 5% of the city's housing stock (more than 3000 houses) and now complains that people have been coming back.
(Those people didn't get the message that it was time to move to Texas.)
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The reason why people waited in line for an hour in Salinas for masa is because tamales take a long time to make. But I had homemade 🫔 for Christmas today because my wife made them a couple days ago with a friend. Also the crickets 🦗 were tasty.
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Another cultural victory for
@LorenaSGonzalez
. Not even a need to enact her mid-2010s legislation to mandate double pay on Thanksgiving for work at large corporations.
CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING: A growing number of stores say they will be closed on Thanksgiving this year so employees can spend the holiday with their families. Thank you!
FULL LIST:
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The movement begins to end the "right turn on red after stop" vehicle policy.
Berkeley City Council 11/3/2022 vote on budget referral for "eliminating the ability of cars to turn right on red at all signalized intersections."
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Photos of the Salinas arch installed this morning over the 200 block of Main Street in Downtown
@CityofSalinas
. Lots of community excitement about it.
This is part of the Main Street Streetscape Project, a key element of fulfilling the city's 2015 Downtown Vibrancy Plan.
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As soon as I saw this story break, I said "he's going to punish places that didn't support him in the election while letting his bastions of support such as Marin County get away with it."
Because...that's politics!
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@GavinNewsom
's "first-of-its-kind" lawsuit against a city for "refusing to meet regional housing needs" targets Huntington Beach in Orange County — not Newsom's home, Marin County, which (per
@dillonliam
) has carved out its own exception in state law:
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I hate to be the party-pooper, but the quest in California for workforce housing for public school teachers is destined to be a disaster.
The concept - which may have some merit if focused & planned properly - is overseen by wrong kind of leaders with wrong kind of motivations.
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Is anyone in California concerned that I seem to be the only person reporting on significant developments for electric power on the Central Coast, and the only person reporting on union mandates for government construction contracts? The news media has been decimated & it shows.
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Big News for continued advancement of City of Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan.
Monterey-based Heirloom Pizza (see ) will fill vacancy of old Beverly's Fabric & Crafts building at 344 Main Street, on both floors. I'm told contract was signed yesterday.
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People are surprised that California politicians are celebrating the founding of the People's Republic of China? Their system of "state capitalism" under a single party is California's aspiration and destiny.
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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors anticipates "potentially increased abortion care" provided to visitors from other states & votes 6/14/2022 to give $549,312 to Planned Parenthood to buy technology & equipment to accommodate the increase.
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Congratulations top JC Penney executives for your bonuses ($4.5 million to the CEO & $1 million to 3 other executives). Awesome job everyone! Almost as outstanding as the US Congress.
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Beautiful day on the Pacific Coast - Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula.
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The secessionist is indeed admitting the truth; this is de facto happening in California. It’s not a parody segment.
Calexit (think Brexit, but for California) campaigner wants to export the middle class and replace them with immigrants.
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Monitor your local government meeting agendas closely for the next few months.
It's possible you'll see some unusually controversial policies pop up unexpectedly out of nowhere as candidates try to earn endorsements or fulfill campaign commitments as the election approaches.
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Economist openly mocks City of Santa Cruz for so little new housing production. Congratulations on your recent achievement of 62 new residential units.
Doesn't he believe in Democracy? The People think the 62 new units was a parking, traffic, crime, quality of life disaster.
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Update on $70-80 million plan to establish commuter rail service between Salinas & South Bay (San Jose)/beyond.
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You know a city council is not truly serving the people when a special interest group brags in public about its upcoming legislative victory before the public has any clue a vote is coming.
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This is an example of why Americans need to preserve the constitutional republic.
Someone at
@DemsatUVA
understands dangers of factions.
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My spirits have been lifted over the past few days seeing the squid boats in Monterey Bay. Their lamps are on out there at night (attracting the plankton that squid like to eat). Trucks are coming and going off Municipal Wharf 2 to take away the catch. Things are NORMAL.🦑🦑🦑
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On Saturday morning I was doing garden work in my front yard & a man sped by while yelling at me, "Kevin, go jump off a bridge!"
It's good to know my community is noticing my policy work & providing advice to me to help make the community an even better place to live.
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It's a humiliating day for me.
The principal of my kids' high school just sent out an email endorsing one of my opponents for school board & declares that "Another candidate...would go to great lengths to disrupt and dismantle the educational opportunities of our students." ☹️
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Anyone in California who thinks 4-6 story residential buildings should surround neighborhood parks is apparently unaware of the Movement to Stop the Shadows.
I'm building a collection of electronic files on the topic.
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Hearing opposition comments to this project, you would think it was being plopped in a quaint gingerbread village.
It's dumpy there. Site is a vacant lot. Surrounding buildings are cheap motels, cheap retail & vacant boarded-up buildings. There's an "adult theater" 2 blocks down.
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@kevin_faulconer
Mexico is the biggest recipient of exports from California - by far! People don’t realize that.
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This is California.
But at some point someone will have to do physical labor.
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For those of you who want the eucalyptus gone from California, a pilot program:
Eucalyptus Removal Pilot Project
State Senator John Laird and I were able to secure $1 million in State funding for the County of Monterey to put forward a Eucalyptus Removal Pilot Project. Eucalyptus trees are nonnative, highly flammable, and expensive to remove.
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Marine fog is sucked into Marina & Carmel this afternoon but
@CityofMonterey
has bright blue sky overhead.
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My wife made a Father's Day cake from scratch! It's modeled after a Drake's Cakes Devil Dog, but with strawberries (picked by her in Watsonville) added to the filling. Sprinkles on top are the colors of my kids' high school.
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"Did you know that Gov Newsom grossly over-estimated Californias housing needs?"
Don't build more units. No one wants them.
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I will be at the Groundbreaking for the installation of the Monterey High School football field lights!
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Either California is doing something right or even the virus is fleeing the state.
If you look at the data table, no other state comes anywhere near California's lowest rate of transmission.
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"How Urban Planning Transformed Downtown
@CityofSalinas
into Monterey County’s Most Walkable Streetscape"
via
@mcweekly
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Highlights of 48 hours without power in
@CityofMonterey
: great deals at the fish markets with the restaurants all closed.
I cleaned the squid, sardines & shrimp. My wife cooked. I cleaned up.
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California cities borrowing $ for unfunded pension liability:
Riverside
Pomona
Torrance
Gardena
Ukiah
Placentia
West Covina
El Monte
Ontario
Carson
Inglewood
Montebello
Pasadena
Glendora
Larkspur
Monrovia
Hawthorne
La Verne
Chula Vista
El Cajon
National City
(Sales territories?)
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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors vote 1/9/2024 to purchase 50 acres near Half Moon Bay for $9 million. Bay City Flowers had a greenhouse facility on it. It's new use: "potential future development of high-quality housing for agricultural workers."
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I went to “The Largest Vietnamese Plaza in California” in San Jose & ate at Pho Ha Noi.
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Put bluntly by
@VoicesofBay
:
"Why the Kids Are Leaving."
What isn't said bluntly: "And the People Here Are Fine With That."
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"It is not necessary to add 60 units plus eight residential buildings...I say enough is enough! We have enough units as far as I'm concerned."
Santa Clara resident obtained her unit in 1959.
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Some multi-unit density housing was actually built for ordinary people in
@CityofSalinas
.
I’m at the
@SalinasChamber
ribbon cutting.
This is where Salinas Union High School District has acquired its workforce housing. All units filled!
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@nextdoorsv
"They" didn't build more housing 20-30 years ago even though "they" knew what was going to happen.
These Bay Area Council
@BayAreaCouncil
reports warning about the consequences are from 1988.
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I once again ask if anyone in California is uncomfortable with how some educational districts are awarding a contract for a project & then supplemental work is added on for years to avoid new bidding.
Just give all the work to cronies & end the pretense of competitive bidding.
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Sometimes the nice glossy campaign mailers & appealing ballot designations don't reflect the real political agenda.
Sorry, people.
Reserve 1 hour per week to look at your local government meeting agendas. Just 1 hour less of video games or TV. You'll learn about your community.
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I don't believe the California Governor is going to outright close the beaches on May 1.
Strategically, I would only do it if I wanted to provoke civil unrest for political purposes and/or to justify martial law.
Even the chosen date itself - May Day - has symbolic problems.
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If you are reasonably respected on social media, look for opportunities on social media to inspire POSITIVE action in your community.
My wife just noted that 2 things changed for the better where we live this week after she did Facebook posts.
Stop complaining, start helping.
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Salinas Valley is beautiful this time of year (actually, beautiful all year round.)
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Now THAT is a recall.
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People waiting in line for their vaccines at
@MontereyConfCen
get to meet Speck the falcon. Speck is discouraging sea gulls from nesting in the buildings at Portola Plaza in
@CityofMonterey
.
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One of the most dangerous websites in California is "Transparent California." For some reason people get very angry when the public goes to this website to look up information about their governments.
via
@Transparent_CA
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Tonight the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
@mpusd_now
board chose Veronica Miranontes in the last round for the vacant seat representing
@CityofMonterey
. I was honored to be considered & will continue supporting the district’s pursuit of excellence in volunteer roles.
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Here's the agenda of many local government officials during this crisis:
Trump Bad.Trump Bad.Trump Bad
Trump Bad.Trump Bad.
I want them called out publicly.
And after this is over, if our republic still exists, I want those bums voted out of office!
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Someone local created a new Twitter account last night to inform me I lost my school board race, no one cares what I think except my loser friends, and I work for Satan.
My concern about school enrollment decline appears to have been the trigger.
(More people will soon care.)
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I just created a ruckus at Salinas City Elementary School District board meeting, where one board member tried to disqualify me from speaking during public comment. But another board member pointed out that people who don’t attend the meetings wouldn’t necessary know the customs.
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This is impressive - no one would have predicted it a year ago. It’s the result of community leaders committing to difficult, boring work of planning, coordination & finding public and private sources of money to pay for effective outreach. Ask
@vidaproject831
how it’s done.
SALINAS REACHES 80% WITH AT LEAST 1 DOSE!🥬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
🚨Latest Monterey County Vaccination Rates by Region:
• 80% Salinas
• 74% Peninsula & Big Sur
• 71% North County
• 63% South County
🚨COUNTY NOW OVERALL 74%
Let’s get to 75%!!!!✊🏽
#GetVaccinated
💉
#FightCOVID
🥊
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Beautiful day at the beach on Monterey Bay in Marina, California.
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I just said a controversial thing: “I don’t consider it a victory for housing until the new unit is occupied.”
You can enact all the housing policies you want & approve any project, but in the end what matters is places where people live. Focus on the end not the means.
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@johnmyers
Anyone suspicious that unions - the backers of
#AB5
- created this video for the California Attorney General?
I bet a public records request would reveal the truth!
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Today I initiated an effort to get something I’ve long thought about: a Caltrans sign labeling where Highway 101 crosses the San Andreas Fault. This will be a long & probably futile effort but fun to try.
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