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The Race: South SMC 2012 Board of Supes Race Begins
The field of candidates who have expressed interest in succeeding terming out Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibsonhas just grown from a likely four to a likely five with the entrance of East Palo Alto...
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Then There Were Six - San Mateo County 2012 Supervisors Race Expands
A sixth candidate has entered the race to replace terming out Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson. Newly installed Menlo Park Mayor Kirsten Keith has taken out the necessary paperwork with theSan Mateo...
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San Mateo County Civic Leaders Give Notice
In the past two weeks two veteran civic leaders in San Mateo County have resigned from office in the middle of their respective terms.Two weeks ago, San Mateo County Controller Tom Huening announced...
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Now There Are 8 - Slocum Enters San Mateo County Supervisors Race
Without much noise or fanfare, San Mateo County’s recently retired six-term Assessor-Clerk Recorder Warren Slocum announced on his twitter site that he is a candidate for the 4th Supervisorial...
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Is San Mateo County Ready For District Election?
Recently, the San Mateo County Community College District board of trustees continued a process that may eventually lead to a change in the way trustees are elected from a countywide system to one...
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What’s in a name? California State Assembly 19th District Race Analysis.
Election Day is almost here and very little has happened on the campaign fronts of a myriad of local races. In fact, it has been so quiet it’s eerie. That will likely change this week as mail-in...
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An Amusing San Mateo County Board Election
With only a day left to determine the final two contenders for the District 4 San Mateo County Supervisor seat the respective campaigns are closing out what has been a relatively quiet contest...
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San Mateo County Races Big Winners
The June 5, 2012, Primary Election is now over and as the dust settles a cast of winners and losers has emerged. The biggest winner by far is South San Francisco Councilmember Kevin Mullin who emerged...
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Recall Fire Lit - San Mateo County Coastside Fire Board
The midsummer is typically a time of political quiet with Primary Elections decided and vacations taking precedence. That is largely true with the notable exception of the San Mateo County Coast....
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Bay Area Water Loss Pending - Removing Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Impacts
A San Francisco ballot measure designed to promote the draining of the famed Hetch Hetchy Reservoir may have big implications for San Mateo County residents. Hetch Hetchy Reservoir located in the...
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Electoral wizards of Menlo Park – Analysis of the November City Council Election
Even though the June 5 Primary Election of District 4 (which covers parts of the Southern portion of San Mateo County) has just barely passed, filing for the November 2012 General Election is open....
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Hickey's campaign turns the Sequoia Health Care District topsy-turvy
The relatively low profile but frequently newsworthy Sequoia Health Care District in southern San Mateo County has a colorful history in the elections of its five-member board of directors in recent...
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Latino Representation Being Challenged in EPA
The relatively small community of East Palo Alto is frequently a hotbed of political activity in which every elected office from Sanitary District to City Council always attracts numerous candidates....
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Turmoil persists in upcoming Daly City Clerk Election of San Mateo
The political drama surrounding the City Clerk's Office in the City of Daly City, San Mateo County's largest city with a population of over 102,300 residents and is located on the county's most...
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Will San Mateo County Elect its Sups by District?
San Mateo County’s Measure B is a potential political game changer in San Mateo County but the quiet campaign behind it must compete with the noise and distractions of the Presidential Election, State...
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SMC Political Faces Change
Much has been made at the national level of the turnout results for President Barack Obama among Latinos, African Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Americans. The President’s margin of victory has...
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Stalemate in Brisbane - Council vacancy leads to political turmoil
Four members of the Brisbane City Council have deadlocked over the process to fill a council vacancy left by the sudden departure of veteran councilmember Sepi Richardson just prior to the end of the...
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Will Minorities Run for Board Office in San Mateo County
The hold out county, San Mateo, which was the only county to not elect its supervisors in the district, will now join the rest of California beginning 2014.The issue of district elections versus...
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Spring into San Mateo County local elections
San Mateo County Coastside Fire Protection District Recall EndsSpring has come to San Mateo County but the local electoral politics remain hot despite the moderate temperatures of the Peninsula. April...
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Change to SMC College Board
After the April resignation of veteran San Mateo County Community College District trustee Helen Hausman http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=14009, the remaining board members opted to fill...
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