Considering a trip to Washington
Belmont resident Leslie Williams, a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, heard about his invitation to President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration just like the rest of us –- in the news. Williams, 89,...
View ArticleInauguration blogging
Warren Slocum, San Mateo County’s chief elections officer, is in the nation’s capital for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. He’s posting updates to the Twitter page of the county Elections...
View ArticleWhere’s Warren?
It turns out that county elections chief Warren Slocum wasn’t able to post as many updates as he would have liked to his Twitter site yesterday because his arms were pinned to his sides by the massive...
View ArticleMore local stimulus reaction
Here’s a link to Saturday’s Insider column, which dealt with Reps. Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier’s reactions following Friday’s House vote on the economic stimulus package. A couple comments from Anna...
View ArticleSan Mateo holds a tea party
Could the humble tea bag slingshot the Republican Party into the 21st century? This week’s latest news frenzy, beating out swashbuckling Somali pirates and even the swirling maelstrom surrounding Bo,...
View ArticleSpeier to hold health care meeting by phone
Rep. Jackie Speier will hold a town-hall meeting by telephone tomorrow with constituents on the subject of health care reform. The Obama administration’s attempt to overhaul the nation’s health care...
View ArticleSpeier votes no on war-funding bill
Spokesman Mike Larsen has confirmed that Rep. Jackie Speier voted against a $106 billion bill Tuesday to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Speier did so despite some “mild” lobbying from the White...
View ArticleEshoo on health care reform
So here, finally, is an account of our recent conversation with Rep. Anna Eshoo on the issue of health care reform. We wrote on June 10 that Eshoo had been pilloried as a flunky for the health...
View ArticleEshoo, Speier on House passage of health care bill
The Peninsula’s two representatives in the House, Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier, issued statements following House’s passage of Saturday of a health care reform bill. These are Eshoo’s prepared remarks...
View ArticleWhither Jackie Speier?
UPDATED BELOW As you probably know, Rep. Jackie Speier (pictured above at a town hall meeting last year in Montara) is pondering a bid for California attorney general after a poll showed her having an...
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