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An initiative that endorses the building of up to 700 houses south of the city border will get its first public airing Tuesday.
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If Contra Costa Supervisor Mary Piepho has her say, a municipal advisory council could be Alamo’s official advisory body to the Board of Supervisors.
links for 2005-08-04
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The changes approved Tuesday set individual contributions to candidates at $1,675 and from "broad-based political committees" at $5,000. Candidates can accept a maximum of $40,000 from all committees during one election cycle.
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. . and rethink what you do with it. Does multitasking really get anything done?
links for 2005-08-03
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If the inland portion of the Concord Naval Weapons Station closes later this year, massive home developments and office buildings will not sprout up overnight.
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"We’re gearing up and trying to position ourselves so we don’t miss issues,” said Concord City Manager Lydia DuBorg.
links for 2005-08-02
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The world’s largest corporation wants to open a discount store — not a supercenter with groceries — in North Concord that the company says would provide 350 jobs and more than $850,000 in annual sales tax revenue.
Checking the Reports
This week the political pundits in California will be pouring over the recently filed campaign finance committee reports (period ending June 30, 2005) to see if there are any surprising signs of strength or weakness to be found.
For those inclined to see what information is available on line visit the Secretary of State’s website – CalAccess . The search box in the upper-right corner is very useful. While the site lists all committees, it only provides on-line information for those committees that are large enough to fall under the on-line filing requirement. Also note – today is the filing deadline so some committees that should have on-line information available don’t, as of yet.
What’s interesting so far? Well, Contra Costa County Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier’s Assembly 2006 committee has reported raising $67,780 and spending $13,625 in the first half of 2005 leaving a balance of about $246,000. His only announced opponent, Dr. Laura Canciamilla, entered the race recently and probably hasn’t raised enough ($50,000+) to trigger the on-line filing requirement. On the other hand her husband Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla has two committees with a combined balance of just over $544,000.