Uphill Battle For State Senate Candidate Tom Pratt
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/05/2018 10:29 PM
Murphys, CA...In a sad local story it looks like Murphys resident and Vallecito School Board Member Tom Pratt who was running as a moderate Democrat will be outflanked to the left in the battle to represent the Democratic Party in November against Republican Andreas Borgeas. The District 8 State Senate Seat is being vacated by Tom Berryhill as he is being term limited out.
San Andreas, CA...Calaveras County June 5th Election Results. We just checked in with the elections office in San Andreas and they are getting all of the absentee ballots queued up for the first tabulating run after 8pm. Typically first results are reported 8:30 - 8:45pm. Then it is the waiting game as the precincts come in to see if there are enough votes to change the initial results in tight races. Most experts are expecting the contested races to head to November but there may be a few surprises for some races where one party's vote is split. Yes the result post is looooong but that is the only way to show the Measure A results without scrolling.
Tom Pratt Becomes Clear Favorite heading into June Primary
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/04/2018 09:47 PM
Murphys, CA...Vallecito Union School Board Member, local businessman and community leader Tom Pratt announced today that he has earned the support of UDW/AFSCME Local 3930 (The Homecare Providers Union) for his State Senate campaign. “UDW is pleased to announce our endorsement of Tom Pratt for California State Senate District 8. The 100,000 IHSS home care providers we represent need legislators that know that the only way we will meet our state’s long-term care needs is to lift up and support caregivers. Tom Pratt is committed to supporting caregivers, not only with improved wages and benefits, but by meeting the needs of their families and communities and the low-income seniors and people with disabilities they serve.” said Kristina Bas Hamilton, Legislative Director for UDW/AFSCME.
Presidential Tweets From Morning of June 4th...Including Tweet Asserting Power to Pardon Himself
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/04/2018 08:44 AM
Washington, DC..."The appointment of the Special Counsel is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Despite that, we play the game because I, unlike the Democrats, have done nothing wrong!" Many, Many more tweets are enclosed...
Supreme Court Rules for Masterpiece Cakeshop. Justice Kennedy Delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/04/2018 09:02 AM
Washington, DC...In 2012 a same-sex couple visited Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery in Colorado, to make inquiries about ordering a cake for their wedding reception. The shop’s owner told the couple that he would not create a cake for their wedding because of his religious opposition to same-sex marriages—marriages the State of Colorado itself did not recognize at that time. The couple filed a charge with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission alleging discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in violation of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.
Re-Elect Michael C. Oliveira Supervisor District 3
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/03/2018 12:33 PM
Arnold, CA...In the first three years of my first four-year term as Supervisor for District 3 in Calaveras County, I am engaged in several areas regarding the welfare and the prosperity of Calaveras county. Those areas include the County budget, crime in the entire County and specifically in District 3, the business community, the building industry, the general plan update, our youth opportunities, our tourism and more importantly, the recent involvement of the regulation of cannabis and recreational use allowed by the state effective this year.
Paid for by Re-elect Michael Oliveira for Supervisor 2018 FPPC # 1400869
