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Rep. Mike Thompson – Benicia Town Hall

March 24, 2019 Roger Straw

As it appeared in today’s Benicia Herald print edition.  (See also Constance Beutel’s video coverage.)

Congressman Thompson attends Benicia Town Hall at a packed Senior Center

March 24, 2019 (Download PDF version here.)

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Recent Posts

  • Steve Young: It is time to make a Choice October 26, 2020
  • In Benicia and Solano County new voters can REGISTER TO VOTE now or anytime, even at your polling place on Nov. 3 October 26, 2020
  • Benicia Final Forum – Candidates to discuss negative campaigning on Saturday, Oct. 31, 10am October 25, 2020
  • Letter on Benicia Mayor’s race: ‘Disturbing to be repetitively assaulted by non-fact-based, character-smearing tactics’ October 24, 2020
  • Solano reports 37 new COVID cases and 2 new hospitalizations October 23, 2020
  • Valero PAC – Expenditures of over $135,000 Sept 20 to Oct 17, now over $200K for the year October 23, 2020
  • COVID hospitalizations in Solano County up by 16, ICU bed count down 10% October 22, 2020
  • Coronavirus in Solano County – another 34 cases today October 21, 2020
  • Letter from Benicia’s Marilyn Bardet to BAAQMD: Must enforce refinery air monitor requirements October 21, 2020
  • City of Benicia now posting copies of Valero PAC ads and phone scripts October 21, 2020
  • Solano COVID update: 54 new cases overnight, averaging 39 new cases per day over last 3 weeks October 20, 2020
  • Valero PAC – Those 2 new mailers: $9,844 …and $11,000 more for ROBOCALLS October 20, 2020
  • Valero’s pet labor union kicks in $25,000 to help buy the Benicia Mayor’s seat October 20, 2020
  • Benicia Mayor race: 2 more $Valero mailers smearing Steve Young October 20, 2020
  • Solano COVID numbers: 108 new cases over the weekend, average of 37 per day over last 2 weeks October 19, 2020
  • Benicia Mayor candidate Steve Young: Finding common ground with Valero when they want me to lose SO badly October 19, 2020
  • Solano County COVID-19 Positive Rate back over 6%, first time since Sept 3 October 16, 2020
  • Vallejo Times-Herald’s not-so-subtle promotion of Trump’s Supreme Court judicial pick October 16, 2020
  • Here’s what the official ballot box looks like at Benicia City Hall October 16, 2020
  • What if Trump won’t leave? Call it what it is, and be ready… October 16, 2020
  • Solano County daily COVID report on Oct 15: Active cases back up over 300 October 15, 2020
  • Paul Adler of Benicia Valero: captured on video refusing to refrain from negative election interference October 14, 2020
  • Solano County daily COVID update: 32 new positive cases, 20 of them 18 to 49 years of age October 14, 2020
  • Solano COVID report on Oct 13: current hospitalizations and test rate up, fewer ICU beds October 13, 2020
  • Benicia Valero PAC throws in another $7,000 for live phone calls October 13, 2020
  • Where is the Benicia Valero PAC money coming from? October 13, 2020
  • Benicia Campaigns to Valero: BACK OFF! October 13, 2020
  • John Ryan – Some background on political ambitions of Christina and Scott Strawbridge October 10, 2020
  • COVID report for Solano on October 9 – no new hospitalizations or deaths for 2 days in a row October 9, 2020
  • Valero PAC spends another $17,000 for robo calls and live phone calls October 9, 2020
  • VIDEO: Benicia Candidate Forum, League of Women Voters of Solano County October 9, 2020
  • VIDEO: Benicia candidate forum on Air Quality and Refinery Issues October 9, 2020
  • Please stay safe – 50 newly confirmed COVID cases in Solano County overnight as of Oct. 8 October 8, 2020
  • COVID virus continues to spread in Solano County: 2 deaths and 34 new cases overnight October 7, 2020
  • Solano COVID-19 report: 23 new cases, significant drop in availability of ICU beds October 6, 2020
  • Weekend COVID increase of 81 cases, 1 hospitalization and 1 death in Solano County October 5, 2020
  • COVID-19 still spreading in Solano County – reporting 45 new cases overnight, 6 hospitalizations October 2, 2020
  • Valero PAC spending heavily in Benicia Mayor race – details October 2, 2020
  • COVID in Solano County on October 1: reporting 30 new cases, no deaths October 1, 2020
  • Good Neighbor Steering Committee Candidates’ Forum on Air Quality and Refinery Concerns, Benicia, Mon. Oct. 5 October 1, 2020
  • Candidates for Benicia Mayor and Council – written answers to questions on key issues October 1, 2020
  • The story behind your missing California Voter Information Guide October 1, 2020
  • Your official California Voter Information Guide – available here October 1, 2020
  • Spike of COVID deaths in Solano Care facilities continues – 2 more deaths reported today September 30, 2020
  • BREAKING: Non-delivery of California Voter Information Guide September 30, 2020
  • Solano reports 4 more COVID deaths, 14 in the last week: 1 youth, 2 middle-agers, 11 elders September 29, 2020
  • Solano COVID update: 2 more deaths, test rate rises again September 28, 2020
  • Election Day? No! This week (Sept 28-Oct 3) is ELECTION WEEK! September 28, 2020
  • Solano County does not have reliable information on each day’s new COVID hospitalizations September 28, 2020
  • End of big oil and its revenue impact on Benicia September 27, 2020
  • California plans to independently vet COVID-19 vaccine data September 27, 2020
  • Coronavirus: California could see 89% increase in hospitalizations next month, health official warns September 27, 2020
  • Solano COVID report on Fri. Sept 25: 31 new cases, 5 new hospitalizations, no new deaths September 25, 2020
  • You can VOTE in Benicia on Monday, Sept 28! Roger’s recommendations… September 25, 2020
  • Solano is mailing your ballot to you on Sept 26 – Benicia, Vallejo, Fairfield, Vacaville, Suisun City, Rio Vista, Dixon September 25, 2020
  • Smoke from California fires may have killed more than 1,000 people September 25, 2020
  • Solano County COVID numbers going in wrong direction September 25, 2020
  • 3 more COVID deaths in Solano County, 8 reported in last 3 days September 24, 2020
  • Biden’s campaign assures voters the U.S. ‘is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House’ September 24, 2020
  • Solano’s 3 new COVID deaths not new – County is updating records September 24, 2020
  • Solano COVID update: 38 new cases, spike in hospitalizations, 3 new deaths (including a person 18-49 years of age) September 23, 2020
  • Solano announces plan to re-open today and meanwhile reports 19 new COVID cases, 19 new hospitalizations, 2 deaths September 22, 2020
  • Benicia School Superintendent Young: Letter on COVID-19 plans September 22, 2020
  • Solano County press release: Loosening some COVID restrictions, “…best defense is to continue with the safety protocols” September 22, 2020
  • BREAKING: Solano County may move into COVID-19 red tier Tuesday Sept 22 September 22, 2020
  • Solano COVID test rate back up to 5% while California’s rate dips to 2.8% September 21, 2020
  • How to report illegal political campaign ads, signs, and more September 20, 2020
  • FOX News, Right-wing Radio, GOP Senate: No Systemic Racism September 19, 2020
  • The death of RBG; news orgs remember legal legend; election jolted; McConnell warns of ‘pressure from the press’; views from right and left September 18, 2020
  • Solano County daily COVID update: 31 new cases overnight, test rate remains low at 2.9% September 18, 2020

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