I know there must be a few of you out there like me. I never voted by mail before! This year, most everyone will be voting by mail. With all the talk about Trump trying to hobble the Post Office, I got to thinking we should be ready to vote by mail, AND… ready do … Continue reading Solano County Election begins in September! Here’s your checklist for Election MONTH…
“Culture Trumps Everything” says Benicia Police Chief Benicia Herald, by Lois Requist, July 17, 2020 Carquinez Village invited Benicia Police Chief Erik Upson to speak to the community via Zoom last Monday. I’m using today’s column to report on that meeting. Chief Upson began with a national perspective, saying that national standards for policing on … Continue reading Benicia Police Chief Erik Upson in conversation with local seniors group
White backlash to Black Lives Matter was swift. It was also expected San Francisco Chronicle, by Otis R. Taylor Jr. July 9, 2020 The expected hostility toward the racial uprising energizing the country has begun. It was expected by behaviorists and historians because history reveals that when some white people feel threatened by social justice … Continue reading In Martinez, Contra Costa and elsewhere – white backlash to Black Lives Matter
Court Orders Dakota Access Pipeline To Shut Down Pending Environmental Review Forbes, by Elana Lyn Gross, Jul 6, 2020 TOPLINE Three years after the Dakota Access pipeline first started carrying oil, a federal judge ordered Monday that the pipeline must be shut down during a court-ordered environmental review that is necessary because the U.S. government violated federal … Continue reading Dakota pipeline shutdown: temporary victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
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