Just a minor correction needed. The League of Women Voters’ site confused Chris Pareja with Oakland mayoral candidate Jason “Shake” Anderson. The mistake has since been corrected. ELECTION 2014 | Maybe Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski looks a little like the apple-chewing… Read More ›
Haggerty Slams Quan | Another Schaaf, Parker Connection | Talking Sh*t at Oro Loma | Siegel Sings When A’s co-owner Lew Wolff arrived at the Aug. 6 Coliseum Joint Powers Authority meeting approving the team’s lease extension, one of the… Read More ›
Chris Pareja and opponents of Plan Bay Area at a rally in Oakland before Friday’s MTC/ABAG hearing on Plan Bay Area. PHOTO/Steven Tavares PLAN BAY AREA | After three years and exactly 249 public meetings, a mash-up of regional commission’s may… Read More ›
TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT | Plan Bay Area is likely the biggest local controversy you’ve never heard about. The initiative led by four Bay Area government agencies aims to foster economic sustainability through conservation over the next few decades. However, it is the specifics of the plan for high-density housing… Read More ›
CAGOP CONVENTION | There’s not much left but up for the California Republican Party, as the state’s conservatives meet in Sacramento for their spring convention. With the party sitting quietly outside of every statewide office and sitting in the aftermath of… Read More ›
1. Ro Khanna – To focus of Khanna initial fundraising splash of over $1.2 million in just a month does a disservice to potentially a once-in-a-generation political mind in the East Bay. The former Obama commerce department official has the… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//CONGRESS 15 The most distinguishing factor from the June 5 primary was easily its lack of voter participation, not only in Alameda County, but all over the Golden State. In fact, just 31.3 percent of registered voters bothered to… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//MEASURE B1 | Chris Pareja, the former congressional candidate who challenged both Pete Stark and Eric Swalwell in the primaries this year, has made his return in politics writing opposition to the county transportation parcel tax, Measure B1. The polite, all-smiles former candidate… Read More ›
CONGRESS 15 | For Chris Pareja, it’s better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. The conservative-leaning former 15th Congressional District candidate, who impressed many with his strong primary performance June 5, says his former opponent, Eric Swalwell, “lacks ethics and maturity… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//CONGRESS 15 ANALYSISJune 6, 2012 | Nothing dampers a mood better than a win somehow morphing into a Phyrric victory. It’s exactly what happened to 40-year congressional vet, Rep. Pete Stark, in Tuesday’s June primary. Stark labored to just under 42… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//CONGRESS 15June 4, 2012 | Progressive Democrats in the 15th district can gripe about redistricting that may diminish the blue hue of southern Alameda County, but blame the Guvinator and former guv-lite Abel Maldonado for this monstrosity called the… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 NOTESMay 31, 2012 | Luis Reynoso, the lone GOP candidate in the race for the 20th Assembly District says the Republican Party should not endorse candidates outside of the party, even in races where none exist, like… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//CONGRESS 15 NOTESMay 31, 2012 | With just days before voters in the new 15th congressional district head to the polls, Rep. Pete Stark is attempting to churn out the progressive vote with help from one of the few members… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12 May 28, 2012 | For politicians, these are not times for the faint of heart. In fact, the pressure is high, nerves are fraying and while some campaigns are deep into readying well-honed strategies, others are looking to… Read More ›
ELECTION 2012//CONGRESS 15April 26, 2012 | In his last seven congressional races, Rep. Pete Stark has garnered over 70 percent of the vote in every case. His challenger Eric Swalwell is hoping to limit the 40-year congressman to a figure… Read More ›
CONGRESS 15April 11, 2012 | The first forum featuring all three candidates in the 15th congressional district presented a load of fireworks and hints at how the race will shape up from here to June and beyond to November. Here’s… Read More ›
CITIZEN EXCLUSIVE CONGRESS 15 April 11, 2012 | At the conclusion of Tuesday’s night contentious candidates forum for the 15th Congressional District, Rep. Pete Stark and Dublin Councilman Eric Swalwell appeared to have shaken hands and exchanged pleasantries, however sources who overheard… Read More ›
Chris Pareja CONGRESS 15April 10, 2012 | While Rep. Pete Stark and his vastly younger Democratic challenger Eric Swalwell prepare to break out butterfly collars and chant “here comes the judge!” like its 1972, there is another candidate hoping to… Read More ›
WALMART IN HAYWARDApril 6, 2012 | Walmart’s zeal to spread a new downscale supermarket format to Hayward was temporarily halted. The city’s planning commission voted, 4-3, to uphold an appeal headed by union labor to disallow a 34,000 sq. ft. Walmart… Read More ›
CONGRESS 15Mar. 9, 2012 | With just hours remaining before the deadline to run for office, State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett says she will not challenge Rep. Pete Stark this June, while strongly hinting at a future run for… Read More ›
CONGRESS 15DUBLIN | Feb 21, 2012 | Even with Rep. Pete Stark exuding more energy than locals have seen in years, the Tri Valley Democratic Club handed Dublin Councilman Eric Swalwell–one of its own–a symbolic, but important victory Monday night for… Read More ›
CONGRESS 15Feb. 1, 2012 | It’s a matter of debate whether the quick $1.2 million haul of Ro Khanna, the former commerce department official from Fremont, is will matter much during the race this year to challenge long-time Rep. Pete Stark… Read More ›
VICTORY WOULD SEND STARK TO WASHINGTON FOR THE 19TH TIMEThe Golden Gate Minutemen will not grab the scalp of their enemy Rep. Pete Stark. The long-time congressman from the East Bay, though, may take a slight electoral hit by the… Read More ›
Chris Pareja’s late run for inclusion on the November ballot fell about 4,000 signatures shy last month, but his campaign announced Monday he has received official status by the Secretary of State’s office to oppose Rep. Pete Stark and the… Read More ›
The Tea Party write-in challenger to Rep. Pete Stark will not get a chance to debate the long-time congressman. Chris Pareja offered Stark a three-way debate with himself and Forest Baker, if “we can find the rock he is hiding under,”… Read More ›
Sen. Joseph McCarthy BAKER POSTS ERRONEOUS LIST OF ‘AVOWED’ COMMIES; INCLUDES STARK “Congressman Stark is a Marxist,” Forest Baker wrote earlier this month. “The last of the 1960′s far left radicals.” Baker is the Republican nominee facing Rep. Pete Stark this fall. Since defeating… Read More ›
Pete Stark’s ladder, Wedding of the Century, Chris Pareja’s auditA viral video of Rep. Pete Stark’s recent comments at a town hall meeting in Hayward last month is making the rounds. Steven and Nick discuss his assertion the federal government… Read More ›
Supporters of possible Tea Party independent candidate for Congress Chris Pareja hold a demonstration last Saturday morning before Rep. Pete Stark’s town hall meeting in Hayward. RAISES HACKLES WHEN HE SAYS, ‘THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO WHAT IT WANTS’By Steven… Read More ›
