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Kennedy le pide a Brownley que reembolse a los contribuyentes

ter Su paseo de Madrid, distrito de inundaciones de Brownley con propaganda financiada por los contribuyentes WEST LAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA, ESTADOS UNIDOS, 12 de diciembre de 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ – Hoy Ronda Kennedy, la candidata republicana para el Congreso de los Estados Unidos en CA 26, criticó duramente a la congresista Julia Brownley por usar fondos de los contribuyentes para enviar…

New Post has been published on http://citizensjournal.us/thousand-oaks-jacqui-irwin-says-goodbye-to-a-seat-she-held-for-decade/

Thousand Oaks: Jacqui Irwin says goodbye to a seat she held for decade

By Kelsey Stuart

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in others,” said Lou Lichtl Thousand Oaks High School Principal as he commemorated Councilmember Jacqui Irwin’s service to the community.

Over 20 members of the community came to congratulate and thank Irwin for her decade of service to the city on her last night on the council before she heads to the hill to serve in the California’s Assembly.

Assemblywoman Irwin

“Thirteen or fourteen years ago, when I was coaching Pop Warner football, a tall brunette, who was the mother of one of my players, walked up to me and asked me how I did it every Tuesday night,” Mayor Andy Fox said.

He said it was shortly after he recommended Irwin for a place on the Planning Commission and now, as they say, the rest is history.

“She has been serving this community long before you were reading about it in the paper and that service has been the foundation of who she is,” Fox said.

Irwin was honored by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department with a rare challenge coin from Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean.

As well as by Congresswoman Julia Brownley, who expressed her gratitude at having Irwin represent the 44th District of Assembly.

“I’m very lucky to have her,” Brownley said.

City Manager, Scott Mitnick, said that in the last ten years he has done his math, “I think Jacqui and I have been in over 400 one on one meetings.”

Mitnick said that one of the best examples of Irwin’s impact on the community was involvement in turning the wastewater treatment plan into one of the most advanced and cutting edge waste water treatment programs in the country. (http://www.toaks.org/government/depts/public_works/environmental/residential/hazardous_waste/)

“It was your first visit out there and I remember you asking if we could envision having solar panels out there to generate electricity. Ten years later we built it and it now generates enough electricity to manage itself,” Mitnick said.

Irwin received plaque after plaque with many a heartfelt thank-you from the community members.

Fox noted that, as with all past council members, a seat has been dedicated in the forum, K17, for Irwin as a memento for her years of service.

“We do a lot of things right in this area, whether it is cutting edge with environmental or making the city the fourth best place to raise children – it has all happened because we have an outstanding unparalleled executive team,” Irwin said, thanking the community and congratulating the council members (Price, Bill-de la Pena and Fox) on reelections.

Irwin’s last city council meeting was heartfelt. She will relinquish her seat early next month to represent in the 44th Assembly District in Sacramento.

The city will be holding a special election to fill her council seat in the spring.

In other matters, the council approved a grant totaling $100,000 for sport facility upgrades to Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park high schools.

Fox and councilman Joel Price commented on their time spent in Austin, Texas at the National League of Cities Congress and Exposition on November 19.

“It is where we are able to share the best practices with other city officials,” Price said.

Price noted that because of the council’s annual involvement in the exposition, the Federal Highway construction has been funded in loans that will be reimbursed. (http://www.toaks.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=25486)

“Dennis Gillette, former mayor/councilmember, lobbied for funds,” Price said.

The 101/23 construction update was presented by Deputy of Public Works Director, Cliff Finely. http://www.toaks.org/government/depts/public_works/construction_projects/current_projects/route_101_23_interchange_improvement_project/construction_info_n_road_closures.asp

Finley said that Caltrans is requested a 55-hour closure of one of the 23 ramps as a condensed closure, “the unexpected closure and traffic control was outside the scope and the estimated cost is now 12.5 million, which is still significantly lower than the original estimated fee of 15 million.”

In conclusion, Fox announced a reminder of the breakfast and meeting for the city to piece together the final touches to the Vision 2064 project, concentrating on the city’s next 50 years.

The meeting will offer a light breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and begin promptly at 9, at the Grant Brimhall Library community room.

To attend please contact Christine Broughton at (805) 449-2122 or [email protected], further information on Vision2064 can be found at, www.toaks.org/2064.

Prior CJ article on Thousand Oaks Vision2064: http://citizensjournal.us/2064-visioning-project-city-of-thousand-oaks-looks-into-the-future/

AGENDA:

http://www.toaks.org/cityvideos.asp

http://www.toaks.org/government/agendas_minutes/agendas/city_council.asp

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Kelsey Stuart is a freelance journalist in Ventura County; she is a published writer of more than 200 articles ranging from the Fresno Bee to the Ventura County Star, and everything in between.

New Post has been published on http://citizensjournal.us/close-election-races-cd26-ad44/

Close election races- CD26, AD44

By George Miller

    Other close contests http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/close-contests/

We hear they’ll be an update about mid-day Friday.

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George Miller is Publisher of Citizensjournal.us and a “retired” operations management consultant, active in civic affairs, living in Oxnard.

New Post has been published on http://citizensjournal.us/election-status-tuesday-night/

Election status Tuesday night

By George Miller

Nationwide, the Democrat U.S. Senate has fallen to Republican Control. It appears that the Republican House majority grew and Republicans hold a majority of Governorships.

In California, it is a completely different story. Democrats dominate, Republicans are far behind. Third parties are virtually nonexistent.

All statewide races from Governor on down are in Democrat hands or Democrats leading and too close to call. Some were much closer than expected. The legislature will stay heavily Democrat.

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Ventura County status ONLY:

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Ventura/53334/147835/en/summary.html

Statewide:

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/

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All over Ventura County, campaign workers gatherered to celebrate, commiserate and wait out election results. Picured- 100’s of Rob McCoy’s supporters watch election results, led by VC Supervisor Peter Foy (arm extended). (Photo: Citizensjournal.us)

 The Brownley, Capps, Gorell, Irwin, Williams, DeBlauw, Knight, Strickland and Wilk campaigns maintainewd similar vigils, as did many City Council/Mayoral and other campaigns.

  Congress

Dist 24 Santa Barbara County and a  little slice of Western VC- Capps (D) over Mitchum (R)

Dist 25. Simi and North – Knight (R) over Strickland, also R

Dist 26- Most of VC- Brownley (D) only slightly ahead of Gorell (R)- too close to call

Dist 30 WSFV- Sherman (D) over Reed (R)

State Assy

37- SB County, part of WVC- Williams (D) over Deblauw (R)

38- Wilk (R) over Fuentes (D)  (huge lead)

44- Central VC to part of Oxnard- Irwin (D) was ahead by 1500 vs McCoy (R)

45- WSFV- Dababneh  (D) over Shelley (R)

 Ballot Measures

Prop 1- Water and pork funding- Yes

Prop 2- rainey day budget fund- Yes

Prop 45- Health insurance rates- No

Prop 47- Criminal sentence relaxing- Yes

Prop 48- Indian gaming- No

 Pt. Huenemes proposed Measure M business tax lost.

  Oxnard Mayor Flynn and Simi Valley Mayor Huber won re-election.In Council races, Oxnard’s Carmen Ramirez won re-election handilay, while Stevbe Huber and Bert Perello (incumbent) are fighting for the sevcond oipen seat. Aaon Starr trained at 4th and the other 4 were far behind.

Oxnard Council candidate Steve Huber whoops it up at joint election party (him, Mayoral Candidate Bryan MacDonald and Harbor Commissionaer Mary Ann Rooney). Event was at apacvked house at The  Waterside on Harbor Blvd. (Photo: Citizensjournal.us)

  Oxnard Councilk Candidate Bert Perello (plaid shirt) supporters gather at Sabor’s Mexican/Seafood on 6th St. (Photo: Citizensjournal.us)

Oxnard Mayoral candidate and current Councilman Bryan MacDonald is consoled by VC Star Oxnard  Reporter Gretchen Wenner. (Photo: Citizensjournal.us)

    BREAKING: It Has Happened… The GOP Has Taken the US Senate

  George Miller is Publisher of Citizensjournal.us and a “retired” operations management consultant, active in civic affairs, living in Oxnard.

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Written by The PJ Tatler Democrat Rep. Julia Brownley (CA) fired off a fundraising email on July 30. Subject line: DEVELOPING STORY: [Impeachment]. Here is that email.   It’s signed “Thanks for standing strong, JuliaBrownley.com.” The email implies that Brownley’s...