Voice

Like you, I’ve received a bunch [of] mailers filled with mistruths about AnaMarie Avila Farias in the mail. It infuriated me to see that independent expenditures on behalf of Federal Glover would stoop to the lowest level of mudslinging and tied three council members to the piece. At the last …

While running to and from Briones park recently, avoiding various piles of horse manure, it dawned on me that horse owners are not held to the same standard as dog owners and required to clean up droppinga from their domesticated animals. Why is this the case?  They present the same …

As an 18-year employee of Contra Costa County and a 14-year member of the Martinez City Council, I have a unique insight into the two candidates for the District 5 Supervisor race, having worked with both for several years. Consequently, I am supporting Supervisor Federal Glover. Federal has demonstrated over …

Dear Veterans and Community Members, I invite you to attend the annual Board of Supervisors Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m.. The ceremony will be held in the Board’s chamber, 651 Pine St., Martinez. I am very excited about this year’s program as we will commemorate …

Dear Editor, On behalf of the staff and volunteers at the Martinez Historical Society, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the Martinez community. As you may know, the Borland Home which serves as our Martinez Museum, has been closed for a year.  With the help of other …

Press Release After seeing their pictures appearing on a mail piece attacking Martinez Vice Mayor AnaMarie Avila Farias, a candidate for Contra Costa County Supervisor, Martinez Mayor Rob Schroder and Councilmember Mark Ross both repudiated the message in the hit piece and made statements correcting the record. The hit piece …

Allied Waste, an out of state Wall Street landfill operator that operates Keller Canyon Landfill, has reported spending $103,000 on a campaign to oust Supervisor Federal Glover in the District 5 Supervisor race. Last week, voters received in their mailboxes two mailers from Allied Waste that both incorrectly highlighted that …

Our mayor has written numerous articles recently supporting Measure D (a half percent sales tax increase) to fund putting us “on the path” to road improvements and maintenance. What the mayor does not tell the residents of Martinez is that THERE IS NO LONG TERM PLAN to fix our road …

Dear Editor, A large number of generalities are coming from candidates in the City Council election. Both new candidates and incumbents fail to talk about solutions to important specific issues that would give us a truer idea of how they would lead. Open space and park land protection is one …

Action to deliver more revenue and ensure it will be wisely and exclusively spent fixing Martinez’ roads is overdue. So in August, the Martinez City Council took action to put a half-cent sales tax measure for roads on the Nov. 8, 2016 ballot:  Measure D.  Any further delay is, in …