Rail Road Flat News

A little more than a week after prospective candidates began to pick up paperwork for an electoral bid, each Calaveras County race in the June 5 primary appears to be contested.

At the end of the first week in which candidates for local office can begin paperwork for a campaign, the vacant District 2 seat on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors is the hot ticket.

"Occupy Calaveras" started just before Thanksgiving and began a scheduled two-and-a-half hour presence just north of Mountain Ranch Road on Highway 49 on Thursdays this month.

A half-dozen Calaveras County residents occupied their own county Thursday afternoon with signs declaring solidarity with the larger Occupy movement that began on Wall Street.