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Rep George Miller is a hypocrite and a coward. He can stick his nose into every aspect of Bay Area life and California politics, but pretends to remain neutral on the issue of Nevada style Indian Casino gaming at Pt Molate in North Richmond, California.

State Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico brought his campaign for California attorney general to Pleasanton earlier this month, greeting scores of well-heeled supporters who gathered for the $250-a-ticket fundraiser on the colonnade behind Joe Johal's multi-million-dollar home high in the hills in the Grey Eagle estates.

Growing up in a health care family then being employed for more than 30 years in the health care industry, I feel I am qualified to encourage anyone who has every wondered how someone is able to get health insurance to watch the recent release of "Saw." My son and I enjoyed the movie in downtown Stockton.

Republican Brad Goehring , a candidate for The 11th Congressional District currently held by Democrat Jerry McNerney, reports that his Facebook account was hacked early this morning.

Why did our governor sneak into town to talk about electric cars and then switch subjects and start bragging about building the peripheral canal? If this canal is built, every man-made lake in Lincoln Village West and Spanos Park will be salt water.

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:04 a.m. Major population shifts in California from coastal to inland areas over the past decade will dramatically change the state's political landscape as congressional districts will need to be pushed eastward to follow the population tide.

In one news regard, this has been a boring November. There was no local election this year.

Healthcare Champions vs. Anti-Choice Democrats The House Healthcare vote focuses attention on two groups of Democrats: those who, despite representing conservative districts, voted against the anti-choice Stupak amendment and for healthcare reform , and those who voted for the Stupak amendment, thus putting women's right to choose at risk.

THIS VETERANS DAY, people all over the nation celebrated the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who have bravely served our country in uniform.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Nov. 2 honoring the San Ramon-based Sentinels of Freedom.

San Joaquin Valley Democratic Reps. Dennis Cardoza and Jerry McNerney voted for, as Cardoza put it, "the greatest improvement to the quality of health care for all Americans since the creation of Medicare." Republican Rep.

Congressman Jerry McNerney released the following statement and information in response to Saturday night's passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

In the strange world of politics, where up is down and down is up, Republicans tout as a victory David Harmer's 10-point loss to Democrat John Garamendi in Tuesday's special congressional race.

Acknowledging that it will be a "tough sell," Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, introduced legislation Wednesday that he says would cut estate taxes for family farms and small businesses nationwide by more than $233 billion in 2011.

When it comes to water, one crooked finger of land creates a political challenge for Rep.

If history is a guide, the victor - Democrat John Garamendi or Republican David Harmer - has an opportunity to serve for years to come.

In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 23, Congressman Jerry McNerney criticized plans to build a peripheral canal and the exclusion of input from Delta residents in the current Delta/water bill package now being considered by the California legislature.

Hmong and Laotian war veterans could secure treasured burial spots in U.S. national cemeteries under legislation now being drafted by San Joaquin Valley lawmakers.

AT LAST, a governance reform Californians like. A poll last week found that nearly two-thirds of voters would say yes to a June 2010 ballot measure that would dip our collective toes into public financing of campaigns.

A Stockton development company is proposing its midtown property for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility that will be located somewhere in San Joaquin County.