CLU Thousand Oaks City Council Candidate forum
By William Hicks There were two candidate forums held by the Conejo Valley Chamber last night at CLU. This article covers the TO City Council Forum. The forum was held at the CLU Lundring Events Center. It was sponsored by Cohen Begun & Deck LLP, The Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce and Waste Management. Dr. Gooch of […]
Ventura County candidates invited to submit candidate statements for publication
CitizensJournal.us invites all candidates on November 2016 Ventura County ballots to send us a candidate’s statement for FREE publication in the “Candidates Corner” section of CitizensJournal.us. This provides an opportunity to get a comprehensive message out directly to voters, unfiltered by media and unconstrained by bureaucracy. Photos, linked videos, graphics, text, anything reasonable in a […]
Group rebuts VC Transportation tax measure
By George Miller Former Congressman Elton Gallegly, Ventura County Supervisor Peter Foy, Thousand Oaks Councilman Rob McCoy and Las Virgennes School Board Member Kelly Long are all firmly opposed to the half-cent, $3 billion Ventura County Transportation Tax Measure (AA) and intend to do something about it. The group today filed a rebuttal argument to the […]
New county transportation sales tax initiative approved for several city ballots so far
By George Miller On Tuesday night, 6-14-16, the Oxnard Council approved placing a Ventura County-wide transportation tax on the ballot. It would take 2/3 of County voters in the November election to pass this 1/2% increment to the sales tax. This has failed twice before, but officials claim it now has 67% public support in a […]
Voters complain they couldn’t get desired ballots at polling places and by mail
By George Miller There are many instances of claims by people who went to polls during Tuesday’s primary election day under the impression they were registered Republican, but were told they were registered “no party preference” and were denied a Republican ballot to vote in the presidential primary. There were some problems reported getting Democratic ballots, too, but […]
Dems dominate Ventura County election races
By George Miller Ventura County is a “blue” county now, in more ways than one, per an anonymous local Republican pundit who expressed unhappiness with the results. Yesterday’s primary election results show that is correct. Official results: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/ Ventura County votes HERE Keep in mind that absentee and provisional ballots will change these numbers. Voter […]
Primary season is ON! List of candidates on VC ballot here
By George Miller, originally published April, 2016 “You may ignore politics, but politics won’t ignore you.” 2016 is a Presidential election year. Although California has one of the last primaries, it may be decisive in helping to determine which candidates are on the November ballot. In addition, many down-ticket positions are up for election this […]
