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Frederick Douglass - American, Abolitionist, Former Slave

Celebrating the Fourth of July was hypocritical for Frederick Douglass then as it is today!

OPINION: What the Fourth of July means to those of us not included

Published 07/02/2017
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

How does a society grapple with certain undeniable historical truths?

OPINION: SBHS board is operating illegitimately

Published 04/18/2017
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

Board of trustees served notice of voting rights violation reminiscent of 1960s South

OPINION: Local crime report still shows an exorbitant and persistent number of traffic stops

Published 02/06/2017
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

HPD’s unwillingness to explain and city council’s failure to conduct oversight into the perplexing number of police traffic stops is a major lapse of governance

COMMENTARY: Measure W: Continued wasteful spending of hard-to-come-by tax dollars

Published 11/02/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

“… that standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, …” the same can be said about a militarized police force

COMMENTARY: The significance of the figure 2,223 and its relationship to Measure W and the city council

Published 10/16/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

A conspiracy of silence with city officials and the court of justice to generate ill-gained revenue

COMMENTARY: Measure W increases a tax politicians promised would end this year – so what happened?

Published 09/29/2016
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Tax extension is a euphemism for a tax increase

COMMENTARY: San Benito County incarceration rate higher than California, and nation in most cases

Published 09/14/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

With 5 percent of the world’s population but more than a quarter of the world's prisoner population, the U.S. needs to seek enlightened policies to address social problems without an intense reliance on prison and over-policing

COMMENTARY: Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the Fourth

Published 07/08/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn”

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: Streets are in need of repair, but Measure P isn’t the answer

Published 06/05/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

Why Measure P is misguided and shoud fail for not meeting our true needs

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: A Nation at The Crossroads of its Stated But Often Misunderstood Constitutional Underpinnings

Published 05/30/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

The political and social choices we are confronted with in the upcoming elections

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: A nation at the crossroads of its stated but often misunderstood constitutional underpinnings

Published 05/17/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

This is the second of a three-part series on the political and social choices with which we are confronted in the upcoming elections

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: The Second American Political and Social Revolution Will be Televised on Election Night 2016

Published 05/11/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

This is the first of a three-part series on the political and social choices we are confronted with in the upcoming elections

California ACLU Mobile Justice app for public safety.

Government / Politics

COMMENTARY: Law helps motorists targeted in California

Published 04/26/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

How elected officials and police conspired to prey on California drivers to unethically "generate revenue" for city/county coffers

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: ACLU promotes Mobile Justice CA app for the public’s safety

Published 04/06/2016
An Engaged and Informed Electorate

Mobile Justice CA app empowers the public to record police conduct and hold elected officials accountable

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Author: An Engaged and Informed Electorate

Government / Politics

COMMUNITY OPINION: This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.

Agriculture

OPINION: What the Fourth of July means to those of us not included

Business / Economy

OPINION: SBHS board is operating illegitimately

Government / Politics

OPINION: Local crime report still shows an exorbitant and persistent number of traffic stops

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: Measure W: Continued wasteful spending of hard-to-come-by tax dollars

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: The significance of the figure 2,223 and its relationship to Measure W and the city council

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: Measure W increases a tax politicians promised would end this year – so what happened?

Government / Politics

COMMENTARY: San Benito County incarceration rate higher than California, and nation in most cases

COMMENTARY: Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the Fourth

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: Streets are in need of repair, but Measure P isn’t the answer

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: A Nation at The Crossroads of its Stated But Often Misunderstood Constitutional Underpinnings

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: A nation at the crossroads of its stated but often misunderstood constitutional underpinnings

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: The Second American Political and Social Revolution Will be Televised on Election Night 2016

Government / Politics

COMMENTARY: Law helps motorists targeted in California

Business / Economy

COMMENTARY: ACLU promotes Mobile Justice CA app for the public’s safety

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