By: Dr. Gene Dorio Hello Everyone These days, it is hard to read or hear any good news in newspapers, online, or on TV. Below you will find several “snippets” of life lessons I have learned from my patients to get your mind away from negativity. I hope this enlivens your spirit, and you pass that feeling forward. Gene Doctor’s ...
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Mistry Best For NSD Slot — Lisa Howard — Nov. 1, 2022
By: Lisa Howard I’m writing to encourage residents in Newhall School District Area 2 to vote for my friend Suverna Mistry. Mistry is a former lawyer with an MBA, so she is highly educated and accustomed to digging into the details of policies and contracts. She has been an actively involved volunteer at her sons’ NSD school site for years, ...
Read More »Game Day! — Marsha Moeller — Oct. 18, 2022
By: Marsha Moller In my biased and unaltered opinion, it is my privilege and freedom in this country to assemble at a town hall meet’n. Just meeting together indoors opens what was closed doors after Covid 19. Mike Garcia for Congress in the 25th district is an open-door policy. Batter Up! Much of what I’ve learned in government is a ...
Read More »‘There Oughta Be A Law!’ — Dr. Gene Dorio — Oct. 14, 2022
By Dr. Gene Dorio Four years ago as Chairman of a hospital Ethics Committee, I was asked to convene an emergency meeting brought by a distraught family as medical decisions had to be made for their ill loved one. At the meeting were hospital and HMO lawyers, and the family including three adult children and their mother. The father ...
Read More »No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service — Dr. Bernie Klein — Dec. 16, 2021
By: Dr. Bernie Klein, Chief Executive, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Perhaps like many of you, I became so accustomed to seeing the “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service” signs that they faded into the background. We never really talked about it; we just understood this was the rule and we followed it. The events of the last two years ...
Read More »Driving Value Through Diversity, Equity And Inclusion — Ken Wiseman — Oct. 22, 2021
By Ken Wiseman Workers across the Midwest walked off their jobs at John Deere recently, echoing the frustrations of workers at Kellogg the month before. After years of relatively low strike activity, a spike in 2018 and 2019 followed by a disruptive global pandemic may be shifting the power dynamic between employees and owners, who often view their people as ...
Read More »Letter To Mayor Miranda On District Elections — Scott J. Rafferty — Oct. 19, 2021
By: Scott J. Rafferty, Attorney at Law Dear Mayor Miranda: In all of my prior communications regarding the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), I have emphasized that my clients were not threatening litigation. Rather, we expected the council to collaborate in bringing the city into compliance with the law through the collaborative process set forth in Section 10010. Nineteen months ...
Read More »4th Of July Parade — Mark Hershey — July 12, 2021
By: Mark Hershey My friend Carlo and I organized the recent car parade on the 4th of July. We would like to thank all those who participated in the parade. In particular, we would like to thank KHTS for lending us their famous firetruck (which was the lead vehicle in the parade), advertising the parade so people could participate or ...
Read More »How Does Congressman Mike Garcia Score On the GOP Democracy Report Card? — Corey Nathan — May 21, 2021
By: Corey Nathan, Exec. Producer & Host of “Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other” It was less than 5 months ago when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol with the goal of overturning November’s election. In the immediate aftermath, it seemed like a rare moment that sanity and decency would prevail, allowing those of us who disagree on such ...
Read More »Is Congressman Garcia Representing All of CA25 or Only Radicals? — Corey Nathan — March 5, 2021
By: Corey Nathan, host of “Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other” Congressman Mike Garcia has devotedly served Georgia’s deeply red 14th district. The problem is he was elected to Congress by California’s very purple 25th district. Republican Mike Garcia beat Democrat Christy Smith by less than 1/10th of 1% of nearly 350,000 votes. Imagine the Performing Arts Center ...
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