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100% OF CA DEM PARTY DELEGATES VOTE ISADORE HALL FOR CONGRESS

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 4, 2016

Continuing to demonstrate the grassroots prowess and organizational strength behind his run for California’s 44th Congressional District seat, today State Senator Isadore Hall’s campaign secured over 100% of the votes possible in the California Democratic Party’s “Pre-Convention Caucus” delegate vote. The hard votes came down to 70 out of 70 total possible delegate votes. Weeks ago Senator Hall announced he clinched the required 70% threshold needed to secure a formal recommendation for the state Party’s official endorsement at the upcoming California Democratic Party convention in February. Today’s announcement underscores Hall’s commanding lead in the race and his wide appeal among

Report: ‘DWP lacks accountability and transparency, plagued by politics’
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Report: ‘DWP lacks accountability and transparency, plagued by politics’

City News ServieDecember 18, 2015

  The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, while ranking high in terms of reliability and providing quality water and electricity to residents, has a management structure that lacks accountability and transparency and is plagued by politics, according to a report released last week. A consulting firm that prepared the Industrial, Economic and Administrative Survey found that the DWP had a series of organizational and management challenges, noting there is “no single outside entity or coordinated group to set policy, provide specific goals and metrics, monitor performance and hold LADWP accountable.” The report also found that “political influences” have

Black pastors press Trump on tone during closed-door meeting
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Black pastors press Trump on tone during closed-door meeting

Associated Press By JILL COLVINDecember 2, 2015

Dozens of black pastors pressed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday to address what some called his use of racially charged rhetoric, with several describing a meeting that became tense at times as attendees raised concerns about his blunt language. While some left the gathering at Trump’s skyscraper in midtown Manhattan with hopes their message had resonated, Trump said afterward he had no plans to change his approach, which he said had taken him to “first position in every single poll.” “The beautiful thing about the meeting is that they didn’t really ask me to change the tone,” Trump

Carson: Can a man of great surgical skill lead a nation?
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Carson: Can a man of great surgical skill lead a nation?

LAURAN NEERGAARD and STEVE PEOPLES Associated PressOctober 29, 2015

Ben Carson is the only 2016 candidate for president who has never led a state or company or run for political office. No matter, he says. Surely someone who can perform life-or-death surgeries can run the country. Carson challenged the medical status quo as a storied neurosurgeon — cutting out half of a child’s brain to end her seizures, separating twins joined at the head — in a three-decade career at Johns Hopkins Hospital. “I believe in getting the best out of everybody,” Carson told The Associated Press. “In my operating room, everybody was free to speak.” He said, “I

Experts Say Calif. Senate Race Harris’ to Lose
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Experts Say Calif. Senate Race Harris’ to Lose

Savannah Harris, Howard University News ServiceSeptember 16, 2015

WASHINGTON — With California Sen. Barbara Boxer stepping down after 23 years in Congress, a number of Democrats are lining up for her spot. Among the Democratic contenders who have been announced so far are California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and mathematician Akinyeme Agbede. A number of Republicans are also vying for the seat, including Rocky Chavez, a state assemblyman; Tom Del Beccaro, former chairman of the California Republican Party; John Estrada, a businessman who ran unsuccessfully for congress in 1994 and 1998; Mark Hardie, an attorney and author; Don Krampe, who ran for the Senate in 2012; Tom