1. 99th anniversary of death of “Demented Man” in Porterville Passes unnoticed

    … until now. From the newspaper The San Francisco Call, August 18, 1910: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-08-18/ed-1/seq-7/ DEMENTED MAN STRIPS HIMSELF BEFORE DEATH Nude Body Found With Clothing Scattered in Field [Special Dispatch to The Call] PORTERVILLE, Aug. 17.— PORTERVILLE, Aug. 17.— In Alila colony a party  of dove hunters yesterday discovered in a stubble field four miles [...]

  2. Beit Shalom Visalia August Newsletter

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  3. Porterville General Plan

    Download the Porterville General Plan Update here. Earlier today I was looking for the Porterville City General Plan. It is difficult to find on the City’s own web site. Thanks to the City Officials who helped me find this important document, which cover’s the City’s vision of itself looking out to 2030. Here is the [...]

  4. Wounded psyche in need of repair, not a statesman

    There is a distasteful type of article that appears often, covering many kind of topics. The rhetoric goes along these lines: I tried something, it didn’t work out, and so you shouldn’t try it. Movie and restaurant reviews are generally of this type. But there is a less innocuous but still common variant that is [...]

  5. Bizarre Article on Porterville SB54 Vote

    Michael Shelton, pastor at First Baptist Church and a resident of Porterville, wrote an op-ed piece published today in the local paper that congratulates the Council for an action it did not take: I want to go on record and applaud the Porterville City Council for taking a definitive stand on the issue of marriage. [...]

  6. Statement from Barry Caplan, representing Same-Sex Marriage Advocates of Porterville

    This Statement was read into the record immediately following the historic vote on August 4th when the Porterville City Council voted 3-2 rejecting a resolution to oppose mark Leno’s (D-SF) SB 54 bill. The bill  would, if passed, clarify issues for same sex couples who are  legally married in other states and then arrive in [...]

  7. Text of Cameron Hamilton’s Resolution opposing SB 54

    After the jump is the full text of the Resolution that Porterville’s City Council considered and rightfully rejected on August 4, 2009. Earlier, I reported the brief results and a statement from Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) RESOLUTION NO.  _______-2009 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE [...]

  8. Porterville City Council Rejects Mean Spirited Resolution

    Lots of drama last night to report. Expect a flurry of posts over the next couple of days. This is good news, very good news. Let’s start with a simple summary of the results and a quote: The only City Council in the entire State of California to pass a resolution in favor of Prop [...]