Category Archives: Choose Porterville

  1. Don Curlee: Blind leadership frustrates farmers, red-baiting 1950s style the answer

    Visalia Times-Delta columnist joins in the Red Bating fad  as though that will solve anything
    Farmers have no monopoly on honesty, because that character trait is rooted in the country’s founding principles. But those roots have grown strong and deep in agriculture. Farmers are wondering why honesty doesn’t have a higher priority among political representatives.
    If Marxism [...]

  2. Schwarzenegger signs gay rights bill SB 54 now law

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two gay rights bills, one honoring late activist Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.
    In the last of hundreds of bill actions taken before midnight Sunday, Schwarzenegger approved the two bills by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
    The governor last year vetoed the measure declaring May 22 [...]

  3. Porterville this is aimed right at you!

    Local Tulare County Professor Professor Robin McGehee is co-Director of the event, streaming now. Porterville City Council, watch what you have wrought!
    RT @unitethefight: Coverage of National Equality March has started on C-SPAN!! http://ow.ly/tPlt #NEM

    C-SPAN Live Stream – C-SPAN

    C-SPAN offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN also offers a variety of [...]

  4. Porterville Council’s Hate Vote Sparks a National Movement

    We urge the Porterville California City Council to reverse its explicit and implicit rejection of its rights-affirming 2001 Resolution in the Wake of the Patriot Act. Your September 2008 Resolution asking constituents to vote to remove existing rights from a minority of people has and is damaging the City’s valuable reputation, and has sparked a [...]

  5. Sharp Debate At High Court Over Cross On US Land

    Debate Mirrors Ongoing Porterville Controversy in Murray Park
    “I have been in Jewish cemeteries,” Eliasberg continued. “There is never a cross on a tombstone of a Jew.”
    From: Sharp debate at high court over cross on US land – Yahoo! News.
    This case mirrors a  current situation in Porterville,  one of many that our City has managed to [...]

  6. Editor – Porterville Recorder Job in Porterville 93258

    I guess Glen Faison, the current editor is moving on. Can’t say as I blame him.
    This job opening from Monster just now came across my desk
    Editor – Porterville RecorderAbout the JobThe Porterville Recorder, a 9,500 daily newspaper serving the central California valley, is seeking an experienced Editor to lead our 10-person team in covering community [...]

  7. 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 Porterville General [...]

  8. Porterville California City Council to Vote on Controversial Same-Sex Marriage Topic Yet Again

    PRESS RELEASE
    July 29, 2009
    Porterville, CA
    Continues to drain city resources and reputation
    Former Mayor and current Councilmember Cameron Hamilton is scheduled to introduce a resolution asking the Council to condemn same sex marriage, this time using Mark Leno’s Senate Bill 54 as a hook, at the next Porterville City Council Meeting on August 4, 2009. The meeting [...]

  9. 13 Cities Post Unemployment Above 15 Percent

    Porterville-Visalia makes the Top 10- Again!
    Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly metropolitan-area data,
    via 13 Cities Post Unemployment Above 15 Percent – Yahoo! Real Estate.
    First, a little explanation of the chart in the link, then a comment or two.
    Although the chart says “Visalia, CA” at 15.4, it actually means VISALIA-PORTERVILLE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA).
    I wondered, with [...]

  10. Porterville Vets Well Over Capacity, Sick Dogs Suffer Needlessly

    Last night we noticed a lump under Thunder’s jaw, a lump the size of a doggie golf ball. This morning we called all the vets in town, starting with our regular vet, to take her in.
    No one can see her before Tuesday, a full 6 days from now, and some not until Thursday, one week [...]

  11. Food Channels: In the News

    Vilsack calls for stricter food labels
    The labeling requirements, which would apply to fresh meats and some perishable fruits and vegetables, long have been debated in Congress and were enacted as part of a wide-ranging farm bill last year. While the meat industry and retailers responsible for the labels have protested the changes — saying they [...]

  12. “The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over” : Transportation For America

    How will the future of Porterville be affected?
    From t4america.com :

    President Obama was back on the road today to garner support for the economic stimulus package that passed the Senate early Tuesday morning. He was speaking today at a town hall forum in Ft. Myers, Florida, and near the end of his hour-long session, a city [...]

  13. Learn Where Porterville California is Located

    In an earlier post I introduced the concept of “Porterville Island”.  Here I want to introduce Porterville and the region in order to make this idea clearer.
    Porterville is located in Tulare County of Calfornia, in the Central Valley. The Valley as a whole is the most fertile and productive farmland in the world. The west [...]

  14. Porterville Island – Coming Soon to a Citrus Grove Near You

    Recently local home developers Ennis Homes declared bankruptcy. I wasn’t here at the time the local and connected family owned business did most of its work, which I guess was during the real estate bubble heyday of the not-so-long-ago yesteryear.
    (Aside: how long ago does it have to be to be “yesteryear” anyway?)
    Controversy is raging in [...]

  15. Choose Porterville: Introduction

    Porterville’s city government this week launched a new economic development website ChoosePorterville.com.  I support this effort by City Hall because Porterville California is sorely in need of positive Economic Development results. This launch is timely, because as part of the New Year, and in honor of a new era and a new administration I have [...]