In Riverside, the deadline for filing to run for city council in the even numbered wards has passed and the candidates for better or worse have been listed. Which means the city's now past the "put up or shut up" phase of Election 2009 and is heading on down the campaign trail. Here is a breakdown o...

Today's the filing deadline at Riverside City Hall if you intended to run for office in the even-numbered wards in a mail-in election that takes place in June. If you still haven't gotten your papers filed with the city clerk and you really want to run, better get a move on. If there are multiple ca...

The Human Resources Board of Riverside met at City Hall and was to discuss the letter it was sending to the city council regarding actions taken by the dynamic duo to block their receipt of statistical information involving lawsuits filed against the city by its employees. It's a head scratcher why ...

"The crime-scene trampling investigators are coming!" This mantra has been sounded so many times of late by assorted characters in the story of Riverside's foray into civilian oversight that this posting will begin with a tribute to the pop culture examples which represent the latest chapter of what...

"What is love? Baby don't hurt me..." With the techno bumping in the background, Israel's leading politicians Tzipi Livni of the Kadima party and Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud met at 'Splash Go-Go', a new disco in downtown Tel Aviv to discuss Israel's next government. They sat in the lush new "Champag...

In court, the lawyers involved in the ongoing case involving the future of the Chinatown site in Riverside have stipulated that no trash will be removed and no dirt moved on the property until the next hearing is conducted. If you recall, the city council denied an appeal filed by a local organizati...

"In light of such testimony which is supported by Riverside's own Section 4.8 policy, it is difficult to understand how the city could assert that its officers are not subject to investigation and are mere victims." ---Motion in opposition to summary judgment, Riverside Police Officers' Association ...

"The city manager is running the city not the city council and that needs to stop." ---Ward Four city council candidate Paul Davis at the Friday Morning Club. ****UPDATE**** Save Our Chinatown Committee seeks restraining order on Saturday Members of the Save Our Chinatown Committee stated through an...

As Israeli leaders tried to break out of their political deadlock yesterday, a senior figure in Tzipi Livni's Kadima party said they would not join an extreme rightwing government led by their rival Binyamin Netanyahu. Kadima won Tuesday's elections by a single seat but is struggling to form a major...

Final results in Israel's general elections were announced today, confirming that the centrist Kadima party of the foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, won only one seat more than Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party. With military and overseas ballots counted, Kadima had 28 seats – far short of the 61 need...