Tag archive for ‘politics’
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Battle makes early withdrawal from city council race
The executive director of Stop the Violence, Sean Battle, has announced he will not be running for Irma Carson’s Ward 1 seat on the Bakersfield City Council afterall. Seven others have filed intentions to run for the position.
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Evangelical leader defends church’s social justice role
Theologian Jim Wallis insists social justice remain an important part of church teachings, despite Fox News commentator Glenn Beck’s criticism of churches that emphasize political activism. Bakersfield blogger Leonel Martinez attended a speech by Wallis in Anaheim and brings us this story.
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It’s time to end the health care debate roller coaster
With the House set to vote on the health care reform bill Sunday, Republicans are still using scare tactics to confuse the issues. Not that they don’t want reform, they just don’t want Obama’s reform. It’s time to get off this roller coaster ride, writes CSUB political science professor Mark Martinez.
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Media should have reported Ashburn’s orientation sooner
While it’s not the media’s responsibility to out people, Sen. Roy Ashburn’s anti-gay stance was reason enough for journalists to investigate rumors of his homosexuality, writes Christopher Meyers, director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at CSUB.
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Business Conference or Plato’s Cave?
What happens when the leaders are as equally clueless about the shadows on the walls as Plato’s cave dwellers? It looks like we’re going to find out at this year’s Bakersfield Business Conference, to be held Oct. 9 on the campus of California State University, Bakersfield.
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Scrivner to go for county post
Bakersfield City Councilman Zack Scrivner will run next year for Kern County supervisor, leaving the balance of power on the city council up for grabs.
