California Friends of the African American Caucus

CAMPAIGN UPDATE

Dear 206,788 Friends the fight is not over yet, there are still 1,800 to 3,000 ballots to be counted in the 8th Council District. FREE THE 8TH DISTRICT.

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Forescee Hogan-Rowles

To all Candidates and elected officials send me your photo and I will post, this includes (DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATES- APRIL 29TH Convention as well.)

We are now on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/cafriendsof aacc

BREAKING NEWS:

Barbara Calhoun

Compton City Councilwoman

8AM BREAKING NEWS: Barbara J. Calhoun Compton City Councilwoman supports keeping the Sheriff Department, and wants the people to have a chance to vote on the issue..... Calhoun states that after further review financially, and after talking to the city financial adviser it makes great sense, because how can we pay for a police department if we can not pay them on time.

Assemblyman Mike Davis

8AM BREAKING NEWS: Assemblyman Mike Davis Our Candidate for Los Angeles City Council 9 District 2013.

The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs

-- ALADS --

Thursday March 10, 2010

Invites Sheriff's Department Supporters for a

Public Safety Services Program Update

6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.

Compton Education Association

Meeting Hall

333 South Santa Fe Ave.

Compton CA, 90221

Seating is limited. Light refreshments provided.

-Join your neighbors, business leaders and Compton

community leaders for a public safety services program update.

-Learn how you can support the efforts to retain quality public

safety services in your neighborhood.

-Learn about the community efforts to support a ballot measure that would maintain the outstanding public safety services

of the Sheriff's services in the City of Compton.

For more information,

please call the ALADS offices at (323) 213-4005

Paid for and authorized by ALADS PAC, FPPC ID

#822506

Wisconsin Senate's maneuver advances anti-union bill

By Abby Sewell

Republicans skirt a requirement that a quorum be present, then vote to strip most public workers of collective bargaining rights. Photos

Malcolm: Australia PM Julia Gillard wows Congress | 2:36 a.m.

Lupus drug is first in 50 years

Community college trustees fire building program's head

L.A. council race renews debate on labor's clout

Rizzo stole more than $5 million, prosecutors say

U.S. spending plans fail in Senate

Bell's all-new, all-novice council faces nasty choices

By Christopher Goffard, Paloma Esquivel and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times

With the city on the edge of insolvency, immediate budget cuts - including possible closure of the Police Department - will be needed.

Gov. Jerry Brown pitches his budget plan on Republican turf

By Michael J. Mishak and Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times

Whether it's over a beer or with his Welsh corgi, Brown is schmoozing lawmakers to secure just four GOP votes for his budget plan.

Mel Gibson agrees to plea deal on domestic violence charges

By Jack Leonard and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times

Gibson's ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, accused the actor of threatening her with a gun and punching her at his Malibu home last year. Gibson has agreed to plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge Friday, sources say. He would avoid jail.

L.A. Community College District fires building program chief

By Michael Finnegan and Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times

Larry Eisenberg has led the $5.7-billion bond-financed project since 2003. A Times investigation found that poor planning, shoddy workmanship and other factors cost tens of millions of dollars.

LAPD responds to report of man with gun at Bonaventure Hotel downtown [Updated]03/09/2011, 10:16 p.m.

'Killer bees' attack San Diego County man03/09/2011, 9:36 p.m.

L.A. asks appeals court to allow enforcement of medical marijuana law03/09/2011, 9:27 p.m.

Los Angeles regional weather forecast03/09/2011, 9:00 p.m.

Suspect arrested in 1985 slaying of Long Beach model03/09/2011, 7:58 p.m.

L.A. City Council gives OK to long-stalled Hollywood office project [Updated]03/09/2011, 7:13 p.m.

Reward to be offered in killing of husband and wife in South L.A.03/09/2011, 6:35 p.m.

Charges dropped against dozens of defendants in San Francisco police misconduct investigation03/09/2011, 6:32 p.m.

AM Alert: It was a dark and stormy budget ...

Today's Day 60 in Gov. Jerry Brown's quest for a budget deal, but the floor sessions scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Senate and Assembly won't include votes on a plan.

Brown is missing his self-imposed deadline at his own request, as David Siders reports in today's Bee.

Check in on the latest developments as Bee political columnist Dan Walters hosts a live chat about the state of negotiations starting at noon. Join the chat at www.sacbee.com/live.

If you've been seeing red, it's also Red Cross Month, and the organization's members have been meeting this week with elected officials at the Capitol.

A reception later today at Ella restaurant on K Street will benefit the group. Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, and Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, are expected to attend.

The event runs from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. As this flier says, potable highlights include a special cocktail called the Red Cross Dark and Stormy.

What's in it? Gosling's Black Seal rum, Blenheim ginger ale #5 and lime, according to Justin Matheson, executive director of the California Hospital Association Political Action Committee.

Maybe it's time for an enterprising bartender to invent a drink named after the budget...

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