On April 26th the Truckee Planning Commission will decide whether or not Grocery Outlet can build a new store across Donner Pass Road from Safeway. Our community has demonstrated repeatedly in the last year that sustainability is a primary concern. This project is a step backward for town sustainability. It is redundant given our current options of Safeway, Savemart, and New Moon, not to mention the approved Raley’s and Railyard grocery stores. How many grocery stores does Truckee need? The project does not increase access to an under-served part of town and congests an already crowded thoroughfare. Nearby residents are legitimately concerned that their once sleepy residential streets will be used as an alternate access route. New projects should make the Town of Truckee more livable, not less.

Because I feel a lot of tension among the citizens every year at the fair.

Trump has destroyed the political norms of our country and it is up to us to be the beacon of what good governance can be. The first step a candidate can do to prove that they are not like Trump is to do what he didn't, release their taxes. Demonstrate to those they want to represent that they have no other interest but to better the lives of those they would represent.

A great American with great potential lived his short life as an amazing human being, a great wrestler bringing the USA seven Olympic and World medals, and a great family man. Everybody that knew Dave loved him and all who didn't know him wished they did! Let's commemorate him!

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to kill the bipartisan legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump and his administration. We must speak out to stop him. The only way to force McConnell’s hand here is if his fellow Republicans call him out. At such a perilous moment for our democracy, every single senator must put country before party, and demand a fair up-or-down vote for the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act. Huge majorities of Americans think Mueller should conduct his investigation without presidential interference. That fact isn’t lost on the many GOP senators, who’ve said they agree with the American people that Trump would be crossing a red line by disrupting the investigation now. Now, it’s time for every single one of them to back up their words by putting country over party -- and demanding, in a public statement, that Mitch McConnell give this critically important legislation to protect Mueller the fair consideration it deserves. We have the votes to pass this bill -- if it gets a vote on the Senate floor. That’s where you come in: please join me in demanding that McConnell stop standing in the way. Add your voice now and tell Republicans in Congress to publicly call for a fair, up-or-down vote on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act.

Mitch McConnell has a long history of obstructing justice which dates back to at LEAST Obama's presidency! More recently though,he has lied under oath & committed treasonous acts in an effort to save Trump from being charged with multiple counts of treason & other crimes! Mitch McConnell's most recent act of obstruction is his trying to stop Robert Mueller's investigations of Trump's countless wrong doings! Mitch McConnell MUST be charged for his obstructions & MUST be locked up! We can't let him be above the law!

A Kansas firefighter reportedly got his job back ahead of his trial for an incident where he allegedly spit on a 3-year-old and used a racial slur. Terrence Jeremy Skeen, 42, is back at work at the Kansas City Fire Department after his lawyers claim he was “suspended incorrectly,” according to the Kansas City Star. Skeen, however, still faces charges of battery, assault, and disorderly conduct in connection with a Feb. 26 altercation at a local Hooters. The firefighter is accused of threatening to shoot a black customer, hurling the N-word at him and spitting on his 3-year-old grandson at the restaurant. The tot’s grandfather, Raymond L. Harris, said that the boy briefly wandered away when another patron told him that Skeen spit on the child. “You need to get that f—ing girl and take her back to the other side where you came from,” Skeen allegedly shouted at Harris from across the restaurant. After correcting him on his grandson’s gender, Harris said that he asked him if he spit on the boy, according to the Kansas City Star. “F— you, you n—-r,” Skeen reportedly said to him. “I will spit on you. F— you! I will shoot you!” Skeen’s lawyers denied the accusations to the newspaper and said that his story “will all come out at the trial.”

We deserve a fair, accurate Census in 2020 -- but the Trump administration is trying to rig it for political gain. By law, the Census must count everyone who lives within the borders of our country, regardless of their citizenship status. But Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to include a question on citizenship threatens that constitutional requirement and politicizes this process. Plus, it'll make the 2020 Census undercount communities of color and others who feel intimidated by Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric -- by discouraging them from participating at all. And since we use Census data to draw legislative districts, it’ll amplify the harm of gerrymandering -- keeping fair representation in government out of reach for too many of us. An accurate Census is essential in the redrawing of our congressional and legislative districts and budgeting decisions that impact our schools, hospitals, roads, and veterans. The Trump administration’s decision threatens the accuracy of data we use as nation to make essential decisions about our children’s future. There’s a clear political motive here -- Donald Trump was fundraising off the prospect of a citizenship question just last week. Systematically undercounting our nation’s Latino population and other communities of color would tilt the balance of power towards Republicans for the next decade. This is just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate, threaten, and silence people of color -- and it shouldn’t happen in 21st century America. We must speak out now to ensure an accurate 2020 Census, without a politically motivated question on citizenship that will suppress legitimate responses. Send your message now.

Ag-gag laws are designed to help Big Ag keep animal abuse hidden from the public by criminalizing the acts that expose the truth. The public deserves to know how animals are being raised and ag-gag laws are a direct attempt to keep the truth hidden. We can't sit silently by while federal laws are protecting animal abuse and preventing free speech . Sign and share the petition to end Ag-Gag!

Time to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and work for that money. Preferably in a coal mine, as an undocumented farm worker, or be shipped off to fight a one-man war against North Korea.

While I don’t know this for sure, I have to think the original intent of the congressional recess was for congressmen to go home and update their constituents; somehow that’s been lost. I live in Washington’s congressional district and each quarter or so both my senators come to town to hold a fund raiser. So I pay $100.00 to join the state and local party hack hopefuls and the lobbyists to hear MY elected officials discuss issues (always highlighting those of the lobbyists). This just isn’t right and again not the way it was designed.

Condo owners in Newburyport are under attack. The city is considering charging or eliminating curbside trash pickups for some or all 2,000+ condos in Newburyport. We use the same streets, schools, libraries and other city services. We pay the same property taxes as others. Condo owners should not be treated differently from single-family or rental properties. If there is an increase in a new trash hauling contract, everyone should pay equally for that city service.