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joe puleo
Member since Mar 14, 2013
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Re: “Vote Kalb or Wicks for Assembly District 15”
Could not agree more. Ms Goodwin has got it right. We have enough lawmakers from the club of establishment Democrats such as Buffy and Dan. We don't need any more of them.
Instead, we need the sort of problem-solver Jovanka Beckles is. She LISTENS, and then she ACTS according to the needs of constituents. Because she listens, Richmond has the first rent control law passed in CA in 30 years; a minimum wage that will hit $15 in January; a Safe Return project to assist the formerly incarcerated reintegrate into our community, and a ban on the box from applications for work with the city or it's contractors requiring applicants to admit, first thing, to a conviction.
That Jovanka champions these issues signifies the kind of diversity she brings to representing the people of Assembly District 15. Diversity sorely lacking in Sacramento. The East Bay Express needs feet on the street to understand the groundswell of support for Jovanka Beckles. People are fed up with business as usual, want no more corporate politicians, and, instead, choose the hope a person brings who treads where the Express does not.
Re: “Richmond Councilman Gets Called on His Junk”
Thank you for outing Vice Mayor Booze for what he truly is. A member of the Chevron Plantation Alliance which seeks to return control of Richmond City Government to the Chevron Corporation. He does this for the basest of reason , Chevron''s money. Funds given to support his upcoming election campaign or given to his favored community organizations to buy him political support. His opposition to the casino at Pt. Molate it seems was not based on any concern for the community rather the big bucks showered upon him by the Card Clubs which opposed it. He doesn't deserve the support of anyone in our community except for other members of the Chevron Plantation Alliance, ie. Council member Bates
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Re: “In the 15th Assembly District, Six Candidates Appear to Have a Shot at the Top Two Spots”
Buffy Wicks represents all that is wrong with the "Establishment" Democratic party. Buffy has run away from her role in Hillary Clinton's 2016 primary campaign in which she styled herself "Buffy The Bernie Slayer". Not a mention of that employment role any of her or her PAC literature. They just brag about Obama. These Corprocrats are in the pocket of big business no different from the Republicans just different oligarchs, same sycophancy. If Hillary had kept her hand on the pulse of Middle America instead of in the wallet of Goldman Sacks she not Trump would be President. Vote for Jovanka Beckles a real progressive not a corporate shill like Buffy
Joe Puleo . Richmond Ca.