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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Alameda County</title>
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		<title>Chan plans hearing on health care reform impacts</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/10/chan-plans-hearing-on-health-care-reform-impacts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan – a former Assembly Health Committee chair who championed health insurance for kids – on Monday will host the first in a series of hearings on local implementation of national health care reforms. The hearing, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ chambers on the fifth floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Lockyer gives his wife&#8217;s campaign $110k more</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/28/bill-lockyer-gives-his-wifes-campaign-110k-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Lockyer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liz Figueroa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nadia Lockyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incumbent California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who it seems has barely lifted a finger to fend off Republican challenger state Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel, dropped another $110,000 on his wife’s campaign for Alameda County Supervisor this week. That brings Lockyer for Treasurer 2010’s total contributions to Nadia Lockyer&#8216;s supervisorial campaign to almost $1.32 million. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alco Dems hire executive director</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/12/alco-dems-hire-executive-director/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alameda county democratic party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Alameda County Democratic Party has hired Michael Colbruno as its new executive director. Read on for the full news release. Alameda County Democratic Party Announces New Executive Director Michael Colbruno named to local party post San Leandro, August 12, 2009: The Alameda County Democratic Party has announced it has hired longtime party activist and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Bay cities, schools head to the ballot</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/10/east-bay-cities-schools-head-to-the-ballot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/10/east-bay-cities-schools-head-to-the-ballot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local ballot measures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=12926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cities, school and special districts in the East Bay have placed 32 measures on the Nov. 2 ballot, and most of them ask voters for money. Whether voters will be in the mood to pay more taxes, even for schools, roads and police officers, remains to be seen. But in general, voters prefer hyper-local taxes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New candidate, old trick</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/21/new-candidate-old-trick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/21/new-candidate-old-trick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Creighton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Kolakowski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alameda County Superior Court candidate Louis Goodman’s website, as well as his direct-mail piece that’s hitting mailboxes all over the county, offer up the following quotes: “We endorse Louis Goodman for Alameda County Superior Court Judge.” – Oakland Tribune “Goodman’s experience as a volunteer judge [Judge Pro-tem] in the Alameda County court system – along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates woo Dem lawyers in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/07/candidates-woo-dem-lawyers-in-oakland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/07/candidates-woo-dem-lawyers-in-oakland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 23:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Torrico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Stark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. House]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bev Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Wieckowski]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fremont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrett Yee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Lowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Jelincec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lou Filipovich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilma Chan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=11599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having all four candidates for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 3 seat on the same stage might’ve been the high point of this afternoon’s Alameda County Democratic Lawyers’ Club endorsement luncheon. Former Assembly Majority Leader Wilma Chan of Alameda, San Leandro political activist Lou Filipovich, Alameda Mayor Bev Johnson and Oakland financial advisor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassador Bleich still talks about home</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/02/ambassador-bleich-still-talks-about-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/02/ambassador-bleich-still-talks-about-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeff bleich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[march madness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich, a former Piedmont resident and Democratic political activist, has not forgotten the Bay Area just because he has gone Down Under. In this post on his ambassor web page, he talks up the Saint Mary&#8217;s Gael&#8217;s basketball team, which made the NCAA playoffs.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;A rose by any other name&#8230;&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/26/a-rose-by-any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/26/a-rose-by-any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 governor's race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cooley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dowling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Eastman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Dowling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Figueroa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nadia Lockyer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Cooley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never seen so much hue and cry about ballot designations – the two or three word titles appearing beneath a candidate’s name on the ballot – as I’m seeing this year. Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, a Republican candidate for state Attorney General, complains that GOP primary rival former Chapman Law School Dean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Lockyer: Arnold right to veto gas-tax swap</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/17/bill-lockyer-arnold-right-to-veto-gas-tax-swap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/17/bill-lockyer-arnold-right-to-veto-gas-tax-swap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legislature really dropped the ball with its version of the gas-tax-swap deal, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer told Alameda County officials today, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was right to promise a veto. Lockyer addressed the county Board of Supervisors Budget Workgroup, with attendees including supervisors Keith Carson, Alice Lai-Bitker and Gail Steele; County Administrator Susan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haggerty to testify before U.S. Senate committee</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/17/haggerty-to-testify-before-u-s-senate-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/17/haggerty-to-testify-before-u-s-senate-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty is among those scheduled to testify tomorrow before U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s Environment and Public Works Committee, in a hearing on “Mobility and Congestion in Urban and Rural America.&#8221; Haggerty will be testifying on behalf of the National Association of Counties, for which he chairs a Transportation Steering Committee. Transportation [...]]]></description>
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