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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Contra Costa Board of Supervisors</title>
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		<title>CoCo Supe Gioia named to Air Resources Board</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/coco-supe-gioia-named-to-air-resources-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown today named Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia to the California Air Resources Board. Gioia, 55, of Richmond, has been a county supervisor since 1999 and served as the board’s chairman in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Earlier, he was in private law practice from 1986 to 1998, and was a legal researcher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candace Andersen takes oath of office in Contra Costa County</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elegantly attired in red in honor of the late Supervisor Gayle Uilkema, former Danville Mayor Candace Andersen was sworn into office Tuesday as the District 2 representative on the Contra Costa County board of supervisors. (Click here to read story at ContraCostaTimes.com.) Click here to watch video of Andersen take the oath of office with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danville Mayor Andersen appointed to CoCo supervisors</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/26/danville-mayor-andersen-appointed-to-coco-supervisors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Danville Mayor Candace Andersen to the Contra Costa County board of supervisors late Monday night and she will be sworn into office Tuesday at 9 a.m., in Martinez, just in time to join her four colleagues on the debate later in the day over whether to put a fire parcel tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CoCo Supervisor Glover wins re-election in a landslide!</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/05/coco-supervisor-glover-wins-re-election-in-a-landslide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 primary election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Er, it helps to run unopposed. Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover just put out a press release thanking voters for re-electing him to a fifth term. &#8220;All the work positioning myself in regional policy-making bodies and building relationships are paying paying off,&#8221; he said in the statement. &#8220;The people see the results of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More CC supervisor mailers, these pro-Andersen</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/01/more-cc-supervisor-mailers-these-pro-andersen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 primary election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters have plenty of campaign mailers to peruse this election, especially in the highly competitive District 2 Contra Costa supervisor fight between Danville Mayor Candace Andersen and Contra Costa Community College board President Tomi Van de Brooke. Yesterday, I posted mailers put out by independent expenditure committees who support Van de Brooke. Below, you&#8217;ll see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor and abortion rights advocates play in CoCo District 2 supervisor race</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/31/labor-and-abortion-rights-advocates-play-in-coco-district-2-supervisor-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/31/labor-and-abortion-rights-advocates-play-in-coco-district-2-supervisor-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 primary election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor and abortion rights activists have poured nearly $50,000 into the intense county supervisor race between Contra Costa Community College Board President Tomi Van de Brooke and Danville Mayor Candace Andersen. Funded by two independent expenditure committees, robocalls and mailers remind voters leading up to Tuesday&#8217;s election that Van de Brooke is the abortion-rights option [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Costa Supervisor Gayle Uilkema has died</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/19/contra-costa-supervisor-gayle-uilkema-has-died/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/19/contra-costa-supervisor-gayle-uilkema-has-died/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa County Supervisor Gayle Uilkema died early this morning with her family by her side.  She had been battling ovarian cancer since mid-2010. In her fourth term, the 73-year-old former Lafayette mayor has been absent from her seat behind the board dais in Martinez since December, when she suffered a bout of pneumonia she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Costa water initiative loses big</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/07/contra-costa-water-initiative-loses-big/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/07/contra-costa-water-initiative-loses-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 01:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The contentious Contra Costa countywide clean water initiative has failed by nearly 19,000 votes. Property owners rejected the per-parcel fee by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin, which would have raised $14 million a year for water pollution prevention programs. In a snippy press release, Clean Water Program Director Don Freitas blames the loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CoCo supervisor forum to air May 7 and 9</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/04/23/coco-supervisor-forum-to-air-may-7-and-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/04/23/coco-supervisor-forum-to-air-may-7-and-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 primary election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An election forum featuring two candidates for Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will air on public access television on May 7 and May 9. The Contra Costa Council sponsored the lunchtime debate with candidates Tomi Van de Brooke, president of the Contra Costa Community College District Board of Trustees, and Danville Mayor Candace Andersen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Costa supervisor candidate debate set for April 23</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/04/18/contra-costa-supervisor-candidate-debate-set-for-april-23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/04/18/contra-costa-supervisor-candidate-debate-set-for-april-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa District 2 supervisor candidates Candace Andersen and Tomi Van de Brooke will face off at the April 23 lunch meeting of the Contra Costa Council. Van de Brooke, an Orinda resident and elected member of the Contra Costa Community College District, and Andersen, mayor of Danville, will answer questions and discuss their platforms. [...]]]></description>
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