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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Contra Costa politics</title>
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		<title>Contra Costa reacts swiftly to revised Delta peripheral canal plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/25/contra-costa-reacts-swiftly-to-revised-delta-peripheral-canal-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/25/contra-costa-reacts-swiftly-to-revised-delta-peripheral-canal-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa water district]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov. jerry brown; interior secretary ken salazar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karen mitchoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peripheral Canal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. John Garamendi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mike Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supervisor karen mitchoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa County, whose leaders have been fending off a peripheral canal for more than three decades, reacted swiftly and negatively to a joint federal-state announcement today of a new Delta water diversion proposal. “We need science before size,&#8221; said Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho, who also sits on the Delta Protection Commission, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond Mayor McLaughlin vows to crack down on Corky Booze</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/20/richmond-mayor-mclaughlin-vows-to-crack-down-on-corky-booze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/20/richmond-mayor-mclaughlin-vows-to-crack-down-on-corky-booze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corky booze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeff ritterman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jovanka Beckles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nat bates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond councilman nat bates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richmond progressive alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Butt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin has run out of patience with colleague and Councilman Corky Booze, the man she says is responsible for inciting routine dysfunction and chaos at Richmond City Council meetings. The mayor sent out an email letter this week (see below) castigating Booze &#8212; she doesn&#8217;t mention him by name but everybody knows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Costa County office building is weedy and seedy</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/20/contra-costa-county-office-building-is-weedy-and-seedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arnold drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cohtra costa county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa public works department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire hazard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julie bueren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public works director julie bueren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weeds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord knows, Contra Costa County is short on cash like every other public agency but the state of the landscaping at its offices on Arnold Drive in Martinez is disgraceful. The grass is dead. Weeds abound. Shrubs and trees are dying. When I drove through the parking lot other evening after a county worker called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filing period for local candidates opens July 16</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/06/filing-period-for-local-candidates-opens-july-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/06/filing-period-for-local-candidates-opens-july-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 general election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local candidates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a hankering to run for public office, the time is now. The candidate filing period opens July 16 and runs through Aug. 10 for hundreds of local city, school and special district offices. In districts where an incumbent fails to file for re-election, the deadline is extended to Aug. 15. In Contra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired Contra Costa Sheriff Warren Rupf diagnosed with leukemia</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/06/retired-contra-costa-sheriff-warren-rupf-diagnosed-with-leukemia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/06/retired-contra-costa-sheriff-warren-rupf-diagnosed-with-leukemia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acute myeloid leukemia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa county sheriff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa sheriff dave livingston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Rupf]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retired Contra Costa Sheriff Warren Rupf has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. In his trademark, wry and witty voice, the 69-year-old East Bay native who served as his county&#8217;s sheriff for almost two decades, sent an email to friends and colleagues on Thursday. He is exploring treatment options but the prognosis is grim for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ConFire Chief Louder braves Contra Costa Taxpayers Association</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/29/confire-chief-louder-braves-contra-costa-taxpayers-association/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/29/confire-chief-louder-braves-contra-costa-taxpayers-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Contra Costa County election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confire chief daryl louder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa fire protection district]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Taxpayers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Hunt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ConFire Chief Daryl Louder will walk through a wall of fire to rescue women, children and kittens. But is he brave enough to speak at a breakfast of the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, whose members have been asking tough questions about his agency&#8217;s drive to put a parcel tax measure on the November ballot? Yep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candace Andersen takes oath of office in Contra Costa County</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/26/candace-andersen-takes-oath-of-office-in-contra-costa-county/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/26/candace-andersen-takes-oath-of-office-in-contra-costa-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candace andersen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors]]></category>

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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>Contra Costa public employee union seeks Andersen appointment</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/14/contra-costa-public-employee-union-seeks-andersen-appointment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/14/contra-costa-public-employee-union-seeks-andersen-appointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 primary election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candace andersen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[larry edginton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local one]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public employees union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tomi van de brooke]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa Public Employees Union Local One may have endorsed her opponent but now that Danville Mayor Candace Andersen has won the District 2 supervisor seat in a landslide, the labor group is graciously asking Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint the victor. &#8220;Ms. Andersen was decisively elected to the District 2 seat,&#8221; wrote Local One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Hercules Mayor Joe Eddy McDonald dies</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/12/former-hercules-mayor-joe-eddy-mcdonald-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/12/former-hercules-mayor-joe-eddy-mcdonald-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hercules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joe eddy mcdonald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Eddy McDonald, the lively former Hercules mayor who leveraged a personal tragedy to make Highway 4 in West Contra Costa County safer for all drivers, has died. Read my colleague Tom Lochner&#8217;s story here. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20832382/former-hercules-mayor-joe-eddy-mcdonald-dies?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com &#160; &#160;]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/01/more-cc-supervisor-mailers-these-pro-andersen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 primary election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candace andersen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[june 2012 primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tomi van de brooke]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20048</guid>
		<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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