Comments on: Stirling for Fremont Council

By: Walter, Livermore

Walter, Livermore — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:16:52 +0000

Thanks for the info and the links, Linh Tat!

By: Linh Tat

Linh Tat — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:35:14 +0000

Walter from Livermore asked for a list of people who have picked up candidate forms. Ask and you shall receive…

Actually, there will be an article in Wednesday’s paper with a rundown of everyone who’s pulled papers. The article is online already, so check it out at http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/ci_10108559. (If that link doesn’t work, go to http://www.theargusonline.com and click on the “Filing deadline looms for Tri-City elections” header.)

By: Interesting

Interesting — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:20:48 +0000

Haha. I loved Doug’s comment about Mitt Romney..really interesting.

By: Walter, Livermore

Walter, Livermore — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:58:11 +0000

I can respect a candidate that only has the means to raise limited funds for his campaign in the world of big-politics. $143 is not a lot of money, but it’s still early. Maybe “Con” Edwards can spare some tip-money from one of his $400 haircuts to help aid Stirling’s campaign. Good ol’ “Con” may reconsider when he gets word of Stirling’s talk of “fiscal responsibility” though. The part about “change” is original. I’m sure at least one of the 12 people that have pulled papers for Fremont City-Council planned on using that one as well.

I can support more citizen participation in politics. Now days, when I hear that I may take a second look. In Fact, this just might be the real cure for what’s going on in this country, from the federal level to the state and all the way down to the local level.

I’d like to see more citizens out there getting involved with what’s going on. The problem is that regular people don’t think that it’s their place to be involved with politics and they are very caught-up in the “paycheck to paycheck” problems of their everyday life.

Can we get a complete list of the people who have taken out papers? It would be interesting to see how many known politicians are running vs. the regular everyday people.

Did the Minutemen ever end up taking out papers to run for Fremont City-Council? Even though some may disagree with the points that they make, they seem to be the type of citizen volunteers that we’re talking about.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:14:28 +0000

Mitt Romney had his dog ride on the roof of the family’s car when they went on vacation. Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus’s rather visceral protest (dog excrement was found on the roof and sides of the car).
For a guy with a net worth estimated at between $190 million-$250 million, plus a blind trust for his children and grandchildren of $70 million you would think he’d have a bigger vehicle so his dog could fit inside.

By: Groove

Groove — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:56:51 +0000

Hasn’t Mitt Romney has already flipped flopped back to his laudable Pro Choice stance? And if he hasn’t officially stated his intentions yet, you can bet he will after Obama is elected!

By: Robert Kelley

Robert Kelley — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:08:16 +0000

Mitt Romney corrected his viewpoint on infanticide, and should be lauded for this change. Mitt Romney stood solid on every other major issue. Insulting his hair is petty.

If you want flip-flops, just listen to Sen. Obama and his viewpoints on Rev. Wright, Iran, Iraq, Energy, Oil, Sen. Clinton, and Afghanistan. Is there an issue he hasn’t taken both sides of?

Of course, you could consider Sen John Edwards and his flip-flops with his marriage and his affair with Rielle Hunter this year. I’m sure if he was a Republican, it would be get adequate coverage.