With less than a month to go and absentee ballots hitting local mailboxes this week, here are the Weekly’s endorsements for the 2012 election.
For the past month-and-a-half (and in some cases, longer than that) the Weekly has met with a variety of candidates running in a variety of races. If your name appeared on a ballot, we reached ...
Elections
Clip & Vote
The Weekly ’s handy voting guide for the 2012 elections puts intel at your fingertips.
Less than three weeks to go and more information than you can possibly keep in your head means one thing: Take the Weekly’s voting guide with you when you head to the polls (or as ...
Endorsements 2011
Part II of the Weekly’s select picks for the Nov. 8 elections.
MONTEREY PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Area 3: Rick Johnson Once an MPC student himself, Johnson has earned the community’s trust as executive director of the Old Monterey Business Association. That trust is an invaluable asset ...
Endorsements 2011
Part I of the Weekly’s select picks for the Nov. 8 elections.
MEASURE S: Renew the Existing Del Rey Oaks 1-Percent Transactions and Use Tax YES The half-square-mile city of Del Rey Oaks doesn’t have a whole lot of horns to toot, so we can forgive city ...
Federal and State Offices, State Propositions
FEDERAL OFFICES PRESIDENT Barack Obama Barack Obama is smart, contemplative, understands the complexities of the economy, has an ambitious health-care initiative and a smart plan to get us out of the Iraq War, quickly. Plus, ...
Local Endorsements
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE Todd Hornik With one empty seat on the bench, a second soon to be vacated due to a retirement and a busy court that could benefit from an additional judge anyhow, voters ...
Saturday Night Live Hosts A Vice-Presidential Debate — Fey as Palin, Queen Latifah as debate moderator Gwen Ifill
Watch Saturday, October 4, 2008, SNL skit about the recent VP Debate:
The Weekly editorial board’s recommendations for the June 3 election.
Assembly District 27 Bill Monning California’s Assembly is not the place for on-the-job training. Because of the quick turnover of the chamber’s members (even the most successful legislators are termed out in six years) arriving ...
Elections: Carmel - by - the - Sea
The Weekly editors’ recommendations for mayor, City Council on April 8.
MAYOR Sue McCloud Four-term incumbent Sue McCloud says she did not plan to seek a fifth term as mayor and had hoped another candidate would step forward who she could support. That didn’t happen, she ...
Endorsements 2008: The Weekly editors "recommendations for Tuesday" primary.
PRESIDENT DEMOCRAT: Barack Obama Democrats have a difficult decision to make on Tuesday—good news if you’re a Democrat. While the Republican field closely resembles a clown car, Dems have two rock-star politicians to choose from ...
Will Indian gaming help state coffers or turn California into a giant casino?
Scott MacDonald, a spokesman for Californians for No Unfair Deals, says four ballot measures would allow California’s Indian casinos to house two to three times more slot machines than even the largest casino in Las ...
Coming to Terms
Prop. 93 would reduce total years in office – except for some lame ducks.
Once again pitting himself against Republican lawmakers in Sacramento, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week endorsed term-limits measure Proposition 93. “The current system of term limits,” Schwarzenegger wrote in an opinion piece in the Jan. 15 ...
Seaside’s Measure R would fatten police and fire budgets.
The city of Seaside is asking voters to approve a ballot measure that would raise the local sales tax 1 percent, to 8.25 percent. If passed on Feb. 5, Measure R (dubbed the Vital City ...
The state’s budget crisis may doom community college funding measure.
The timing couldn’t be worse for a ballot measure designed to give community colleges a dedicated funding stream. With a $14.5 billion deficit looming, California legislators will likely slash – not bolster – college programs ...
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey Peninsula College Total Unrestricted Revenue: $39,670,699 | Total Enrollment: 13,830 as of Oct. 22 | Founded: 1947 | President: Dr. Douglas Garrison | Full-time Faculty: 110 | Part-time Faculty: 300 | Campus size: 97 ...
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District FY 2006-07 Budget: $8,422,200 | Population Within District: 112,000 MPWMD manages surface water from the Carmel River stored in San Clemente and Los Padres reservoirs, and ground water pumped from ...
Endorsements 2007
PACIFIC GROVE TAX MEASURES Measure O | YES This measure would remove the city’s $3,000 business tax cap. This seems fair – a huge company such as Trader Joe’s shouldn’t be held to the same ...
Hartnell College
Hartnell College Total Unrestricted Revenue: $38,317,229 | Total Enrollment: 9,870 as of Fall 2006 | Founded: 1920 | President: Dr. Phoebe K. Helm (interim) | Full-time Faculty: 103 | Part-time Faculty: 237 | Campus size: ...
Pebble Beach Community Service District
Pebble Beach Community Service District PBCSD is the local government of Pebble Beach. It delivers public services – fire protection, emergency medical, wastewater collection and treatment and the like – to residents. Its board serves ...
Spreckels Union Elementary School District
Spreckels Union Elementary School District Total Revenue: $6,283,349 Dollars/Student: $7,343 Total Schools: 2 Total Enrollment: 870 Average Class Size: 25.3 Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.8 to 1 Average Teacher Salary: $49,979 Average Years Teaching in District: 9 ...
Salinas Union High School District
Salinas Union High School District Total Revenue: $108, 831, 694 Dollars/Student: $8,214 Total Schools: 10 Total Enrollment: 13,548 Average Class Size: 30 Student/Teacher Ratio: 25 to 1 Average Teacher Salary: $60, 124 Average Years Teaching ...
Monterey County Office of Education
Monterey County Office of Education MCOE provides resources and support for the county’s 24 school districts, two community colleges and state university. Total Revenue: $81,085,344 Total K-12 Schools: 124 Total Enrollment: 69,851 Average Class Size: ...
Carmel Unified School District
Carmel Unified School District Total Revenue: $35,124,625 Dollars/Student: $17,269 Total Schools: 6 Total Enrollment: 2,132 Average Class Size: 21.3 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15.9 Average Teacher Salary: $69,879 Average Years Teaching in District: 11.1 Four-year Dropout Rate: ...
Pacific Grove Unified School District
Pacific Grove Unified School District Total Revenue: $19,809,667Dollars/Student: $11,692Total Schools: 5Total Enrollment: 1,725Average Class Size: 23.5Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.3 to 1Average Teacher Salary: $69,130Average Years Teaching in District: 14.0Four-year Dropout Rate: 11.3 percentGraduates with UC/CSU Required ...
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Total Revenue: $88,677,296Dollars/Student: $8,467Total Schools: 22Total Enrollment: 11,607Average Class Size: 31.4Student/Teacher Ratio: 21.2 to 1Average Teacher Salary: $55,016Average Years Teaching in District: 11.6Four-year Dropout Rate: 12 percentGraduates with UC/CSU Required ...
North Monterey County Unified School District
North Monterey County Unified School District Total Revenue: $39, 094, 846Dollars/Student: $8,502Total Schools: 8Total Enrollment: 4,707Average Class Size: 26Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.1 to 1Average Teacher Salary: $58,410Average Years Teaching in District: 12.5Four-Year Dropout Rate: 5.9 percentGraduates ...
