Gayle McLaughlin, a former Richmond mayor and candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, will be speaking Tuesday at the Progressive Democrats of Benicia’s (PDB) monthly meeting. McLaughlin first became involved in politics in the ‘80s when she served as an activist with the Central American solidarity movement, and civil rights nonprofit groups People United to Save […]
Attorney general candidate addresses Benicia Democratic club meeting
Dave Jones, a candidate in the 2018 California attorney general race, spoke at the November meeting of the Progressive Democrats of Benicia Club held Monday at the Benicia Senior Center. Thirty-five people attended this meeting. Jones was elected State Insurance Commissioner in 2010 and was re-elected to that position in 2014 which he still serves. […]
Letters: Citizen engagement edition
Building to engage Benicians “Partisan politics are great, but to put non-partisan politics in the same boat is wrong” was the last line of a recent Forum article, penned by Benicia resident and serial letter writer Bob Livesay. The sentence concluded an 850-plus word essay on the dangers of Benicia residents gathering to discuss politics […]