Saturday, February 25, 2012

Local: Time is short. Absentee ballots for the Primary Election will come out in May.

There will be a Candidates' Night in Fortuna Union High School gymnasium on Thursday, March 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Richard Leamon/Letter to the Editor/Times-Standard

As I have been putting up posters in stores and businesses for this, I have become very concerned that many voters do not understand what it is all about. Speaking to people in these businesses, I have learned that many people do not realize that “redistricting” in California has eliminated Congressman Mike Thompson as our representative here on the North Coast. They are unaware that a slate of completely new people wish to take his place in Washington, D.C.