Agopian Supervisor campaign picks Gary Gilbert as campaign manager
August 19, 2008
Gary Agopian, candidate for County Supervisor in the 5th Supervisorial District, announced today that he has named Gary Gilbert as his Campaign Chairman. Gilbert is the Founder of United Citizens for Better Neighborhoods (UCBN) and Antioch’s 2006 Citizen of Year for his advocacy for the Antioch Police and neighborhood safety. According to Gilbert, “The citizens of District 5 deserve leadership we can trust and leadership we can believe in. As a resident of East County, I am confident that Gary Agopian completely understands the financial and public safety challenges facing Contra Costa County and I am certain that Gary will act in the best interest of all District 5 residents. Gary Agopian is the best choice to represent us for the next four years.”
Erik Nunn District-5 meet and greet, Apr 12
April 8, 2008
Erik Nunn will hold a meet and greet event, co-sponsored by Bay Point MAC Members Steve Hoagland and Norma Siegfrid.
The event will be held 9am to 11am at the Ambrose Center, 3105 Willow Pass Rd., Bay Point Call 925-584-5665 to RSVP.
Town Hall to address Bay Point annexation to Pittsburg, Mar 18
March 10, 2008
The future and character of Bay Point will be strongly impacted by two topics that will be discussed at the next Bay Point Town Hall to be held by Supervisor Federal Glover. The Town Hall will be held March 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ambrose Recreation and Park District Center (Dining room), located at 3105 Willow Pass Road, in Bay Point.
At the Town Hall, John Greitzer of the county’s Community Development staff will present the plan for the use of the Port Chicago Mitigation Funds. With accumulated interest, the mitigation fund’s original sum of $5 million has grown to $8.6 million.
Another topic is the possibility that Bay Point be annexed by the City of Pittsburg which would allow the unincorporated community retain its identity as Bay Point. County and City of Pittsburg staff will address the concerns of the proposal initiated by a group of Bay Point residents calling itself the Residents for A Better Bay Point.
Glover emphasized he has not taken a position on the annexation. “I will support whichever direction the residents of Bay Point want to go,” said Glover. For more info call: 925-427-8138
Supervisor Candidate, Erik Nunn, chastises Federal Glover for Antioch prison vote
February 27, 2008
In a recent e-mail blast, Erik Nunn, a candidate for Contra Costa County Supervisor (D-5), chastised incumbent Federal Glover, for voting to have County staff spend their time at taxpayer expense studying a proposal to build a 500 bed re-entry facility near Deer Valley High School, two elementary schools, a hospital, existing residential neighborhoods and a proposed retirement community.
It took Antioch residents all of 24 hours to express their outrage. Community leaders, already deeply concerned about crime in Antioch, were stunned that their County representative would propose the study without consulting local residents and stakeholders. Elected officials in communities near the proposed facility have told me they were not consulted about the decision to study the Antioch site. If they had been asked their position, the Supervisor would have known the proposal was ill-conceived from the beginning.
Nunn concludes, “I would have never voted for the 500 bed re-entry facility in Antioch. I would have listened to the residents of my district, local law enforcement officials, educators, other elected officials, and just by listening, it would have been very obvious, Antioch was a very poor choice. It should have been that simple.”
Concord and Pittsburg can be partners for future growth
February 16, 2008
On the one hand we have the hills around Pittsburg and a proposal to build 5,000 homes as if the foreclosure disaster was a work of fiction. On the other hand Concord will, in time, have plenty of land that could bring jobs and taxes for the city if they could entice big clean industries like Goggle, Microsoft, etc., to come to the area.
This is what Concord has to offer:
1. Plenty of qualified hi-tech workers would be glad to get off Hwy 4 instead fo commuting for another hour to work.
2. Plenty of land, from Concord Naval Weapons Station.
3. Access to the North Concord/Martinez BART Station on one side of CNWS.
4. Access to Buchanan Airport with a 5,000 ft runway for private and business jets.
And, they could have another reason to convince top managers to move here:
They could agree with Pittsburg to a low density, tree surrounded, Estate homes at an average of one or two per acre.
Everybody will win if one major company became the anchor for future developments. But, they must talk with each other to find the WIN-WIN set of conditions that would benefit BOTH cities: Concord and Pittsburg.
Any suggestions on how to convince both cities that this would benefit everyone in the area, including those that will continue working elsewhere. Higher average salaries make for more taxes, better schools, etc. Bay Point, halfway to Concord, (no pun intended ~ed
Erik Nunn to hold fundraiser for Supervisor campaign (D-V), Jan 31
January 23, 2008
Erik Nunn, will host a fundraiser for his campaign for Contra Costa County Supervisor (D-V) on January 31, from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, located at 815 Fulton Shipyard Rd.
in Antioch, Ca.
Ed Nunn and Jeremy Christiansen will host this event in honor of local veterans. Erik’s father, Ed, is a retired 1st Sergeant with the Army National Guard who served in Iraq and Kuwait during the first Gulf War in 1991. Jeremy, who heads the California chapter of the Vets for Freedom organization, served in the Army from 1997-2005 on active duty and reserves, serving in Iraq in 2003-2004. Both men are members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Food and refreshments will be provided. The event is open to the public, but donations are also appreciated. Please call 925-625-9345 to RSVP. To donate on-line, go to Erik’s website: ErikNunn.com
Federal Glover returns home to recuperate from illness
October 22, 2007
PITTSBURG — Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover on Saturday was released from UCSF Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He is finishing his recuperation at his Pittsburg home.
The 50-year-old Glover returned home Saturday evening after almost four weeks in hospitals because of an ailment, which eluded diagnosis even after batteries of medical tests by staff at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez and the UC Medical Center staff in San Francisco.
“I want to thank all of those people who sent well wishes and said prayers on my behalf,” said Glover. Read more
Federal Glover in guarded condition
October 9, 2007
Here is the press release from Supervisor Federal Glover’s office (D-IV) that reports on his current condition. See Lisa Vorderbrueggen’s report for more detail.
