eBay Education Specialist offers East Bay How-To seminars
August 14, 2008
Angela Loyd-Fiorelli is a Gold Powerseller on eBay and an Education Specialist Trained by eBay certified to teach “The Basics of Selling on eBay” and “Beyond the Basics of Selling on eBay”. She has 12 years of retail management experience prior to starting opening her e-commerce eBay business and fashion design firm. Learn how you too can start or grow a thriving e-commerce business by selling full or part-time on eBay! See schedule for classes in August and October to be held at the Brentwood Adult Education Center. For more info contact Email: fashionmommy@gmail.com or call: 925-783-0957.
Ladies’ Roller Derby rumbles into Brentwood
August 14, 2008
Shades of the Bay Area Bombers! Local roller derby rumbles into Brentwood as Cemetery Mary promotes the classic xTreme sport with tryouts and practice for Brawlin’s Bettys ready to roll. Come skate with Mary and the other fine ladies at Paradise Skate in Antioch on 8/16, 8/30 from 3 - 5:30. They will be recruiting girls and teaching them to skate. It’s an open skate to the public, $8 fee to skate includes quad rental skates. Bring your own mouth guard, pads and helmut, For more info call Cemetery Mary or call
925-597-1653.
Housing crisis hits East County tax rolls hardest
July 22, 2008
The East Bay Business Times last week reported that: “Contra Costa County and the cities of Antioch, Brentwood and Oakley will take what could be the region’s biggest tax hit from declining property…the three East Contra Costa County cities saw sharp declines in property assessments - down 8.84 percent in Antioch, 8.78 percent in Brentwood and 5.54 percent in Oakley. Contra Costa County saw just under a quarter of 1 percent jump in total property assessments, according to Assessor Gus Kramer.” Read more
East Bay Hospice schedules upcoming grief classes
April 15, 2008
Hospice of the East Bay (formerly Hospice and Palliative Care of Contra Costa) is pleased to offer a variety of support groups and workshops for adults, children and teens experiencing grief after the death of a loved one. Classes are offered at Hospice’s administrative offices: 3470 Buskirk Avenue, Pleasant Hill and at 350 John Muir Parkway, Brentwood. Times in Calendar indicate beginning date of classes. See schedule for ongoing weekly meeting dates. Read more
Robert Rao touts Assembly 15 campaign distinctives
February 22, 2008
In a recent mailer, Republican Assembly (AD-15) primary candidate Robert Rao, says Democrats want to:
“Raise your property taxes; Raise your income taxes; Raise the yearly registration on our cars; Close the State Historical parks…and early release of 22,000 prisoners”
Instead, Rao promises to target:
“Expensive and underperforming programs that have not met their goals; Hundreds of duplicate and unnecessary programs; Pork, fraud and waste out of government…and we can start by getting rid of the ‘elevator operators’ in the State Capitol. Our elected leaders can push their own buttons”
But with which hand will Rao press the electorate’s buttons? In pictures posted on his campaign web site we are given the impression Rao is ambidextrious; using both his left and right hands to sign documents.
Houston Brentwood Leap Day fundraiser, Feb 29
February 20, 2008
The Guy Houston for Supervisor campaign will hold a fundraiser in Brentwood on Leap Day, Friday, February 29, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Brentwood Veteran’s Hall, 757 First Street, Brentwood, CA 94513. Cost is $30.00 per person.
Organizers promise a great line up of local businesses including Hanna Nichole and Enos Wineries will feature their wonderful wine’s for tasting, “Fresh Catering” will serve tasty hors d’oeuvre’s, A Fine Time for Tea will serve hot tea and their new cake truffles, Gran’ma Lillie’s Sweet Potato Pies will serve luscious pies, and Ruggerio’s Catering will serve yummy lemon cake. If you wish to pay ahead of time go to: http://www.guyhouston.com/contribute.htm. Please RSVP to: terri.tonge@sbcglobal.net or call 925.516.4851 or 408.391.6268 for Will Call at the door.
Hospice announces upcoming grief support classes
February 20, 2008
Hospice of the East Bay (formerly Hospice and Palliative Care of Contra Costa) is pleased to offer a variety of support groups and workshops for adults, children and teens experiencing grief after the death of a loved one. Classes are offered at Hospice’s administrative offices: 3470 Buskirk Avenue, Pleasant Hill and at 350 John Muir Parkway, Brentwood.
Grief Support for Family and Friends; Pleasant Hill
Mon. Evenings, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. March 3, 2008 – April 21, 2008
Children and Teens Support Group; Pleasant Hill
Tues. Evenings, 5:15 – 6:30 p.m. March 4, 2008 – April 8, 2008
Adult Grief Classes; Pleasant Hill
Tuesday Evening, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. April 22, 2008
Widow and Widowers’ Support; Pleasant Hill
Mon. Evenings, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. May 19, 2008 – July 7, 2008
Widow and Widowers’ Support; Brentwood
Tues. Evenings, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. May 20, 2008 – July 8, 2008
All groups and classes are offered for a fee and require pre-registration. Fees are waived for those who cannot afford them. For further information and/or to register, please call: (925) 887-5678.
Pinole Recall Wins; Faux Term Limits Lose
February 6, 2008
Forget the California Presidential Primary results.
If, as Tip O’Neill said, “All politics is local,” then the most important election results for Contra Costans last night were the landslide victory of the Pinole Recall and the loss of Prop 93, the cynical attempt by political insiders to dress up an incumbent insurance policy as term limit reform.
The Pinole Recall victory is momentous as it provides a wonderful example for cities like Brentwood, Concord, Disco Bay, and others where ordinary citizens (see video) were able to stand up to unions, the Democratic Party Machine, their curiously silent County Supervisor and neutered Republican Party, redevelopment interests, and an entitled incumbent, seemingly secure in her sinecure, to take back their City from runaway incompetence and pandering to special interests.
The defeat of Prop 93 is promising as it reveals that the electorate was able to see through the vast corrupt deception perpetrated by creeps like Dom Perata, Fabio Nunez, and their toadies in the Assembly, who, more often than not, get to choose their districts, rather than voters select them.
Assemblyman Houston promotes tax relief for disabled veterans
January 30, 2008
California State Assemblyman Guy Houston, (D-15), announced before a packed house, this past that he would soon be introducing legislation that would provide a full property tax exemption for all disabled U.S. veteran home owners in California. The current exemption of $100,000 of home value was passed in 1930, so the spirit of the law was to really take care of disabled vets, but $100,000 in California now is a pittance. Disabled veteran and Brentwood resident Bill Klug, (2nd Lt. US Army) researched the old statute and presented his findings to Houston.
Guy Houston stated, Saturday night, at the Marine Corps League crab feed, held at the Brentwood Veterans Hall, that “our disabled veterans have already paid their taxes, in service to their nation, on battlefields around the world, and that it (introducing and working to see this legislation passed) was just the right thing to do.”
The announcement was met with a thunderous applause by veterans present from all branches, from WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the War Against Terrorism, as well as civilian supporters. Mr. Klug is active in the VFW, and is a veteran of Gulf War 1, and Operation Desert Storm.
