Republican Laura Perry will never forget how Jeff Denham campaigned in the 2000 California Assembly Primary. Denham’s campaign achieved new lows even then: “They told out-and-out lies,” said Perry, who later became a Gavilan College Trustee. “It was a very dirty primary. He had no experience. He didn’t even know that a bond wasn’t a […]
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Legendary Modesto Doctor Slams Denham’s Lies
From the very beginning of the establishment of first-rate health care in Modesto, Doctor Charles (CV) Van Allen’s Mayo Clinic credentials provided guidelines for the highest medical and ethical standards. He was a founding member of Modesto’s non-profit Memorial Hospital, today known as the Memorial Medical Center. Over the years, Dr. Allen has written periodic […]
Harder Rolls Denham
Jeff Denham came into the room shouting and left the room shouting and no one knows why. A big man, maybe Denham thought he could intimidate Turlock native Josh Harder, his opponent in the race to represent California’s 10th Congressional District in Washington DC. But Harder was on his home turf and seemed to grow […]
Why Jeff Denham Wants the Twin Tunnels
Jeff Denham’s California Congressional District 10 is purple—it’s almost equally divided between red (for Republican) and blue (for Democrat) voters. But despite the almost equal balance between Republicans and Democrats in his district, Jeff Denham votes with his Republican Party 97.8% of the time. Just for comparison’s sake, consider Representative Tom McClintock, Denham’s Republican colleague […]
LCR Endorses Caballero, Harder
After appearances by Assemblymember Anna Caballero and congressional candidate Josh Harder, Modesto’s Latino Community Roundtable (LCR) endorsed both on September 6. Balloting for Stanislaus District Attorney resulted in a tie between incumbent Birgit Fladager and challenger John R Mayne. It appears both will receive an endorsement. Caballero is running for State Senate in California District […]
Want water? “Donors first,” says Jeff Denham
Ordinarily, a Beverly Hills billionaire, a Sacramento attorney, and an Oakdale farmer wouldn’t have much in common, but politics, water, and money are the ties that bind Stewart Resnick, Tim O’Laughlin, and John Brichetto to Congressman Jeff Denham. Brichetto is the only one of the three who lives in Denham’s district (CA-10), but as one […]
Valley Water, Valley Politics: A Fact Pattern
An acre foot of water is the amount of water that it takes to occupy an acre of land at one foot deep. It’s generally assumed that a family of four in a water-rich region will use about one acre foot of water per year; two families can use the same amount if conserving water […]
Trump was, “the elephant in the room,” for Denham Event
“When he was asked about hate, the elephant in the room was the president,” said Modesto resident Ken Schroeder after Congressman Jeff Denham’s appearance at the Red Event Center in downtown Modesto on Tuesday. The event was sponsored by the Latino Community Roundtable. And even though the president’s name rarely came up during Denham’s question-and- […]
Bowzer for Harder and Social Security
New poll shows Harder and Denham in dead heat… Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, formerly of Sha Na Na and currently President of the Social Security Works PAC, is on a whirlwind tour to support candidates who pass his social security litmus test. Monday, he was at Sabatino’s Ristorante in Modesto to extoll the virtues of Turlock’s […]
The Denham Dossier, Part IV: The war on workers (and women)
Most people who drive frequently have experienced that chilling sensation when an eighteen-wheeler starts drifting over the lane markers and looms like a moving mountain above them. Fortunately, the truck driver usually corrects the drift—often after some frantic honking of the horn and wild gesturing from a panicked commuter. Drifting trucks are most likely the […]