Long Beach School Board candidates Mary Stanton and Jeff Price will debate Monday, March 8 at 7pm at Hughes Middle School, 3846 California Ave. Stanton currently represents the first school board district and Price is challenging for the seat. The debate is sponsored by the Long Beach Council PTA and will be moderated by Alan Tolkoff. For more information, contact Elena Wraight at (562) 716-4667.
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The Wrigley Association will hold a debate with candidates for both the city attorney (Tom Reeves and Robert E. Shannon) and city prosecutor (Doug Haubert and Timothy O’Reilly) on Monday, April 5 at 7pm at Veterans Park, 101 E. 28th St. This forum is a long time tradition with the Wrigley Association. Over the years, the Wrigley Association has held forums for the mayoral, sixth and seventh district, state assembly and auditor races. For more information, visit www.neighborhoodlink.com/longbch/wrigley.
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The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund announced its endorsement of Brad Shore in his race for a seat on the Long Beach City Council. Shore is vying to represent the city’s 9th District.
“We’re proud to endorse Brad Shore, whose tireless commitment to his community will be put to good use on the Long Beach City Council,” said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund.
The Victory Fund is the only national organization dedicated to growing the number of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elected officials at all levels of government. For more information, visit www.victoryfund.org or www.bradshore.org.
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Declaring that, “Congress is broken!with the only remedy being to vote out the incumbent,” attorney/business owner Terrance Ponchak entered the race for the Democratic nomination for California’s 37th Congressional District. “When something is broken, you fix it,” Ponchak stated. “Congress is broken and needs fixing.”
Ponchak supports clean energy, wants to open up the legislative process, protect Social Security, avoid unnecessary bailouts, and encourage job growth through tax incentives for small businesses.
Ponchak is a lifelong Long Beach resident and graduate of St. Anthony High School. He attended California State University, Long Beach, graduated from the University of Southern California, and earned his law degree from Southwestern University School of Law. He has been practicing law locally for almost 30 years. For more information, visit www.ponchakforcongress.org.
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Meg Whitman issued the following statement in response to Jerry Brown’s announcement that he will be entering California’s gubernatorial race: “I welcome Jerry Brown to the race and look forward to an important conversation with Californians. Never before have voters had a bigger choice about the future. I have spent my career in the private sector, creating jobs and delivering results. Jerry Brown has had a 40-year career in politics, which has resulted in a trail of failed experiments, undelivered promises, big government spending and higher taxes. I look forward to the coming campaign debate over which path California will choose in the future; repeating the mistakes of the past or working together to build a new California with more jobs, less wasteful spending and greatly improved schools.”
