Today Angela Hassell, Director of the Mustard Seed, a free, private school which serves homeless children aged 3-15, and Rick D. Redding, Republican candidate for California State Assembly District 9 (Sacramento) have joined forces in an endeavor to benefit the school. Mr. Redding, a Hiram Johnson High School graduate who now teaches special education at the school, stated that “we often forget that homelessness affects children as well as adults. We have an incredible opportunity as a community to directly help less fortunate children. Please join us. It is the least that we can do.” Sacramento residents are being asked to bring school supplies, toiletries, gift cards, and non-perishabl

On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, the Rick Redding for state assembly campaign filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) against the Kevin McCarty for state assembly (district 9) campaign. The complaint alleges McCarty’s campaign of lobbying and campaign violations of the California Political Reform Act (PRA). The three page complaint, supported by over 100 pages of evidence and documentation, accuses McCarty of three principle violations: Kevin McCarty, a registered lobbyist, failed to report his lobbying efforts on AB 962 in the quarterly reports in 2009 and 2010; The McCarty campaign utilized campaign funds and campaign literature from his 2012 Sacramento City Cou

*The opinion in this article is the opinion of the author and in no way should reflect the views of the Sacramento Press* In this year’s Sacramento city council elections, voters will decide who represents them in council districts 1, 3, 5, and 7. More than ever, the decisions voters make will be crucial for a city that is facing a 43 million budget deficit, consolidation of various agencies within the city government, a strong mayor initiative, and making the decision where our beloved Sacramento Kings should play their games in the future. Today’s article will focus on council districts 1 and 3. Council district 1, which covers a geographic area of downtown Sacramento (Alkali Flat) a

With the primary election season in full swing it would be advantageous to talk about some local congressional and assembly races and candidates that the major “fish wraps” seem to be neglecting. On June 8, voters will cast their votes and determine which candidates move on to the general election in November and which candidates close up shop and set their sights on the days to come. The focus of this piece will be to provide information regarding some of the local races and local candidates. Considerations and/or endorsements are the opinion of the author and in no way reflect the views of the Sacramento Press. The congressional district 5 republican primary pits Paul Smith against Erik

What's in a name?? … well, there are two “tt’s” in Smitt … (no “h”) Erik Smitt is not a professional politician. The incumbent has been in Washington DC for the last 35 years; during those 35 years, Erik has been on the plant floor manufacturing consumer products across our country. He has worked as an engineer and manager all of his career in aerospace, automotive, oil refining, petrochemicals and food processing; Erik has real world experience with people solving problems and working in America’s factories and businesses; he created jobs in the private sector (not government) … added value to the economy. Erik has been a Sacramento resident, in the 5th Congressional District, for the la