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Rob Blum, Livermore It is time that the city council and the planning commission make the right decision and save the downtown of Livermore with a great open-space public park. The alternative plan is what the citizens of Livermore want; a large, well-designed park done by a landscape architect with a creative thought process, and not done by developers for housing. Yes, we need affordable housing, but not smack in the middle of the downtown. Relocate the Eden Housing across the street on ...

Rob Blum, Livermore What the city Council has done and voted on with the Downtown Site Project has been very disappointing and upsetting. Yes, I am disgusted with their bait and switch tactics, I have participated from the original workshops that started a couple years ago. The City Council does not care or listen to what the public want. Why bother to get involved at all? They could have even done a better job with the Stockmens Park. It is very, very bland. A good creative Landscape Architect...

Her, congressman young spent the day across the district on a whistle-stop train tour, saying thatta iowa is on the right track, and talked about the states low unemployment rate. >> keeping the economy going. frayed is a big part, 2.5% unemployment rate, a lot of small businesses, agriculture, manufacturing, financial service, whatever, we need workers. >> we have low unemployment because someone is working 3 jobs to make ends meet, that does not indicate that people are doing well, it indicate...

The population of democrats if you know, if you have this statistic nearby, in the state of iowa? lets say in just the last couple of years. is it population growing or shrinking? >> well, again, if you look at the congressional district, its not growing by very much in kings district but in the 3rd congressional district, which is david young versus cindy axne, its actually almost at an even level. usually republicans in that district have more of an edge. right now i think the last i looked it...

The population of democrats if you know, if you have this statistic nearby, in the state of iowa? lets say in just the last couple of years. is it population growing or shrinking? >> well, again, if you look at the congressional district, its not growing by very much in kings district but in the 3rd congressional district, which is david young versus cindy axney, its actually almost at an even level. usually republicans in that district have more of an edge. right now i think the last i looked i...

Level. usually republicans in that district have more of an edge. right now i think the last i looked it was maybe 20, 30 votes apart. thats why that district is very much in the eye of the craw. you look at the 1st congressional district, abby finkenauer versus representative rob blum. democrats have surged. that was a trump district that voted for a republican for the house but a lot of folks are giving abby funkenauer the edge in next weeks election because democrats are doing so well there. ...

Congressional districts, this will decide the balance of power in washington, d.c. do you want nancy polo lowsie as your speaker -- pelosi as your speaker? these are the house districts that will define the election results. arkansas, second district, where republican incumbent french hill in a serious battle with democratic challenger clark tucker. in iowa, their first district, republican incumbent, rob blum, freedom caucus member, at risk of being overtaken by democrats, one of the best oppor...

Congressional districts, these will decide the balance of power in washington, d.c. you want to nancy pelosi as your speaker? pay attention. these are the house districts that will define the electiontr results. arkansas, second district, where republican incumbent french hill in a serious battle with democratic challenger clark tucker. in iowa, their first district, republican incumbent, rob blum, freedom caucus member, at risk of being overtaken by democrats, one of the best opportunities to s...