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Author of the article: Randy Vanderveen Publishing date: Mar 11, 2021  •  March 11, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Jackie Clayton was selected as Interim Mayor of Grande Prairie by her colleagues on council in January. Clayton says people should remain optimistic, recovering from COVID-19 won’t be quick but the health and safety of the community remains a top priority. RANDY VANDERVEEN Article content If nothing else, northern Albertans are a hardy bunch of folk. County of Grande Prairie Reeve Leanne Beaupre said the one-two punch of an economic downturn and the COVID-19 pand...

Gloria continues to ignore questions about two thorny issues facing the City despite repeated requests for comments and numerous opportunities to address the growing scandals.

By Arturo Castañares Editor-at-Large A secret committee of local fire and police chiefs postponed its December meeting just minutes before it was to start after La Prensa San Diego filed a lawsuit claiming the group’s meetings violate state open meeting laws. The group, called the Urban Area Working Group (UAWG), is the “Approving Authority” recognized by the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to distribute funding to local law enforcement and fire agencies to prepare for and respond to terrorist threats. UAWG is a permanent subcommittee of the Unified San Diego County Emerg...

Editor-at-large The two candidates competing to be the next mayor of San Diego come from distinctly different backgrounds and from different generations but from the same political party in what is San Diego’s first Democrat-only mayor’s election. San Diego Councilwoman Barbara Bry and State Assemblyman Todd Gloria will face off in the November 3rd election after eliminating San Diego Councilman Scott Sherman, a registered Republican, in the primary in March. The two elected officials have both served on the Council; Bry currently represents the coastal areas in District 1, and Gloria rep...

Todd Gloria Says He’s ‘the Son of a Maid and a Gardener’, But Critics Question Accuracy (Pictured above, Todd Gloria with his parents, Phil and Linda Gloria, and his partner, Adam Smith, on March 3, 2020, at Registrar of Voters. Photo credit John Gibbins / The San Diego Union-Tribune)  Investigative Reporter State Assemblyman and candidate for Mayor of San Diego Todd Gloria has consistently told voters that he’s become a successful community leader having been raised as “the son of a maid and a gardener” as a way to demonstrate that he’s not part of the elite political estab...