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STOCKTON- Mayor Michael Tubbs has been questioned before about his willingness to spend tax payer money, beginning with hiring his friends as personal assistants to the cost of $300,000 a year for tax payers. The cost of the office of the mayor ballooned with his election from $151,000 to $511,000. He’s also been criticized for his absenteeism as the city’s …
June 1, 2018 The Native American community of Stockton demonstrated Friday in front of the university plaza as water protectors at Mayor Tubbs’ hosted event meant to draw philanthropist to Stockton. Their prime concern was his invitation to Wells Fargo, Bank of America and BBVA Compass that are responsible for funding crude oil pipelines (#NoDAPL #StopLine3 #NoKXL etc) harmful to …
January 6, 2018 Op-Ed by Motecuzoma Sanchez The Case Against Advance Peace Everything being sold to the public about Advance Peace is identical to the same sales pitch offered six years ago for the “Marshal Plan”, Operation Ceasefire, the Office of Violence Prevention, and the tax plan funding them- Measure A. After four years in operation and more than $100 …
By Motecuzoma Sanchez August 3, 2017 Stockton, CA – Stockton is being targeted by president Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions as one of several cities to lose federal funding to fight crime for being a “sanctuary city” for undocumented immigrants as announced in a new memo for the Justice Department. The catch is- Stockton is not even a “sanctuary city”. …
July 5, 2017 Stockton, CA- After 4 homicides in as many days, bringing a total of 7 in 9 days, (including several more shootings, one targeting police officers) Mayor Tubbs finally makes a public statement telling reporters he wants to explore using tax payer funding to pay criminals not to commit crime. He alludes to a controversial program in Richmond, …
