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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 …
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 November 8, 2017 Stockton, CA- Parents associated with the Junior football league have provided information showing that Stockton city councilmember Jesus Munguia Andrade cost the Junior Chavez Titans their entire season. Parents took notice during a game of Chavez versus Weston Ranch because Andrade lives in Weston Ranch where he campaigned and was elected just 12 months …
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, …
OPINION By RJ Durand I read an article on 209times about Antony Tubbs, the unknown half brother of our current Mayor Michael Tubbs. Needless to say this left me deeply saddened. I honestly can’t understand how someone’s whole political career has been predicated on assisting young men of color escape the cradle to prison pipeline, yet our Mayor can not …
