In case you missed it over the weekend, federal money to study the breakwater (and to throw a kegger after the final, which we are totally not ready for) is trickling through Congress.
As the Press-Telegram’s Paul Eakins recently informed us, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water last week approved a bill that includes [...]

We usually reserve this space to bash our newest congresswoman, Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach), who went to Washington amid a flurry of–pick some–upaid city bills; small business owners stiffed; and several mortgages defaulted upon.
But … maybe not this time. Richardson, who doesn’t say all that much to the press–probably because we illuminate her shortcomings–pops [...]

Where in the world is Congressional Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach)?
Well, thanks for asking, and we don’t know how to tell you this, but we know you’d want us to be the ones to tell you that last night, Rohrabacher wasn’t in Long Beach. (Oh, don’t act so surprised!)
The incumbent congressman–who divides our city with [...]

That’s right: as the Press-Telegram’s John Canalis writes today, June Pouesi–who lost a Carson City Council race 14 years ago–is throwing her hat in the ring as a second write-in candidate in the 37th Congressional District race to unseat Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach).
This makes the score one Democratic write-in candidate (Peter Mathews); one Independent [...]

Hard to believe, but in less than two months, our own congressional Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) is up for re-election, in a race she’s expected to win despite financial woes that earned her a recent dishonorable mention from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics.
The Washington watchdog group gave Richardson the frowning of a lifetime for, [...]

It’s officially not official yet. Despite hearing from Mayor Bob Foster, and devoting considerable discussion to the topic, Long Beach Chamber of Commerce hasn’t decided how it feels about Hizzoner’s proposed $571 million infrastructure bond–which will be in our hands and on our ballots in November.
And it may not know how it feels until some [...]

It’s happening again, this time to The Daily Breeze–a newspaper which, like our own Press-Telegram, is owned by Dean Singleton’s MediaNews Group, and whose own Gene Maddaus gave us much–but not all–the recent coverage of Rep. Laura Richardson’s (D-Long Beach) hijinks. And lo-jinks!
Yes, The Breeze is on the hoof, fleeing its iconic, blue-tiled, 43-year home [...]

At least, that’s what people who know him might call the man who wants to unseat Laura Richardson

They really do call him Mr. Dibs–at least, his students do, and somewhere more than 1,000 of his potential constituents. You, on the other hand, might say “Who are you?” and “Stop trying to touch my ballot!”

Mayor Bob Foster is expected to say more this morning about his $570 million plans to rebuild streets, sidewalks and alleys–plus the more bureaucratic-sounding storm water management systems–but already we know more than we did about what’s in store.
In this morning’s Press-Telegram, Paul Eakins reports on a 102-page streets audit City Auditor Laura Doud released [...]

Yes, it appears to be true.
You remember the Sacramento house which now-Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) purchased during her brief time last year as a state assemblywoman–after she left Long Beach City Council and before she ran and was elected to United States Congress last year?
And you remember how Richardson stopped paying her mortgage on [...]