Josh Lowenthal, a thus-far-private citizen from Long Beach’s most-prominent political family, has been contacted by top officials of the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce about running for the Board of Education seat that may soon be vacated by the Chamber’s effort to recall Michael Shane Ellis.
Altogether now: “What th–?!?”
“We sat down with Josh,” confirms Randy Gordon, [...]

Robert Garcia and Shaun Lumachi, important players in downtown Long Beach politics who have operated the for-profit website LBPost.com for about a year, finally have a Long Beach business license, according to a story posted today by Bill Pearl on LBReport.com
It was a week ago (Dec. 21) that Pearl broke the story that LBPost.com had been [...]

FROM LBREPORT.COM:Robert Garcia, who has been positioning himself for a likely run for the Long Beach City Council since he lost his job as an aide to former council member and failed mayoral candidate Frank Colonna in 2006, has been operating a local news website for nearly a year without a Long Beach business license, [...]

LB gets federal money; LBPost.com gets a business license; and the color of the year
Yes, 2008 is almost here, which means lots of 2007 contemplation–plus some things you probably won’t see until 2008, and which may or may not ever make a difference in your life. But here you go!