- Making News: Pappas Telecasting Gives Free Air Time to Republicans
Pappas Telecasting, with stations from Sacramento to San Diego, is giving out free air-time--but only to Republican central committees. Democrats are outraged, and claim that they're entitled to equal time. Ray Locker is editor for the Associated Press in Sacramento, which broke the story. - Reporter's Notebook: Libertarian Vies for Boxer's US Senate Seat
Democratic US Senator Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Bill Jones kept their one televised debate to themselves. The Libertarian candidate, Superior Court Judge Jim Gray, wasn't invited. Maybe he would have improved the ratings. Just because he's a candidate with no chance of winning does not stop Gray from sharing his thoughts on the Patriot Act, fiscal irresponsibility and marijuana reform.
AP article on Pappas Broadcasting donating free air time to GOP county committees
Grove's article about possible ordinance on the Venice Boardwalk