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Unfair to voters
Since we have no equal access regarding media, we're left with our common sense about fairness in reporting to determine what fair coverage is. To endorse Rep. Devin Nunes and not mention other candidates is obviously not an oversight on your part.
Then the question is: "Why not give coverage to other candidates in other ways?" Candidates you do not endorse are newsworthy to those of us who do not hold your views. Your lack of adequate coverage is simply disgusting. It is blatant. It is not clever. It is not good reporting.
And mostly, it is not fair -- to the third-party candidates or to voters who want to know all of their options. John Miller, Green Party candidate for the 21st Congressional District, has a calendar; he is appearing in public; he has opinions; and he deserves to be heard. Of course, other third-party candidates deserve adequate coverage also.
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Zimbabwe: Prime minister's party fears new attacks
The party of Zimbabwe's prime minister said one of its security officials was beaten by the president's militants Tuesday, and said the attack was part of new violence unleashed because it has stepped back from the governing coalition.
Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa said at a news conference that the official was stopped on her way to party headquarters early Tuesday and beaten by four armed men who said they wanted to arrest her. He said the men were militants from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. The men fled when a crowd gathered.
The party also has received reports from rural areas of attacks on its supporters, Chamisa said. He also cited a weekend police raid of a house used by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's supporters as part of a campaign of violence and intimidation.
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Voters in Valley fleeing the GOP
The Republican Party, which overtook Valley Democrats in voter registration totals eight years ago, is losing ground for the first time in at least a decade.
After peaking just ahead of the 2004 presidential election, Republican registration numbers are down in Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Madera, Mariposa and Merced counties.
The GOP's decline is most obvious in Fresno County, where the losses have turned into an avalanche, even as the party gears up its efforts to keep the White House in GOP hands by electing Arizona Sen. John McCain as president.
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Tony Blanco: 10% off children's magic party
10% off children's magic party by Tony Blanco.
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Zimbabwe pres.: opposition "not mentally stable"
Zimbabwe's president says he is committed to working with his estranged prime minister despite his assessment that the former opposition leader is "not mentally stable" for boycotting the coalition government.
President Robert Mugabe says Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition party has "one leg in, and one leg out" of the government but he is pleased coalition partners are talking about their differences.
Tsvangirai withdrew from the coalition on Oct. 16, citing a lack of co-operation and human rights abuses by Mugabe and his party.
Age: 63
Occupation: I'm physically disabled but mobile. I was employed by six law enforcement agencies; was an office manager, security supervisor and a self-employed home and business organizer.
Hobbies: Genealogy research, container gardening, crossword puzzles. I'm a voracious reader. Volunteering is my favorite pastime.
Bee reader since: 1965 through 1980; and since 1997.
How many letters: 10 since 1999.
Favorite topics: I avoid public forums on the subjects of politics, religion and the economy; instead, I respond to letters that are on lesser subjects.
Why do you write? To express my thoughts; I hope that others will take a moment and consider alternative views.
Education: Graduate of McLane High, 1963, and one year at Fresno City College.
Family: One son and daughter-in-law in Las Vegas.
Political philosophy: For most of my voting life I have been registered as non-partisan or declined to state. I don't believe in the two-party system, and found that neither the majority nor the minority parties offer me enough; I vote for the particular candidates regardless of party affiliation. I'm for open primaries.
-- Compiled by Pam Rowse
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