EDC’s 2010 officers got a festive start to the new year as County Party Chair Jess Durfee administered the oath of office at the Club’s annual holiday party. The event, held at the home of City Council candidate Richard Barron and Janathan Allen, gathered more than 50 Democrats and friends for good food, drink and [...]

by Margaret McCown Liles, President Last month, four of San Jacinto City Council members and four of their developer buddies were indicted for “bribery, perjury, money laundering, tax fraud, and filing false campaign-contribution reports.” The one un-indicted Councilman, Steve Di Memmo had felt that something was wrong at City Hall since many projects of indicted [...]

President Obama announced his plans for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan and, at the same time, his plans for drawing down U.S. involvement there. Read the transcript, see the speech, read excerpts at the White House web site. A sampling of reporting: ANALYSIS: With speech, president makes the conflict truly his own Dan Balz in [...]