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	<title>Cal Coast News&#187; Election</title>
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		<title>Meg Whitman: The $71 million candidate</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/06/meg-whitman-the-71-million-candidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to public campaign records, Meg Whitman has so far spent $71 million of her personal fortune to become the next governor of California&#8211;and that is just for the primary. [Associated Press] The former eBay CEO is expected to prevail in Tuesday&#8217;s Republican primary, setting up a general election race in the fall against Democrat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parkinson tied to phony mailer</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/06/parkinson-tied-to-phony-mailer/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/06/parkinson-tied-to-phony-mailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Democratic Central Committee contend Ian Parkinson’s campaign is trying to influence the vote by sending out phony mailers in an attempt to give the false impression Parkinson has the Democratic Party endorsement. [NewTimes] A campaign consulting firm hired by Parkinson sent out the slate mailers to registered Democrats in the 2nd and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats sue to block special election date</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/05/democrats-sue-to-block-special-election-date/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/05/democrats-sue-to-block-special-election-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 13:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angry Democrats have gone to federal court in an attempt to block the upcoming special state Senate race between Republican Sam Blakeslee and Democrat John Laird. [San Francisco Chronicle] A lawsuit filed Thursday in San Jose on behalf of three voters claims the scheduled June 22 balloting violates the federal Voting Rights Act because any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sam Blakeslee gets an opponent</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/05/mr-blakeslee-gets-an-opponent/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/05/mr-blakeslee-gets-an-opponent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The August special election to fill the state Senate seat of Abel Maldonado heated up Monday when Democrat John Laird announced his candidacy. [Tribune] Laird, 60, a UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor and former state assemblyman, will face Republican Sam Blakeslee of San Luis Obispo in August, an election prompted by Maldonado&#8217;s recent elevation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blakeslee to run for State Senate</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/04/blakeslee-to-run-for-state-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/04/blakeslee-to-run-for-state-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the surprise of no one, Sam Blakeslee has decided to seek the California State Senate seat vacated by Abel Maldonado&#8217;s recent elevation to lieutenant governor. [Tribune] Blakeslee is expected to make a formal announcement Friday morning at his Pismo Street house in San Luis Obispo. The three-term Republican Assemblyman and former Cuesta College Trustee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff candidates to debate Wednesday night</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/04/sheriff-candidates-to-debate-wednesday-night/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/04/sheriff-candidates-to-debate-wednesday-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The six candidates for County Sheriff are scheduled to meet in a public forum Wednesday night at Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo. Mark Adams, Joe Cortez, Ben Hall, Jerry Lenthall, Ian Parkinson, and Mike Teixiera will participate in the discussion being co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Sheriff&#8217;s Advisory Council. Candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce vs. Marshall vs. Pandora?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/bruce-vs-marshall-vs-pandora/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/bruce-vs-marshall-vs-pandora/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last-minute entry of Marshall Ochylski into the District 2 county supervisor race against incumbent Bruce Gibson has tongues wagging around Los Osos. Sources tell CalCoastNews that the upcoming June election battle is actually a contest between Gibson, seeking his second term, and former political ally Pandora Nash-Karner. &#8220;Make no mistake about it,&#8221; said one [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gibson gets a last-minute challenger</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/gibson-gets-a-last-minute-challenger/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/gibson-gets-a-last-minute-challenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With less than three days before the formal filing deadline, the president of the Los Osos Community Services District has decided to challenge District 2 county supervisor Bruce Gibson&#8217;s re-election bid. [Tribune] Marshall Ochylski, 61, who is also a land use attorney, filed papers this week for the June election. Gibson, a Cayucos geophysicist, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Party fading in California</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/green-party-fading-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/green-party-fading-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Green Party seems to be fading as a political movement. During the last five years, the number of registered &#8220;Greens&#8221; in California has shrunk from 158,000 to 111,000. [San Jose Mercury News] Even more telling was the anemic response to last weekend&#8217;s semiannual Green Party conference in San Jose. Only 80 people showed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry Brown enters governor&#8217;s race on Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/jerry-brown-enters-governors-race-on-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/jerry-brown-enters-governors-race-on-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Jerry Brown is expected to formally announce his candidacy for governor on Tuesday. [Los Angeles Times] Brown, 71, previously served as governor from 1974 to 1982, but is eligible to run for office again because today&#8217;s term limits were not in effect when Brown first served in Sacramento. The Democratic political veteran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blakeslee flip-flops on governor endorsement</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/blakeslee-flip-flops-on-governor-endorsement/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/blakeslee-flip-flops-on-governor-endorsement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee has apparently changed his mind about who he wants  the next governor of California to be. [Los Angeles Times] The San Luis Obispo Republican announced Wednesday that he no longer supports Steve Poizner and is now backing former EBay CEO Meg Whitman. &#8220;I understand the importance of a unified team if we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jail pink slips should send up a public safety S.O.S</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/jail-pink-slips-should-send-up-a-public-safety-s-o-s/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/jail-pink-slips-should-send-up-a-public-safety-s-o-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JOE CORTEZ San Luis Obispo Sheriff Pat Hedges recently had the unfortunate task of notifying 11 valued employees that they may soon be out of a job due to potential budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year. The loss of even one job in an economy such as this is troubling, but the repercussions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waterfield has the $$$ in Assembly race</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/waterfield-has-the-in-assembly-race/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/waterfield-has-the-in-assembly-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New campaign fundraising documents reveal that Etta Waterfield continues to raise more money than her opponents in the race to replace Sam Blakeslee in the 33rd Assembly District. [Lompoc Record] In 2009, Waterfield, a former Santa Maria planning commissioner, raised $194,652, including a $100,000 loan made to herself last June. Waterfield also reports eight donors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth District candidates debate issues at first forum</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/4th-district-candidates-debate-issues-at-first-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/4th-district-candidates-debate-issues-at-first-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three candidates for 4th District county supervisor gathered Saturday morning for the first public forum in the race to replace incumbent Katcho Achadjian. [Nipomo Incorporation] Jim Guthrie, Paul Teixeira, and Mike Zimmerman fielded questions on 22 separate issues over the course of the two-hour forum at the Trilogy Golf Course, sponsored by the Nipomo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance measure qualifies for June ballot</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/insurance-measure-qualifies-for-june-ballot/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/insurance-measure-qualifies-for-june-ballot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A controversial automobile insurance initiative officially qualified for the June ballot Wednesday, but the debate has already begun about whether it harms, or helps, consumers. [San Francisco Chronicle] The measure allows insurance companies to base their rates partly on a driver&#8217;s history of insurance coverage, a practice barred in California since a voter-approved measure passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans target Senator Barbara Boxer next</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/republicans-target-sen-boxer-next/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/republicans-target-sen-boxer-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&#8217;s upset victory by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race reverberated all the way to California, as gleeful GOP members vowed that Senator Barbara Boxer is next. [San Francisco Chronicle] Boxer, seeking her fourth term in the U.S. Senate next November faces one of three Republicans in the general election: former Rep. Tom Campbell, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pot legalization headed for 2010 ballot</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/pot-legalization-headed-for-2010-ballot/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/pot-legalization-headed-for-2010-ballot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supporters of a state initiative that would legalize marijuana in California claim they have collected enough signatures to ensure that it will be on the November 2010 ballot. According to the Los Angeles Times, the petition drive has collected more than 680,000 signatures, 57% more than what is required to put the measure on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff candidate allegedly cheated on test</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/07/sheriff-candidate-allegedly-cheated-on-test/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/07/sheriff-candidate-allegedly-cheated-on-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KAREN VELIE

Former police officers have charged that sheriff candidate Ian Parkinson’s brother provided him the answers to sergeant promotion essay questions in 2001.

Police officers, vying for one open sergeant position, answered three essay questions designed to test their writing and leadership abilities. For applicants, the essay questions, a multiple choice written exam, and an oral test offered not only a chance at a promotion, but also a pay raise.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. troops deployed for U.S. election control</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2008/10/u-s-troops-deployed-for-u-s-election-control/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2008/10/u-s-troops-deployed-for-u-s-election-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN

For the first time in more than a century and in apparent violation of federal law, the U.S. military soon will be policing American streets -- ostensibly to control anticipated post-election disruptions.

Battle-trained infantry troops will be in place and ready to conduct hostilities against American citizens, according to reports in Army Times. Unknown is how many troops will be deployed for what the military has dubbed “Consequence Management Response Team” operations.]]></description>
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		<title>National Obama campaign launches from SLO</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2008/09/national-obama-campaign-launches-from-slo/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2008/09/national-obama-campaign-launches-from-slo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Blackburn,</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE

San Luis Obispo County may play a significant role in the upcoming presidential election.

This summer, two former California Polytechnic State University students, marketing whiz Cliff Branch and film director David Riordan, conceived and executed a massive national advertising campaign and dubbed it “Play it Forward.”

Branch and Riordan, political independents, funded the campaign with their own resources, without the knowledge or influence of either political party.]]></description>
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