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San Antonio-area voters to decide on visitor tax
- Tourists to the Alamo City will continue to pay a visitor tax on hotels and rental cars if local voters decide to fund $415 million in civic improvement projects for the area.
Sparse turnout spurs call for change
- There was such a dismal turnout at the polling sites during last week’s special election, the entire election might as well have been done by mail, San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Warren Slocum said.
Candidates are cordial in race’s first debate
- The four candidates analysts believe are long shots to defeat Jackie Speier in the contest to replace Tom Lantos stuck to the issues and declined to attack the longtime politician in the race’s only debate Tuesday.
Familiar names file for Havre de Grace election
- Eight candidates have filed for three open seats in Havre de Grace’s May municipal elections, including a few familiar names.
Nader taps former Supervisor Gonzalez for running mate
- If Matt Gonzalez harbors new ambitions for public office, his newfound role as Green Party candidate Ralph Nader’s presidential running mate could hurt him.Gonzalez, the Texas native who took Mayor Gavin Newsom the distance in a 2003 mayoral race before losing 53 to 43 percent in a runoff election, said he accepted Nader’s invitation to bring expertise to “the most important issue with a Ralph Nader candidacy, which is election reform,” he told The Examiner on Tuesday.
McCain wins big on Super Tuesday
- Republican John McCain won the most delegates and states, including California, on Super Tuesday, dealing a serious blow to rival Mitt Romney’s struggling campaign.
No clear winner in Clinton-Obama tug-of-war
- Democrat Barack Obama won more states than Hillary Clinton on Super Tuesday, although they split the delegates, effectively guaranteeing their battle will rage on for months.
Measure I passes
- Eichler Highlands and its neighbors said yes again to a tax for extra fire and police services. The neighborhoods are on county land and don’t receive city services. Since 1982, residents have voted to pay about $65 a year for more sheriff patrols and an extra fire truck.
‘Global Peace Center’ rejected at polls
- San Francisco voted against transforming Alcatraz Island and its iconic former prison complex into a “Global Peace Center.”
Ravenswood tax up in the air
- Eichler Highlands and its neighbors said yes again to a tax for extra fire and police services.
Measure L passes
- Watertight roofs, working heating systems and more classrooms are in store for the 10,000 students of the San Mateo-Foster School District after Measure L received the thumbs up from voters Tuesday.
Proposition B: Retired officers have narrow win
- A plan to keep retirement-age police officers working while allowing them to boost their retirement savings was winning voter approval, with 450 of 580 precincts reporting Tuesday night.