Erik Chalhoub here, with a reminder that it is officially election season. It’s difficult to not know this, as signs for candidates asking for…
The Nov. 5 election took place a month ago, but it’s just now ended, when Monterey County Registrar of Voters Gina Martinez certified the elec…
STOP THE SQUEAL… Squid does not waste time watching right-wing propaganda about voter fraud. Some people spend too much time watching it and n…
Less than two years after the city of Marina adopted its first campaign finance ordinance limiting donors’ contributions, the city council vot…
PAID UP… Add to the long list of things that are great in theory, but not in practice: tentacle warmers that make it impossible for Squid to s…
The head of the Monterey County deputy sheriff’s union and a Salinas City Councilmember who ran unsuccessfully for Monterey County Sheriff hav…
In the days after the election, a mile from the Weekly’s office, graffiti appeared on the wall of a shopping center with red letters that said…
With the general election a week away and Councilmembers Libby Downey and Alan Haffa getting trounced in fundraising efforts by Dan Albert Jr.…
Embattled Salinas City Councilman Jose Castañeda has a new problem to worry about: District Attorney Dean Flippo's office is now looking into …