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PAGE 5 SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA (MPG) - To protect against possible crop contamina- tion from the interstate and CHP international shipping of fruits, vegetables and plants, WELCOMES tight controls have been established among trading Carmichael Park’s new bocce courts are almost ready for action. Celebrating the new amenity is benefactor Teri O’Sullivan (left), partners for product inspec- NEW OFFICERS CRPD Advisory Board chair Mike Rockenstein, park maintenance supervisor Jerry Eppler, Carmichael Parks Foundation president tion and certification. But Sharon Ruffner and Board member Joyce Carroll. for those who do not fol- Story and picture was part of that.” Due to Shirley’s famiglia!” low the rules, California by Susan Maxwell Skinner $5000 legacy, her passion lives after Many park visitors have voiced sup- has K9 detectors on the her. Local bocce enthusiasts should be port for the project. “People can’t wait front-line, and Sacramento County has a new pup on CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - Through the playing ball before Christmas. for us to take down the fences and let the block. dedication of a Carmichael woman Shirley’s daughter and son, Todd them play,” reports project manager Like most of the and her family, two bocce courts Pennington, spearheaded private fund- James Perry. “By public enthusiasm, Agricultural Detector K9’s will soon be open in Carmichael raising to augment their mother’s gift. I judge these courts will be a favorite in California, “Kernul” PAGE 5 Park. Sideline benches will carry an A 2019 celebration at Carmichael’s park amenity.” was rescued from an ani- engraved wish from the late Shirley Italian Cultural Center garnered dona- Although the park Master Plan orig- mal shelter and given a very Pennington Simi: My famiglia tions with Tuscan food, music and inally allowed for four courts, funding important job: to protect HISTORY TALK (family) and friends – you were the bocce demonstrations by special has so far enabled only two. More the California economy and most important part of my life. Enjoy Olympics athletes. will likely follow: “It’s like a field of environment from devastat- AVAILABLE Bocce! Court construction began this sum- dreams,” says James Perry. “You build ing agricultural pests. The $165,000 project cost was mer. Slowed slightly by material it and people will come. With the com- Kernul’s handler is Michelle met mainly though Carmichael Park shortages during the COVID crisis, munity behind us, there’s no limit to ONLINE King, who worked hard for the District funding and a $60,000 con- the new amenity boasts synthetic sur- what can be achieved in our parks.” opportunity to become a K9 tribution from the Carmichael Parks faced lanes that allow all-weather Project sponsors include: Handler. After a few years of Foundation. But it was a dying wish play. Curbing and wide pathways Carmichael Parks Foundation, the excellent performance as an – and a bequest contained Shirley border the courts. Bench seats will Shirley Simi Memorial Fund, Paul Inspector for the Sacramento Pennington Simi’s estate – that first got allow observer comfort and newly- Pennington, Teri O’Sullivan, Todd County Department of the ball rolling. seeded turf will blend the addition Pennington, Millicent Lalanne and Agriculture Pest Exclusion A daughter of Tuscan immigrants, into park landscaping. The facility the Italian Cultural Center. Many program, she landed this very Shirley loved all things Italian. She meets ADA stipulations and is wheel- Pennington and Simi family friends exclusive role. died at the age of 75 in 2018, having chair accessible. Removal of barriers also made donations. PAGE 12 King’s first task was to long lobbied for the Mediterranean and a ceremonial “first roll” awaits Carmichael Park is located at attend a 10-week course at the sport to be among Carmichael Park Sacramento COVID status reaching 5750 Grant Avenue. The new United States Department of activities. “Mom was a 4 foot 8 inch, Orange or Yellow level. “I wish mom courts are located near the reserve’s Agriculture (USDA) National 85-pound powerhouse”, recalls her could be here for the opening,” says North Avenue entrance. Learn more Detector Dog Training daughter, Teri O’Sullivan. “She was so her daughter. “I know she’d be clap- about CRPD amenities at www. Center, where she was proud of her cultural heritage and bocce ping her hands and saying bravo, mia carmichaelpark.com H matched up with Kernul, who was certified through AKC Canine Partners as a “Canine Good Citizen.” “Kernul had a personal- Scan our QR Code for a direct link to our online edition! Congregation Raffles ity that was very sweet and sensitive, and possessed a PRESORTED STD. very strong drive for treats,’ US POSTAGE said King. “He was a perfect PAID match for me, and together PERMIT 350 SUV for Fundraiser we excelled at everything we Carmichael, CA were challenged with.” Change Service Requested Story and photo mainly of Lebanese immi- When the team returned by Susan Maxwell grants, the Sacramento to Sacramento at the begin- Skinner community bought a for- ning of November 2019, they mer Carmichael wedding began their on-the-job train- CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) chapel in 2011 and began ing. Kernul’s first few months - With its fall festival can- services in English, Arabic were spent memorizing the celled due to COVID and Aramaic. Christian scents of target items such as regulations, Our Lady Arabic speaking families nursery plants, flowers, bulbs, of the Rosary Maronite from Syria, Palestine, Iraq seeds, roots and a large vari- Catholic Church is among and Jordan are also part of ety of fruits and vegetables. many local non-prof- the community. Michelle worked on strength- its forced to think outside “We were sad to can- ened relationships with parcel the collection box. Home cel our October festival,” shipping facilities and strat- of worship for scores of says church spokesperson egized the best places to Sixteen feet high, Our Lady of the Rosary’s Madonna and child Middle Eastern Christian is a Fair Oaks Boulevard landmark in Carmichael. Carolyn Aboubechara. “It intercept contraband. families, the church is raf- was our major fundraiser. The two are now an expert fling a 2020 Chevrolet has been a high point for The congregation is part We’ve had to come up team; one of 13 Agricultural Equinox (value approxi- thousands of supporters. of the Maronite movement with something to fill the Detector K9 pairs in mately $28,000). Second Central to celebrations – named for a Fourth- gap, and we hope the car California. Almost daily, prize is $5000 in cash. is the landmark statue of Century Syrian missionary raffle does that. It will also the unit discovers unmarked Anyone may participate, Mary and infant Jesus in beautified as Saint Maron. give some lucky person packages containing non- at $100 a chance. Sales Our Lady of the Rosary’s Maron’s followers estab- a wonderful Christmas native pests and diseases, are limited to 500 tick- street front. Music, danc- lished one of the earliest gift.” harmful to our environment ets and drawing will occur ing and feasting continue Middle Eastern Christian Epic Chevrolet Cadillac and agricultural systems. The December 19. during the two-day reli- Churches. Modern (2449 Fulton Avenue) is a good news is that Kernul has An eight-year tradi- gious and cultural event, Maronites have more fundraiser co-sponsor. To a nose for this type of work! tion, the church’s October which raises funds for than 80 congregations purchase tickets, call (916) When he’s not working, he American Lebanese and church endeavors and and many missions in the 832-2288 or visit https://olor- likes to snuggle, swim, jog Middle Eastern Festival, facility maintenance. United States. Composed sacramento.square.site H and play ball. H
www.CarmichaelTimes.com 2 • Carmichael Times NOVEMBER 13, 2020 A Call to Action Story and photos by Shaunna Boyd need to relationally connect to those kids and their families,” said Roz. He SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - The explained that 70% of such kids don’t Playmakers Organization is a local non- have a father in their lives, and “they are profit that serves at-risk kids and kids with more on an island than other kids.” He developmental differences. Playmakers affirmed that reaching out and support- founder Greg Roeszler (known as Coach ing kids in need is “inclusive and it’s the Roz) started the organization in 2009 with right thing to do.” If a coach can teach the goal of using inclusive sports to coach his young athletes about character, com- character and leadership, while also pro- passion, and the importance of service to viding kids with mentoring and academic others, “everybody wins,” said Roz. support. It was Phillips’ idea that they write the Coach Roz mentored Folsom local book together to detail their journey and Jordan Richards—who now plays safety motivate others to join their mission. In for the Baltimore Ravens—when he the book, Phillips explains that he wanted played youth football in the region. to write a book “about the amazing things Richards joined Playmakers to give kids we are learning through the children we the same opportunities he received. And work with.” he introduced Coach Roz to Harrison For Phillips, “the dream is to work with Phillips—now defensive tackle with the thousands and thousands of children with Buffalo Bills—when Phillips was a fresh- developmental differences and special man football player at Stanford in 2015. needs, bringing them nothing but joy, new Phillips and Roz quickly formed a friend- experiences, inclusion, friendship, and ship, and Phillips became a Playmaker as (Left to right) Playmakers founder Coach Roz, Harrison Phillips of the Buffalo Bills, and Jordan teaching them to pay it forward.” well. Richards of the Baltimore Ravens use football to teach kids about character. Roz and Phillips Roz explained that “coaches around recently authored a book together about the Playmakers journey — Beyond Coaching: Building Together, Roz and Phillips wrote a Character and Leadership. the country have a voice and platform book about their journey and their plans to communicate character and values to take Playmakers nationwide—Beyond at a level far beyond their comprehen- Coaching: Building Character and sion.” But in youth sports, Roz sees far Leadership. too much value put on winning the game: Coach Roz has previously written two “That’s the wrong message. … The right books about the Playmakers method. message is teaching fun of the game, love His first book, Coaching Character and of the game, and respect for each other.” Leadership: A Playbook for Parents, Coaching character is a “greater and more focused on how a single parent can part- impactful message,” said Roz. ner with a coach to positively affect their Phillips writes, “I want to be that sup- child’s behavior and help them develop portive, reassuring voice to kids to help character. The second book, Coaching for spark them to live the life they deserve! a Bigger Win: A Playbook for Coaches, The world gets out of the way for people taught coaches how to expand their influ- who know where they are going. I want to ence to be a positive presence in the lives help them take the first step.” of the kids they coach. In the truest sense, the book Roz and This new book builds on that founda- Phillips have written is about love—love tion with the goal of creating a “national of football, love for the kids, and the love, fraternity of Playmakers coaches all admiration, and respect they have for each working under the umbrella of coaching other. Playmakers is about “teaching them character,” said Roz, who sees the book to love the game and love each other,” as a call to action. It’s written as an intro- said Roz, and the goal of the book is to duction to the coaching clinics they plan motivate coaches to reinvent their coach- to host across the country, with coaches ing style to show kids how to become not as “the catalyst of a systemic change.” Playmakers gives kids the opportunity to have fun playing sports while also encouraging their just good athletes, but good people. Roz writes: “We could use the most effec- academic and emotional development. The book is available on tive laboratory invented (the field of ThePlaymakers.org and Amazon. play) to make life changes in our society. character-based, empathic, understand- Beyond Coaching also “speaks more com. You can follow The Playmakers We could be treating each other better, ing leaders who would put our society in directly to helping at-risk kids and kids Organization on social media on Twitter, respectfully. We could be developing a better place.” with developmental differences and the Facebook, and Instagram. H NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Carmichael Times • 3 Residential Wood Burning Sacramento Blankets for Sacramento Restrictions Start November Kids Readies for Holiday Giveaway By Tyler Bushnell, or lung condition. Breathing wood smoke Sac Metro Air District increases the risk of asthma, heart attack, stroke and many other health problems. SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - Check Before You How to Check Before You Burn: Burn starts on Sunday, November 1, and Download the free Sacramento Region runs through February. During this time, Air Quality app. Visit www.AirQuality. the Sac Metro Air District will restrict or org. Follow on Twitter @AQMD. Call prohibit burning any solid fuel, including 1-877-NO-BURN-5 (1-877-662-8765). wood, pellets or manufactured firelogs, on Sign up to get a daily Air Alert email days when fine particle pollution (PM2.5) at www.SpareTheAir.com – input your is forecast to be high. The law applies to Sacramento County zip code and check the residents and businesses in Sacramento “Daily Air Quality Forecast” box. County and the cities of Citrus Heights, Exemptions: If wood burning is your Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Isleton, Rancho sole source of heat, or if you have received Cordova and Sacramento. These resi- an approved financial hardship waiver dents and businesses are required to check from the Sac Metro Air District, you may the daily burn status before using a wood use your wood burning device on Stage burning fireplace or other wood burning 1 or Stage 2 No Burn days. Both the device to make sure it’s legal to burn. sole source exemption request form and Wood burning causes over 50 percent hardship waiver are available at www. of the winter air pollution in Sacramento AirQuality.org or by calling 1-800-880- The Kindergarten Project accepts blanket kits for kids. Photo: SBSK County. Fine particle pollution poses 9025. Those with EPA-certified fireplace a serious health threat, and everyone inserts, wood stoves or pellet stoves may By Claire Gliddon, breathes unhealthy air when weather con- use them on Stage 1 days provided the SBSK ditions trap pollution close to the ground. devices do not emit visible smoke. Wood smoke, much like the smoke from To file an air quality complaint, visit SACRAMENTO REGION, CA the wildfires that have been plaguing www.AirQuality.org/Residents/Complaints (MPG) - Every September, California, contains invisible particles that or call 1-800-880-9025. First time viola- SBSK picks the 7 lowest- are small enough to enter the bloodstream. tions will result in a $50 fine or the option income elementary schools It is especially harmful for children, older to pass a wood smoke awareness exam. and finds out how many H adults and anyone with a pre-existing heart Subsequent violations are higher. kindergarteners they have, and they make double fleece blankets (about 40” x 60”) for ALL of them, and a little fleece pouch with SMUD Lists Unclaimed Checks a Beanie Baby in it to go with each blanket. SBSK gives these to the kids right SMUD Press Release 6201 S Street, Mail Stop B352 before Christmas break. Volunteer Millie puts her heart into the gift blankets to be Sacramento, CA 95817-1818 (Even during this time of distributed. Photo: SBSK SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - SMUD has pub- Each year, SMUD posts this information distance learning, the teach- looking for new volunteers No pressure, no timelines, lished the names of customers and vendors in an effort to find the money’s rightful ers will get these to their to make blankets all year no meetings…just people who have not yet cashed checks dated owner. Claims must be made by 5 p.m. on students.) Some of these round for children in need. who enjoy blanket-making September 30, 2017 or earlier. The list of December 21, 2020 or they become the kids live in their cars or in Kindergarten Project– and helping a whole lot of names will be posted on SMUD’s website, property of SMUD under California Code places without heat. And SBSK is asking for children at the same time. SMUD.org, until December 21, 2020. Section 50050-50057. this is ALL they get for donations of Joann’s fleece Sacramento Blankets for In order to file a claim on an uncashed Replacement checks will be issued only Christmas. It is WILDLY blanket kits (48 x 60) all Sacramento Kids (SBSK) check, claimant’s name must be included on to the payee or upon proof of death, to the popular with the teachers year long. is a nonprofit organization this list, or they do not have a valid claim. payee’s beneficiary. AND the kids! Spread the Beanie Baby that gets volunteers to make To make a claim, call 916-732-7440 About SMUD - As the nation’s sixth- word, too! We've done this Explanation–SBSK is ask- handmade blankets (sew, and supply the claimant’s name, current largest community-owned, not-for-profit, for 7 years and hope to con- ing for donations of new quilt, crochet, knit, no-sew address, telephone number and the address electric service provider, SMUD has been tinue doing it, as long as or “almost new” Beanie fleece) for children in need for the time period between October 1, providing low-cost, reliable electricity for we can get Beanie Babies. Babies all year long. from infants to 18-year- 2016 and September 30, 2017. Claimants more than 70 years to Sacramento County In 2020, SBSK will need If you’d like more olds. They do this all year can also mail a claim to: and small adjoining portions of Placer and 998 blankets and Beanie information about SBSK, long! But they also have Sacramento Municipal Utility District Yolo Counties. For more information, visit Babies. please go to www.sacblan- a “special” project they do Unclaimed Monies SMUD.org. H SBSK–SBSK is always kets4kids.com and sign in! around this time of year. H
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CLG NEWS UPDATES Sacramento County Provided by Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) See legitgov.org DA Reports If Trump concedes election, Republicans will ‘never’ elect another president | 08 Nov through the house. Both victims were 2020 | Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that President Trump should not concede Defendant Convicted of First-Degree Murder, Attempted Voluntary Manslaughter taken to the UCD Medical Center and defeat in the 2020 presidential election in part because Republicans will “never” be able to treated for signifi cant injuries. One victim elect another president from their party again. “If Republicans don’t challenge and change DATE: November 6, 2020 suff ered a broken nose, fractured orbital the U.S. election system, there will never be another Republican president elected again,” CASE: Akeim McFadden bone, scalp hematoma, wounds to her Graham said Sunday on Fox News. “President Trump should not concede. We’re down (Case 20FE003314) head requiring 20 staples, fractured ribs, to less – 10,000 votes in Georgia. He’s going to win North Carolina. We have gone from PROSECUTOR: Principal Criminal fractured fi ngers on both hands, and mul- 93,000 votes to less than 20,000 votes in Arizona, where more –more votes to be counted.” Attorney Thomas Asker, Homicide Unit tiple human bite marks to her face, arms, Every major news network and The Associated Press on Saturday projected Joe Biden as Akeim McFadden was convicted by a hands, and chest. The second victim suf- the winner of the 2020 race for the White House. Trump has said he will not concede, alleg- jury of the fi rst-degree murder of George fered bleeding between her skull and her ing widespread voter fraud led to tens of thousands of illegal ballots being cast against him. Nixon. McFadden was also convicted of scalp, human bite marks to her face and attempted voluntary manslaughter and arm, lacerations to her face requiring Rep. Doug Collins to lead Trump campaign’s Georgia recount effort | 08 Nov 2020 | extensive suturing, and a fractured rib. Georgia Rep. Doug Collins – who just lost his bid for a Senate seat – will lead the Trump two counts of being a felon in possession of a fi rearm. The jury found true use of campaign’s recount effort in the state that was too close to call. The move was announced fi rearm and use of a fi rearm causing death Sunday night and the recount in The Peach State will begin when “the canvassing has con- allegations. The Court also found that cluded,” according to President Trump’s campaign. “Republicans stand by the ideal that McFadden has a 2016 prior strike con- Child Sex Offender Convicted of Sexually every eligible voter should be able to vote legally and have it be counted,” Collins said in viction for spousal battery and personally Assaulting Two Sisters a statement. Collins and the Trump campaign both claimed that ballots were “improperly infl icting great bodily injury. harvested” in Georgia. On June 24, 2019, Akeim McFadden DATE: November 6, 2020 99.6% of Mail Ballots Went to Joe Biden in Pennsylvania? | 08 Nov 2020 | Democratic shot the victim in the stomach at point CASE: Anthony Dougherty Absentee: 1,704,817 Republican Absentee: 625,766 Independent Absentee: 303,355 blank range over a bicycle in Rancho (Case 18FE000503) (votespa.com/About-Elections/Pages/Counting-Dashboard.aspx) % of Absentee Ballots Cordova. Paramedics transported the vic- PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney TeriAnn Grimes, Adult Sexual that were Returned from Registered Democrats and Non-Republicans: (1,704,817 + tim to UC Davis Medical Center, where he survived his injury. On November 19, Assault Prosecution Unit 303,355) / (1,704,817 + 625,766 + 303,355) = 76.24% % of Absentee Ballots that were 2019, McFadden shot and killed George Anthony Dougherty was convicted Returned from Registered Republicans and Non-Democrats: (625,766 + 303,355) / Nixon while Mr. Nixon was asleep in a by a jury of two counts of forcible rape (1,704,817 + 625,766 + 303,355) = 35.27% Total Biden Mail Votes: 1,942,596 Total Trump tent in the backyard of a Rancho Cordova and one count of lewd act upon a child Mail Votes: 582,430 Total Joe Mail Votes: 23,996 (electionreturns.pa.gov/) % of Absentee residence. The District Attorney’s Crime with a multiple victim enhancement. Ballots that voted for Biden: 1,942,596 / (1,942,596 + 582,430 + 23,996) = 0.7623 = Lab matched casings found at the crime The Court found that Dougherty has 76.21% % of Absentee Ballots that voted for Trump: 582,430 / (1,942,596 + 582,430 + scene to casings found at the June 24th two prior 2001 strike convictions for 23,996) = 0.7623 = 22.85% % of Democratic and Non-Republican Absentee Voters who crime scene. lewd and lascivious act upon a child. McFadden faces a maximum sentence voted for Joe Biden: 76.21% / 76.24% = 99.96% % of Republican and Non-Democratic The two victims are sisters who Absentee Voters who voted for Donald Trump: 22.85% / 35.27% = 64.79% of 98 years and 8 months to life in prison. Sentencing is set for December 11, 2020, were raised by their grandmother. Trump Campaign to Name David Bossie to Lead Legal Election Fight - Report | 06 at 9:30 a.m. in Department 10 before the When one of the sisters was 14 Nov 2020 | President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is expected to name seasoned Honorable Ernest Sawtelle. years old, she took a job working for conservative operative David Bossie to lead its post-2020 presidential election legal efforts, Dougherty, who was a family mem- according to reports. The New York Times, CBS News, and ABC News all reported the ber. When the two were working development Friday afternoon as the Trump campaign continues to wage legal battles in Defendant Convicted of First-Degree alone, Dougherty forcibly raped her. key battleground states over concerns of voter fraud and inadequate observation of ballot Dougherty forcibly raped her again counting in the November 3rd election. Murder in Rio Linda Shooting when she was 15 years old. When the Candace Owens targets Facebook 3rd-party fact-checkers with lawsuit | 06 Nov 2020 DATE: November 6, 2020 victim disclosed the sexual assaults | Conservative activist Candace Owens said Thursday that she plans to sue Facebook’s CASE: Joshua Imber to her sister, her sister confi ded that third-party fact-checkers over perceived censorship of her social media posts. “It is time to (Case 17FE018232) Dougherty also tried to “get at her” fact-check the fact-checkers,” Owens said in a video posted to her Twitter account. “I’m PROSECUTOR: Deputy District and put his hand up her shirt. She going to put these suckers through discovery and figure out what the relationship is that Attorney Timothy Carr, Homicide Unit was able to fi ght Dougherty off and they have with Facebook.” Owens gave an example of an instance that she alleged crossed The Honorable James Arguelles sen- had not previously told anyone what the line. “Quite literally a doctor gave his opinion about COVID-19, which I shared, and tenced Edward Thomas to 11 years and happened. But, both girls reported Facebook issued a strike on my account because they said only information that they agree 8 months in state prison. On September the incidents when learning about the with about COVID-19...was acceptable,” she said. 16, 2020, a jury convicted Thomas of two other. Dougherty previously molested counts of elder abuse with great bodily a diff erent child on multiple occasions Supreme Court Orders Pennsylvania to Separate Late-Arriving Ballots – Alito orders injury enhancements and two counts of that ‘all such ballots, if counted, be counted separately’ | 07 Nov 2020 | U.S. Supreme battery causing serious bodily injury. in 2001. Court Justice Samuel Alito late Friday ordered Pennsylvania election officials to segregate On November 30, 2019, Edward Dougherty faces a maximum sentence and separately count ballots that arrived after Election Day. Alito granted a request by the Thomas attacked his elderly 72-year- of 240 years to life in prison. Sentencing state’s Republican party to separate mail-in ballots received between 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and 5 old sister and 94-year-old mother. The is set for December 11, 2020, at 10:00 p.m. Nov. 6 from those that arrived by 8p.m. Nov. 3, in accordance with state guidance. He attack occurred when his sister asked him a.m. in Department 10 before the ordered that those segregated ballots must be kept “in a secure, safe and sealed container to keep marijuana smoke from wafting Honorable Ernest Sawtelle. separate from other voted ballots.” The justice, however, did not order the counties to stop counting but instead ordered “all such ballots, if counted, be counted separately.” Alito also directed any responses to the application by 2 p.m. Nov. 7. The Republican Party of Pennsylvania had filed a request earlier on Friday asking the court for an order to log, seg- regate, and not take any actions over mail-in ballots received after Election Day. ASK THE DMV Two ‘Bomb Threats’ Force Trump Supporters to Move Locations of Detroit Rally; Detroit Police Arrest Trump Unity Bridge Driver, Falsely Accuse Him of Having Two Outstanding Warrants | 06 Nov 2020 | WalkAway founder Brandon Straka and other local What you need to know about Michigan grassroots groups organized a rally to show their support for President Trump in accessing DMV services online front of the TCF Center in Detroit, where the process of ‘counting’ absentee ballots took In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DMV is prioritizing place for the past 3 days. Shortly after Trump supporters arrived, they were told by Detroit Police that they had to leave because there was a bomb threat at the TCF Center. The group customer and employee safety and increasing the number of transactions moved to the Detroit City Hall, where they reorganized and began to show their support for that can be completed without a visit to a DMV fi eld offi ce. The DMV has several channels to President Trump when they were told to move AGAIN because there was another bomb better serve customers, including self-service options online or at DMV kiosks, the ability to threat... Avid Trump supporter Scott Hagerstrom was with Rob Cortis, when he arrested. complete transactions online or over the phone with help from a DMV representative, or via a Hagerstrom told us that although the police told them there was a bomb threat at Detroit DMV business partner so that customers can “visit” the DMV by other means. The following City Hall, none of the workers inside City Hall were being evacuated. questions address the most convenient ways to access DMV services and complete essential Fixed ‘computer glitch’ turns losing Republican into a winner in Oakland County | transactions without stepping foot in a fi eld offi ce. 06 Nov 2020 | (MI) A ‘computer error’ led election officials in Oakland County to hand Q: HOW CAN I RENEW MY EXPIRING VEHICLE REGISTRATION? an upset victory Wednesday to a Democrat, only to switch the win back to an incumbent A: In an effort to keep customers and employees safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republican a day later. In Oakland County’s 15th County Commission District – repre- California Department of Motor Vehicles is encouraging Californians to utilize online services senting Rochester and Rochester Hills – the initial count gave a 104-vote margin to the for all vehicle registration renewals. Most online registration services are self-serve, meaning Democrat, Melanie Hartman, amounting to a razor-thin majority of 50.08%. That stunned the incumbent, Adam Kochenderfer, giving him a sure sense that he’d lost in a district long you can complete them on your own from start to fi nish. Others are “assisted”, meaning they deemed a Republican stronghold. “Apparently, there was a technical glitch in Rochester are done with help from a virtual DMV representative. Online registration is convenient and Hills. And so I actually ended up winning by a little over 1,100 votes,” said a chuckling safe. Customers can avoid a trip to a DMV offi ce by visiting dmv.ca.gov and clicking on “Vehicle Kochenderfer. The margin was 1,127 votes, to be exact. That gave him a 51.67% share of Registration” at the top of the page. the total (with 48.23% going to his opponent, Hartman). Additionally, for even greater convenience, DMV customers can visit a DMV Now kiosk to complete GOP Claims Software Error Switched 6,000 Republican Votes to Democratic, Used their vehicle registration renewal instantly, including printing tags on the spot. With hundreds in 47 Michigan Counties | 06 Nov 2020 | Republican National Committee Chairwoman of locations throughout the state, customers can also use a DMV Now kiosk to submit proof of Ronna McDaniel and other GOP officials said the fight over the presidential election isn’t insurance, receive a driver or vehicle record, and much more. To locate a DMV Now kiosk nearest over, saying that 47 counties in Michigan may have used software that was detected to have you, please visit: www.cadmvnowkiosk.com/kiosks. Customers can also fi nd DMV business allocated votes to Democrat Joe Biden instead of President Donald Trump in one county. partners, such as AAA and others, to complete selected transactions by visiting dmv.ca.gov and “In Antrim County, ballots were counted for Democrats that were meant for Republicans clicking on “Locations” to fi nd nearby options. causing a 6,000-vote swing against our candidates,” Michigan GOP Chairwoman Laura Please note that some customers who opt to renew their registration by mail may experience Cox said in a news conference Friday. “The county clerk came forward and said tabulating software glitched and caused a miscalculation of the votes.” Cox added: “Since then, we delays in receiving their valid registration card and sticker due to COVID-19 impacts on have now discovered that 47 counties use this same software in the same capacity. Antrim DMV mail sorting operations. Online and DMV Now kiosk registration renewals are not County had to hand count all of the ballots, and these counties that use this software needs subject to any processing delays at this time. to closely examine their results for similar discrepancies.” Learn more about online registration renewals at www.dmv.ca.gov/online. New blacklist of 'Trump sycophants' inspired by AOC being compiled | 06 Nov 2020 | Q: I WOULD PREFER TO VISIT THE DMV IN PERSON, IS THAT AN OPTION FOR ME? At the behest of ‘squad’ member and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez A: The health and safety of all customers and Californians is top priority for the DMV during (D), a blacklist of “Trump sycophants” – entitled “The Trump Accountability Project” – is the COVID-19 pandemic, and the DMV has reopened its fi eld offi ces to assist customers with archiving the names of individuals who “elected, served, funded, supported, and repre- appointments and selected service needs that must be completed in a fi eld offi ce. The DMV is urging sented” President Donald Trump. “Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of customers to use their expanded online services and DMV Now Kiosks to complete transactions, many deleted Tweets, writings, photos in the future,” the US representative tweeted Friday including driver’s license and vehicle registration renewals. afternoon. “Yes, we are,” answered former Obama administration staffer Michael Simon, There are hundreds of DMV Now kiosks locations throughout the state which can help citing the Trump Accountability Project. “Every Administration staffer, campaign staffer, customers complete their vehicle registration renewal, submit proof of insurance, receive bundler, lawyer who represented them – everyone.” On the website’s landing page, it urges a driver or vehicle record, and more. To locate a DMV Now kiosk nearest you, please visit: urges that “[w]e must never forget those who helped further the Trump agenda,” The site is www.cadmvnowkiosk.com/kiosks. Customers can also fi nd DMV business partners to a self-described “permanent record” of those who elected the president, including Trump complete selected transactions by visiting dmv.ca.gov and clicking on “Locations” to fi nd campaign staffers, Republican National Committee members, and affiliated PACs in 2016 nearby partners. or 2020. Customers who come into a DMV offi ce during this time for service needs that must be Nevada Republican Party sends criminal referral to DOJ alleging thousands of cases completed in a DMV fi eld offi ce during the COVID-19 pandemic will fi nd increased health and of voter fraud | 05 Nov 2020 | The Nevada Republican Party announced Thursday evening safety protocols, including the use of infrared thermometers to conduct temperature checks that it has sent a criminal referral to U.S. Attorney General William Barr with allegations before scheduled appointments for customers, and before a shift starts for employees. that the state had 3,602 cases of voter fraud. The criminal complaint comes as news out- lets have yet to announce a projected winner in the race between President Trump and Additionally, all employees and customers are required to wear a face covering while inside Democratic nominee Joe Biden, with the Trump campaign and the GOP having already an offi ce and during a behind-the-wheel drive test exam, and practice six feet of physical filed multiple unsuccessful legal challenges in the Southwestern state. “Our lawyers just distancing. Customers should anticipate longer than usual wait times while these preventive sent a criminal referral to AG Barr regarding at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud,” the measures are in place. Nevada Republican Party wrote in a tweet. “We expect that number to grow substantially. Visit the DMV’s online portal to use the DMV’s Service Advisor tool to learn what options are Thousands of individuals have been identified who appear to have violated the law by cast- available to you at www.dmv.ca.gov/online. ing ballots after they moved from NV.” H NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Carmichael Times • 5 CHP Welcomes New Officers Sacramento Public Library to Reopen
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He boasts, ing a mandate that every for instance, of ignoring Toni, care provider or your doctor to send voter be sent a mail ballot, state law when, as mayor I am 67 and have the remainder of the bill to Medicare crossed the line. of San Francisco, he unilat- group health insur- if you are enrolled in Medicare Parts Although the Legislature erally authorized same-sex ance through my A and/or B for secondary payment. later ratified the election marriages. More recently, current employer. Should there be any cost your health changes, Heckman wrote he declared that there would I have talked with insurance or Medicare didn’t cover, that it was still important to be no executions of murder- friends, my com- you will have to pay the balance. place limits on a governor’s ers during his governorship pany HR, and my Your employer has 20 or more powers under the California even though California’s Toni King insurance agent. employees. The employer must offer By Dan Walters Emergency Services Act. death penalty is still law — I am receiving their employees 65 and older the CALMatters Heckman indicated that in one that voters refused to answers from “I don’t know” to “I’m not same health benefits, under the same her final ruling, she would repeal just four years ago. sure but I think …”. My company health conditions that the company offers California has been a permanently enjoin Newsom Newsom claims moral insurance has a $2,500 deductible. If I employees under 65. If the employer one-party state for the last from issuing any order imperative as justification have a medical claim and I have Medicare offers coverage to under 65 employ- decade, with Democratic “which amends, alters, or for his acts, but if elected Part A and my employer medical insur- ees’ spouses, the employers must offer governors and superma- changes existing statutory officials ignore laws they ance, who will pay the claim first and how over 65 employees’ spouses the same jorities in both legislative law or makes new statutory don’t happen to like or much will I have to pay? Also, should I coverage. houses doing pretty much as law or legislative policy.” find inconvenient, they have enrolled in Medicare Part B since I Medicare will generally pay second they pleased without paying “The doctrine of the sep- undermine the concept of am still working? if the following applies: any attention to the rela- aration of powers prohibits governance under law and I have just started following your any of the three branches encourage disrespect for Medicare column in our local paper and • If your employer joins forces with tive handful of Republican other employers or employer orga- legislators. of government exercising legal authority. Ironically, am finding you are answering problems, the complete power consti- this is the same governor I never knew I could have. Thank You so nizations i.e., unions, to sponsor a However, one-party rule multi-employer plan (group health gave way to one-man rule tutionally vested in another who demands that 40 mil- much. ~ Roxanne, New Orleans or exercising power in a lion Californians obey his plan). Sometimes employers with eight months ago when Gov. Roxanne, less than 100 employees will band Gavin Newsom declared way which undermines the pandemic decrees, such Let’s start with discussing enrolling in authority and independence as shutting down small together to form a multi- employer an emergency due to the Medicare Part B when working with an plan. Medicare pays second. COVID-19 pandemic, thus of another,” Heckman, who businesses. employer group health plan. On page 22 empowering himself to gov- was elected in 2012, wrote. Judge Heckman’s order 2. Your employer has less than 20 of the 2018 Medicare & You handbook, employees. Medicare pays first. ern by decree and suspend The law empowering a will certainly be appealed it discusses “Should I Get Part B” with any laws that stood in his governor to declare an emer- and the issue will prob- employer or union coverage and states… 3. You and Retiree Insurance (insur- way. gency and suspend laws that ably wind up in the state “If you or your spouse is still working, ance from your or your spouse’s Democratic legislators impeded a rapid response Supreme Court. Newsom and you have health coverage through former employer): Medicare pays first. were fully complicit, even was clearly aimed at some press secretary Jesse Melgar that employer or union, contact your Always verify with your Human suspending their proceedings immediate catastrophe such said Newsom and his advis- employer or union benefits administra- Resources if the Insurance Company will and abandoning Sacramento as a flood, an earthquake or ers “strongly disagree” with tor to find out how your coverage works pay first when the employees or employ- for months. Eventually, a riot. It envisioned some- “specific limitations” on with Medicare … It might be to your ees’ spouses are over 65 and on company however, even they chafed thing like then-Gov. Pete the governor’s emergency advantage to delay Part B enrollment.” health benefits. One thing to know is that a bit at Newsom’s seeming Wilson’s suspension of con- authority. To answer about enrolling in Medicare if you should go outside your employer’s endless string of emergency tract bidding laws to quickly Meanwhile, it’s time for Part B, it is optional because when you network, it is possible that neither the orders. rebuild a major freeway the entire Legislature, not leave your or your spouse’s employer company’s plan nor Medicare will pay. In effect, some of those after the 1994 Northridge just Kiley and Gallagher, to group health plan, then you can enroll Is the maze of Medicare confusing orders essentially made new Earthquake. reassert its co-equal author- in Medicare Part B with a Special you? Call the Toni Says® Medicare law and while Democratic COVID-19 required a ity rather than allowing Enrollment Period. hotline at 832-519-8664 or visit the lawmakers stood by, two rapid response, but it’s also Newsom to operate indefi- Now let’s talk about who will pay Medicare Annual Enrollment Toni Republican legislators, something that could last, nitely as a one-man band. your claim first and this depends on how Says® webinars which explain what Kevin Kiley and James in one form or another, for The law that gives many employees are on your company’s Medicare is and how to properly find Gallagher, filed suit, alleg- years. Conceivably, Newsom Newsom the authority to group health plan: your Medicare Part D plan at www.toni- ing that Newsom had gone could continue governing declare an emergency also 1. Your employer has 20 or more says.com. too far. under his emergency decree allows the Legislature, on its for the remainder of his first own, to end such an order. employees. Your group health plan Toni King, author of the Medicare Survival Last week, Sutter County will generally be primary. Should Guide® is giving a $5 discount on the Superior Court Judge Sarah four-year term. Dan Walters has been Even before pandemic a journalist for nearly 60 your group health plan not pay all the Medicare Survival Guide® Advanced book Heckman sided with the bill, you may need to ask the health to Toni Says Medicare column readers. H Republicans, declaring that struck, Newsom was prone years, spending all but a few Newsom’s order chang- to sidestepping laws that of those years working for ing procedures for the could impede whatever he California newspapers H STATEPOINT CROSSWORD • CARTOON CHARACTERS Crossword Puzzle Solutions on Page 6 Crossword Puzzle on Page 6 CLUES ACROSS 1. Brocadopa or Larodopa 6. They are often covert 9. Used for watering 13. Vexed 14. Took the bait 15. Spot for boutonnière 16. Old West pack animal 17. Big-headedness 18. 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From left to right: Mike Wiley, River City Food Bank past president of the Board of Directors, Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D), Amanda McCarthy, River City Food Bank executive director, and Laura Knauss vice president at the morning open house event. Photo by Patrick Larenas
By Patrick Larenas to be laid off or are forced to stay home to care for their children, and begin to SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - The deplete their financial reserves, the need Office of Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D) for food assistance is skyrocketing.” awarded River City Food Bank 501(c)(3) River City Food Bank executive director the 2020 Nonprofit of the Year recogni- Amanda McCarthy said, “the partnership tion on Friday, October 30. Cooley joined here with the Episcopal Diocese has been the Arden Arcade food distribution facility really ideal since this area is practically a located at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church grocery store desert… and we make sure to tour and witness the services rendered that at least 50 percent of what we pro- to those struggling with food insecurity. vide is fresh produce.” She said residents, Families and individuals gathered at and especially refugees, without means the open house while the Assemblyman for transportation, greatly benefit from the took the early moments of the morning food bank’s presence there. to reflect on the symbolism portrayed on Mike Wiley board of director and the Capitol building’s pediment which past president of River City Food Bank inspires legislators to honor nonprofits. said they are very honored to receive The statues he referred to depicted men on the California Legislature Assembly horseback fending off natural threats such Certificate of Recognition from the 8th as a mauling grizzly bear and a charging District Assemblyman. “This is the first buffalo for Athena, goddess of wisdom time since its founding in 1968 that we and warfare, surrounded by the embodi- have received the Nonprofit of the Year ments of Education, Justice, Industry and recognition,” he said. Mining. River City Food Bank’s main distri- Organizations such as River City Food bution center is located in midtown at Bank said Cooley are subduing the great 1800 28th Street Sacramento, CA 95816 challenges that nature now presents (916) 446-2627 humanity: “that has been the mission of Food distribution hours for midtown are the food bank,” to tame the raw forces Tuesday–Thursday: 10:30a.m.–1:30p.m. of nature on behalf of the communities and at Arden Arcade: Friday-Saturday served. 10:30a.m.–1:30p.m. The Covid-19 pandemic has been such River City Food Bank Center at St. a challenge as the food distribution facil- Matthew's is located on 2300 Edison Ave. ity saw a 32 percent increase this year. Sacramento, CA 95821 According to the Office of Assemblyman For more information visit rivercity- Ken Cooley, “As employees continue foodbank.org/ H NEED STORAGE? ARMOR MINI STORAGE Since 1980 Computer Gate Access 6am-9pm 365 Days A Year Award Winning Customer Service Digital Video Camera System Competitive Rates Daily / Monthly Annual Rentals Easy Drive-Up Access Professional Resident Managers
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