• Some needle/syringe program will be approved on Tuesday. It is only a question of the details.
• IDU (Injection Drug Users) are people that are most likely to use the county/government as their health care provider.
• Most of the people that are advocating this program are more concerned wtih the health of the IDU than I am.
• People are going to continue to use drugs through injeciton no matter what happens on Tuesday.
• Any of these programs require some assumption of rational thought by drug addicts.
• County government spends millions of dollars preventing obesity, high blood pressure, smoking....

• Davis City Councilman Don Saylor, Supervisor Mike McGowan, and Supervisor Helen Thomson endorsing Cabaldon.
• Steve Hardy gets his appointment.  This clears the way in Solano County for Cabaldon.  Cabaldon has wasted zero time racking up endorsement after endorsement.  He landed former Assemblyman Tom Hannigan early this week.  He added the Mayor of Fairfield the next day.  Now he adds Fairfield City Councilmembers Marilyn Farley and John Mraz, Suisun City Councilmember Mike Segala and former Solano County Supervisor Duane Kromm.  Things are getting a little one-sided.
• The big day that is really coming will be the finincial reporting in June.  If Cabaldon doubles the money raised by Yamada people are really going to start piling on.

Woodland City Councilman Art Pimentel reports that someone has taken his City of Woodland flag.  You can see it below.  If you see anyone with such a flag please call Woodland Mayor Dave Flory at home.  He is available 24/7.

It is also possible that Art misplaced it.

• I've hired two full-time staff people who are bi-lingual.  Dotty actually has three languages under control. Both Dotty and Leticia have proven to be good choices for me.  We seem to get along well.  They also have the right attitude of serving Woodland.
• Bob Huber was hired (with my personal money) establish this website.  It has allowed me to communicate to thousands of people who have read this site and repeated by being published in the Daily Democrat.   I am thankful to the Democrat for being willing to publish some of my comments.
• We have been able to deliver hundreds of dollars worth of goods to the Wayfarer Center.
• We have established a scholorship at Woodland Community College for a young man at Pioneer High School who needs a little help.
• The General Plan is probably the most important thing the county is working on.  I have not been involved as long as my colleagues have, but I don't think any objective observer would say that I have not been involved in the development of the policy formed on this issue in the last 100 days.
• We bought a bunk bed at the Wayfarer Center.
• Leticia has spent several weeks of afternoons at the Wayfarer Center processing housing applications.
• I am in the process of writing my own agriculture mitigation ordinance. I am optomistic about it being considered favorably by my colleagues.
• Dotty has spent a great deal of time helping the folks at the Gibson House Museum.  She has recruited volunteers for them and assisted them with help from the county.
• Woodland has a voice on LAFCO.
• The communication with the City of Woodland has improved dramatically. I talk to four of the five Woodland City Councilmen on a regular basis. This helps us work better together.
• I've become involved in the Administration of Justice Committee with CSAC.
• In two weeks I will complete "New Supervisor Training" with CSAC.
• I have worked with John Mott Smith and Dirk Brazil on an ad hoc committee that is looking at environmental practices by county government.  We don't have much to show for our efforts yet, but I actually have high hopes for this committee.
• The County has set aside funds to directly deal with the flood control problem in Woodland.
• Although very subjective to analyze, I believe that Dotty, Leticia, and I have made it clear to everyone in county government that we are very interested in serving Woodland and will stand up to represent the people we serve each day.

21 years ago, when I was finishing up at Woodland High School, my biggest concern was college and gettting a job at Country Oaks as a lifeguard.

Over the last couple weeks I've become aware of a student at Pioneer High School who is facing some difficult challenges.  After this student turned 18, his father left.  Since they share the same name, the father had transfered the Section 8 housing they live in, into the name and social security number of his son.

I've not met this young man.  However, this morning I met with the Vice Principal of Pioneer High School who confirmed the facts that make up this situation.  He is a good student who would like a career in pharmacy.  He pays his bills by working at a local grocery store.  That job keeps him going.  Everyone who has met him tells me that this is a good kid.

This young man wants to attend Woodland Community College before moving on to Sac State or another four year university.  I want to help him.

Leticia is working on helping him find a safe place to live.  The people at Woodland Community College are helping with his transition there.  Leticia is also working with him to apply for financial aid.

I am going to be setting up a fund at Woodland Community College for his tuition and books.  If you would like to help contribute to this fund please let me know.

This is the kind of kid that the Woodland community should help--a good kid who is in a tough situation due to no fault of his own.  I have $1,000 so far and would like to get him to around $2,000 for his first year tuition and books at WCC.