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Who knows best? Mayors collide with governors over coronavirus lockdown
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Heidi Harmon, the mayor of San Luis Obispo, wants a limited reopening. Shirley Sessions, the mayor of Tybee Island, Ga., wants things to stay closed.A continent apart, the two stand astride the latest fault line to emerge as the nation struggles with the greatest health and economic crisis it has faced in generations: a growing split between governors and local leaders on when to end the country’s self-imposed shutdown.Both are at odds with their state’s governor.“In the case of San Luis Obispo, we are unique,” said Harmon, a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Heidi Harmon, the mayor of San Luis Obispo, wants a limited reopening. Shirley Sessions, the mayor of Tybee Island, Ga., wants things to stay closed.A continent apart, the two stand astride the latest fault line to emerge as the nation struggles with the greatest health and economic crisis it has faced in generations: a growing split between governors and local leaders on when to end the country’s self-imposed shutdown.Both are at odds with their state’s governor.“In the case of San Luis Obispo, we are unique,” said Harmon, a...WW…
During the pandemic, Republicans see a rare political opportunity in California
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement There was no such thing as YouTube or Twitter. President Clinton was on the brink of impeachment. Donald Trump was a New York real estate developer, building his first golf course.The year was 1998, and it was the last time California Republicans managed to flip a congressional seat .After more than two decades of losing, that may soon come to an end.A special election to fill a vacant House seat to the north of Los Angeles is highly competitive, both sides agree, pitting Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith against first-time...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement There was no such thing as YouTube or Twitter. President Clinton was on the brink of impeachment. Donald Trump was a New York real estate developer, building his first golf course.The year was 1998, and it was the last time California Republicans managed to flip a congressional seat .After more than two decades of losing, that may soon come to an end.A special election to fill a vacant House seat to the north of Los Angeles is highly competitive, both sides agree, pitting Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith against first-time...WW…
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