Editorial: IJ’s recommendations for state offices
Every four years, California voters have a chance to decide who will lead the state and run the public’s business. The IJ editorial board offers these recommendations as food for thought on the Nov. 6...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends Killingsworth, Riedel and Sridharan for Kentfield board
The Kentfield School District has a well-deserved reputation for student performance, top-notch teachers and generous community support. Five candidates for three seats on the school board want to...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends Barrow, Green and Scripps for Sausalito-Marin City...
Voters in the Sausalito Marin City School District face a difficult choice, picking three people from a field of six qualified candidates to serve on the board of trustees. The district is one of...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ’s recommendations on state propositions
Voters are being swamped with TV ads either extolling or demonizing various propositions on the ballot. From the standpoint of political wins or losses, they work. Otherwise, the proponents and...
View ArticleEditorial: Huffman, McGuire, Levine deserve re-election
When it comes to electing Marin’s representatives in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., the contests ought to look familiar to voters. In all but one, they are the exact same face-off voters decided in...
View ArticleMarin IJ’s endorsements for the Nov. 6, 2018 election
Here’s a summary of the IJ’s endorsements for the Nov. 6 election. There are other issues on the Marin ballot, but the editorial board took positions only on the races and measures listed below. Marin...
View ArticleEditorial: Goddard, Swift good choices for Fairfax Council
On the Nov. 5 ballot, Fairfax voters are fortunate to have to choose among three qualified and articulate candidates. There are two seats up for election. One is Renee Goddard, who is seeking a second...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ endorsements for ballot measures
MEASURE F: On the Nov. 5 ballot, Fairfax voters are being asked to continue the town’s $195-per-year municipal tax that has provided critical funding for the town’s police and fire services, as well as...
View ArticleEditorial: Wernick, Lucan, Peele for Novato Council
The Nov. 5 ballot in Novato will be one of change. Voters will pick at least two new council members. Councilman Josh Fryday resigned last month and Councilwoman Pamela Drew chose not to seek a second...
View ArticleEditorial: Burdo gets lone endorsement for San Anselmo Council
San Anselmo Town Council candidate Steve Burdo, photographed in San Rafael, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) On the Nov. 5 ballot, San Anselmo voters face the...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends Moulton-Peters for Third District supervisor
Stephanie Moulton-Peters (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) Voters in Marin County Board of Supervisors District 3, which covers most of Southern Marin, have three candidates to consider in picking a...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends Measure B for Tam Union School District
In recent years, Tamalpais Union High School District administrators and trustees have been faced with budget problems, requiring them to lay off employees, drop school services and programs and offer...
View ArticleEditorial: SMART train tax – IJ recommends no vote on Measure I
A last-minute Sonoma County political battle has erupted over extending the quarter-cent SMART sales tax for another 30 years. Marin voters are along for the ride. Molly Flater, the daughter of a...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ endorses candidates for Tiburon, Ross councils
Ballots for the March 3 election go in the mail Monday. It’s a big agenda. Alongside races in the presidential primary, county supervisors and several key tax measures are a pair of town council...
View ArticleEditorial: Well-planned Measure C will reduce wildfire risk
For years, Marin firefighters have returned from the front lines of wildland fires that have taken lives and properties in other California communities and have warned it could happen here. The recent...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends no on Measure D for golf in San Geronimo
Many voters see Measure D, the San Geronimo Golf Course initiative, as their chance to express their outrage over the county’s failed effort to buy and close the popular course and turn most of the...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends McEntee, Carmel, Ossa for Mill Valley council
Concerns about wildfire prevention, traffic and the housing crisis — not to mention finding a new city manager — are all top of mind in Mill Valley. That’s where five candidates are vying for three...
View ArticleEditorial: IJ recommends yes vote for Ross’ Measure F on Branson expansion
The Branson School honor code promises an environment of honesty and integrity. Related Articles Marin campaign cash: Branson, Rodoni, Huffman lead pack Ross group opposes Branson enrollment ballot...
View ArticleEditorial: Amy Klobuchar will change the tone of national politics
The United States needs a president who can heal the nation’s deep political divide — who can work with, and appeal to, members of both parties and independents. Someone with a proven record of...
View ArticleMarin IJ ballot endorsements for March 3, 2020, election
Here’s a summary of the IJ’s endorsements for the March 3 election. There are other issues on the Marin ballot, but the editorial board took positions only on the races and measures listed below. Marin...
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