Swanky Speier
Mr. and Mrs. Insider paid a visit to the Carolands Chateau on Friday, at the invitation of Burlingame attorney Joe Cotchett, to attend a campaign party he threw for former state Sen. Jackie Speier, who...
View ArticleThis little piggy got a prize
The Insider is making its return to the Web after a pathetic absence. What’s the meaning of the above image: a metaphor for this year’s political elections, or a sly reference to our own indolence?...
View ArticleTip of the Speier
[This post was updated Tuesday. See below.] Rep. Jackie Speier, who is now in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, paid a visit to the Times last week to provide an update on her first year...
View ArticleSpeier and Eshoo in Denver
[Update: We were snowed under Thursday. We’ll have a full account from Speier and Eshoo, as well as San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon, on Friday. Apologies for the delay.] We talked Wednesday...
View ArticleThe Speier and Eshoo update
Before Jackie Speier learned about the handiness of the bicycle rickshaw, she wore out her feet Monday trekking from one event to the next in downtown Denver. She estimates she walked six miles that...
View ArticleFrom the notebook: More local reactions to Obama win
Before Barack Obama’s election win recedes too far in the rearview mirror, here’s a couple bits of local reaction that didn’t make it into the paper. In the photo above, Karen Cunningham, sporting a...
View ArticleEshoo looks ahead to Obama administration
Rep. Anna Eshoo plans to be right in the middle of an ambitious Democratic agenda when President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January. Eshoo anticipates that, besides shoring up the faltering...
View ArticleDemocrats say: Put it to a vote!
The San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee has adopted a resolution urging the county to hold an open election to fill the seat of departing Supervisor Jerry Hill, who is off to Sacramento,...
View ArticleEshoo scolded for single-payer stance
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, is the subject of some harsh criticism from blogger “sworddance” over at the Daily Kos, the liberal political blog, for ruling out the idea of a single-payer option before...
View ArticleSpeier votes no on war-funding bill
Spokesman Mike Larsen has confirmed that Rep. Jackie Speier voted against a $106 billion bill Tuesday to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Speier did so despite some “mild” lobbying from the White...
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