High-Speed Train Public Information Meetings in Bakersfield & Shafter, CA 

Please join us attend the Public Information Meeting where you can learn more about the Fresno to Bakersfield Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), being prepared by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Staff will be available for one-on-one dialogue to answer your questions on the environmental planning and review process during an open house.

The Revised Draft EIR/Supplemental Draft EIS is expected to be released in summer 2012. A formal public comment period will follow, providing an opportunity to submit comments on the revised document’s findings. 

The Revised Draft EIR/Supplemental Draft EIS will evaluate engineering revisions incorporated into the range of project alternatives, and will consider recommendations based on comments received on the Draft EIR/EIS released in August 2011.

MEETING DATES SCHEDULED

Date - Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Time - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

 Location -   Shafter Veterans Hall
                    309 California Avenue
                    Shafter, CA 93263
                                                                                                                                                    

Date - Wednesday May 16, 2012

Time - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Location - Grace Baptist Church 
                    2550 Jewetta Avenue 
                    Bakersfield, CA 93312
                                                                                                                                                    

*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS THE SAME DATE AS THE KERN COG MONTHLY MEETING

*Date - Thursday May 17, 2012

Time - 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Location -    Kern County Administration Building
                    1115 Truxtun Avenue, 1st Floor
                    Bakersfield, CA 93301

For more information please contact: (866) 761-7755 

The Kern COG monthly meeting will be this Thursday, May 17, 2012. Two meetings will take place back-to-back beginning at 6:00 p.m. 

Also please take notice that the High Speed Rail is having an information workshop on the same date and almost at the same time.  

High Speed Rail Information Workshop between 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Kern County Administration Building 

1115 Truxtun Ave., 1st Floor  

Bakersfield, CA 93301

Is this by coincidence? You can decide for yourself. 

TWO KERN COG MEETINGS www.kerncog.org

First meeting 

What – Transportation Planning Policy Committee Meeting

When – May 17, 2012, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Where – Kern Council of Governments

              1401 19th Street, Suite 300 - Third Floor
              Bakersfield, CA 93301 

Click below for Agenda Information

http://kerncog.org/cms/attachments/310_May%202012%20TPPC%20Agenda.pdf 

Second Meeting

What - Kern COG Board Meeting

When – May 17, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Where - Kern Council of Governments

              1401 19th Street, Suite 300 - Third Floor
              Bakersfield, CA 93301 

Click below for Agenda Information

http://kerncog.org/cms/attachments/312_May%202012%20COG%20Agenda.pdf 

Third Meeting

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ANOTHER MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE MORNING OF MAY 17, 2012 The HSR wants to meet with the small businesses and subcontractors regarding the High Speed Rail project. 

What - Meet the Primes Event

When – May 17, 2012, 7:30 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M.

Where - Cal State Bakersfield, Icardo Center

               9001 Stockdale Hwy.

               Bakersfield, CA 93311

Information taken from the CA High Speed Rail Authority website under calendar  http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/calendar.aspx

California High-Speed Rail Authority is hosting a Meet the Primes Event on May 17, 2012 at the Icardo Center on the California State University Bakersfield campus. This forum is an opportunity for Small Businesses and subcontractors to meet the five design-build short listed teams who were invited to bid on the first design-build construction project. After a presentation on the project by the California High-Speed Rail Authority, each short-listed firm will host a booth in the exhibition area to meet with potential Small Businesses and subcontractors.

For updated event details, visit: http://cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/forum.aspx

When:   May 24, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where:  Fandango City Palace, 3510 Wible Road, Bakersfield CA

Meeting Agenda: Debate Between Political Candidates

There are 8 candidates running for the 1st District seat for the Kern County Board of Supervisors. This will be your chance to question the candidates who will be making decisions on your behalf as Kern County residents.  If you have an index card, write down your question for the candidate(s) and hand it to us when you sign in.  Index cards will also be available at the meeting for you to note your questions. When forming your question please keep in mind our 3 core values of Fiscally Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Gov't & Free Markets.  The debate will begin with a 2 minute opening statement from each candidate, followed by random written questions from you & others asked by our moderator Ed Valov who will be questioning the candidate(s). Each candidate will have two minutes to answer the question. However at this debate, there will be time for rebuttals from the other candidates as well. Questions will be asked of the candidates in a round-robin fashion.  At the end of the debate, each candidate will be allowed 2 minutes to give an closing statement.  Candidate campaign material will be located on a table near the entrance to the hall.  Please…  arrive by 5:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. so that you may order your food and beverage before the debate begins.  An all you can eat buffet with a salad bar, pizza & Indian food with refillable drinks for only $9.00! Alcoholic drinks are extra.   CANDIDATES CONFIRMED AND ATTENDING: Roy Ashburn - FB page - www.facebook.com/VoteRoyAshburn Campaign website - www.voteashburn.com Heidi Carter-Escudero - FB page - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=728306394 Campaign website www.heidi2012.com Dave Freeland - FB page -  www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002782503661&sk=wall Campaign website - www.davefreelandforsupervisor2012.com Mike Gleason - FB page - none Campaign website - www.mickgleason.org Deborah Hess - FB page - none  Campaign website - www.deborahhess4supervisor.com   Chip Holloway - FB page -  www.facebook.com/messages/action=read&tid=id.408719982496294 Campaign website - http://www.vote4chip.com/     NO RESPONSE TO THE INVITATION: Sam Ramirez - FB page - www.facebook.com/pages/Sam-Ramirez-for-Kern-County-Supervisor/231213036960305 Campaign website - www.votesamramirez.com Daures Stephens - FB page - www.facebook.com/Stephens.For.Supervisor Campaign website - www.stephensforsupervisor.com Please do your homework and come prepared to ask tough questions of these candidates. One of the above listed candidates will be sitting as one of the five Kern County Board of Supervisors making important decisions regarding our community!  Please feel free to bring family, friends and neighbors. The candidates need to know we do care county, so we must starting holding them accountable now!     To RSVP or for more information, please contact me at bakersfieldteaparty@gmail.com Thanks and hope to see you on May 24th!  Frances Morgan BAKERSFIELD TEA PARTY

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I want to thank Pitchfork Patriot and his daughters for making this possible. They took time out of their evening to come and record the debate standing on their feet for over 2 hours while we had the luxury of being seated. Visit the You Tube site often because Mark is downloading more of the video and working with a slow computer. It is taking quite of bit of time for Mark to get the whole video to download on You Tube.

Once again to all of those who made this event a success - Bob the owner of Fandango City Palace,  Pitchfork Patriot aka as Mark and his daughters,  Jannette Berry, Kathy O'Brian, Dorla Patterson, Alfred, Denise and Marissa Hernandez, Nora Weber and Julie Watts. If I left anyone out please forgive me. 

Now for the link 

http://www.youtube.com/user/PitchforkPatriot  

Sincerely,

Frances Morgan
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When:   Thursday, April 26, 2012, from 6:00pm until 8:30pm

Where:  Fandango City Palace, 3510 Wible Road, Bakersfield CA

Meeting Agenda:    Debate Between Political Candidates

UPDATED 4-4-12 - KAREN GOH CONFIRMED HER ATTENDANCE.

MEMBERS please call the remaining candidates and ask that they attend the debate as well.

The Bakersfield Tea Party has the opportunity to get to know who will be our new supervisors in the 4th and 5th District of the Kern County Board of Supervisors race.  A winner WILL BE DECIDED in the June primary for the 4th District and POSSIBLY the 5th District.

4th District Candidates - listed in alphabetical order to be fair:

·       Mr. David Couch http://www.votecouch.com/

·       Mr. Harley Pinson http://www.harleypinson.org/

5th District Candidates - listed in alphabetical order to be fair:

·       Ms. Karen Goh no website, Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=645844173

·       Ms. Leticia Perez http://www.leticiaperez.org/

·       Mr. Tim Tarver no website or Facebook page. Email address tarver4supervisor@gmail.com

Candidate Status:.

District 4:

·       Harley Pinson has CONFIRMED his attendance.

·       Mr. Couch has agreed to attend the first 45 minutes of the debate.

District 5:

·       Ms. Perez will NOT be attending

·       Karen Goh has CONFIRMED her attendance.

·       Mr. Tim Tarver has finally responded to our requests and is also declining to attend the debate.  The fact that it took several efforts to get a response and the candidate is choosing to pass on this opportunity also sends the clear message that he is not concerned with meeting with the BTP.

 This is how the debate will go:

·       The candidates will be allowed a 5 minute opening statement.

·       Index cards will be available for you to write down your questions before the meeting gets under way, questions will apply to all of the candidates.

·       Following their opening statements, your questions will be asked by Alfred Hernandez who will moderate the debate, each candidate will be given two minutes to respond.

·       Turns will be given as to which candidate will be answering the questions.

·       At the end question period, each candidate will be allowed 3 minutes to make a closing summary.

A table will be set up for the candidates to put their campaign material on for your convenience, please do your homework and come prepared.  Two of these candidates will be sitting on the Kern County Board of Supervisors and making important decisions regarding our community!

Please feel free to bring family, friends and neighbors, they need to know we do care about our county.  If you want to make sure that they attend, please contact them and encourage them to come.  We must hold them accountable starting now!

Updates will be posted for remaining candidates when received.

See you on the 26th of April

Frances Morgan

BAKERSFIELD TEA PARTY

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When:   Thursday, March 22, 2012, from 6:00pm until 8:30pm

Where:  Fandango City Palace, 3510 Wible Road, Bakersfield CA

Meeting Agenda:   



This month our guest speaker will be Deanne Martin-Soares.  Deanne is a wife, mother, small business owner, a practicing activist and the coordinator for the Tulare-Visalia Tea Party for the last 3 years.  Deanne is very knowledgeable on healthcare with a 23 year career as a Registered Nurse in multiple areas. Her goal is to be Norma Ray of the Sustainable Agenda and she is well on her way to achieving this goal.

You will learn how to be prepared to fight the Delphi method that is being used to push Agenda 21 on us, the unsuspecting public.  Deanne has been there, done that and continues to do this at any Delphi meetings she has attended.

CA will more than likely not have a say in who the Republican nominee will be.  However, we can make a difference in the way our local and state governments are being run. Now is the time to get involved if you haven't already done so. We cannot expect changes to be made if we depend on a small number of patriots.  United we stand, divided we fall.

Feel free to bring your family members, neighbors and friends.

Want to get something off your chest or have an great idea?  Then you will have your opportunity with the Soapbox Lightening Round. 

There will be a small prize giveaway for the people who come to me with the correct answer, you will have to give me the answer as you are signing in.  Who said, "There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." I will know that you read all of the information regarding this meeting. ;)

See you on the 22nd of March.

Frances Morgan

BAKERSFIELD TEA PARTY

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When:   Thursday, February 23, 2012, from 6:00pm until 8:30pm

Where:  Fandango City Palace, 3510 Wible Road, Bakersfield CA

Meeting Agenda:
Please join the Bakersfield Tea Party in welcoming Linda Paine of the Election Integrity Project (EIP). During the last election voter fraud played a major role in determining the outcome of some very key races here locally and some very good candidates lost because of it. Linda has been working diligently on curbing voter fraud and restoring the integrity in our election process.

Election Integrity Projects Mission Statement: “California Election Integrity Project is a group of citizen volunteers seeking to fulfill our responsibility to actively participate in our Republic and ensure the integrity of the process that protects our freedoms and our way of life. We seek to protect government of, by and for the people by maintaining an active role in the part of government that empowers us with our most basic right ~ the right to choose our representatives by vote.”

Bakersfield Tea Party member Richard Holdcraft's small group has been working on cleaning up the voter rolls here locally and as November approaches, it will be important that we step up our efforts to minimize voter fraud and to insure that “we the people” do not miss more opportunities to elect liberty loving, virtuous candidates into office.

Now more than ever “the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature." James Garfield (1877)

It is time we become less tolerate of ignorance, recklessness and corruption by restoring the “integrity” in our election process.

For more info please visit : http://www.electionintegrityproject.com/

Edward Valov

BAKERSFIELD TEA PARTY

Fellow Patriots,

On February 7, 2012, the important issue of the High Speed Rail (HSR) project was brought before the Kern County Board of Supervisors. They listened to various agencies including the HSRA, along with public comments first in support and then in opposition of the HSR from the public. Julie Watts one of our administrators read our resolution opposing the HSR followed by other BTP members to the county board members.  Each board member then made their own personal comments regarding the HSR project. After each member made their final comment, Supervisor Maggard made the motion to approve in the matter of: "Opposed To Construction Of The CA High-Speed Rail System As Currently Presented In The 2012 Draft Business Plan". Supervisor McQuiston then seconded the motion and a vote was then taken by the board members.

 YES, another victory to the patriots of the Bakersfield Tea Party!

 Note to board members:   The BTP are watching how you vote on critical issues such as the HSR.

Please call the following District Supervisors and THANK them for opposing the HSR:

Jon McQuiston – County of Kern First District Supervisor - (661) 868-3650              

Zack Scrivner – County of Kern Second District Supervisor - (661) 868-3660

Mike Maggard – County of Kern Third District Supervisor - (661) 868-3670

Please call the following District Supervisors and LET THEM KNOW WE ARE WATCHING HOW THEY VOTE ON CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE THE HSR AND WE ARE DISAPPOINTED:

Ray Watson – County of Kern Fourth District Supervisor - (661) 868-3680

Karen Goh – County of Kern Fifth District Supervisor - (661) 868-3690

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Fellow Patriots,

• Bear Mountain Sports, 8032 Di Miller Streed #D (just shouth of Hwy. 53 on Weedpatch Hwy) Bakersfield 661-366-2666
• Bob's Bait Bucket 2131 So. Chester Ave. Bakersfield 661-833-8657
• Bugni Hardware & Feed 2612 Taft Hwy Pumpkin Center 661-832-8051
• Cartwright Wheel & Brake Service 10012 Main St. Lamont 661-845-0844 
• Fandango City Palace, 3510 Wible Road, Bakersfield 661-397-3311
• FLOYD'S General Store 2020 So. Chester Ave. Bakersfield 661-833-5450
• Irrigation Concepts 31525 Elmo Hwy. McFarland 661-792-1886
• Kim's Barber Shop 2900 Taft Hwy. Pumpkin Center, 661-831-8188
• Mark's Automotive 3831 Buck Owen Blvd. Bakersfield 661-325-9029
• Sir Lube 800 Oak St. Bakersfield 661-323-6520
• The Spare Room (Self & RV Storage) 4601 White Lane, Bakersfield 661-398-0588 

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