I like to stay on top of the social media tools and how they expand. These are worthy tools for those who are campaigning, including those who are campaigning locally here in Simi Valley. Facebook is a terrific free way to promote your campaign online. Most of the City Council candidates are using Facebook...

With the Farmers Insurance departure becoming a key focus of the election, the emotions are sure to swing upward a bit and if you’re a human being like I am, you may be inclined to respond emotionally. But let’s try to be fair. If you listened in to the live discussion last night with the...

TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO, SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE AND CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON What a great evening with the challenging City Council Candidates. Each candidate had plenty to share on topics such as doing business in Simi Valley, the Shop Simi Valley First program, City Council salary and benefits...

Have you noticed that Ted Mackel and I are the only people with our pictures next to our names? You may see others from time to time, but most people don’t realize that you can have your picture next to your name in your blog comments AND have that picture follow you to other blogs that support...

In the past several days, I’ve considered seriously taking this website offline. I’ve been fortunate enough to find a new friend who graciously showed me the misstep I was about to take. The comments need to be turned around. I’m comfortable with the remarks tossed in my direction,...

You’ve probably already heard the news. The City of Simi Valley has settled negotiations on pension reform for City employees after several weeks of talks with the Service Employees International Union that represents all city employees (not including police officers). City Councilmembers acknowledged...

Dear City Council, Please encourage the outraged neighbors who will be attending the City Council meeting tomorrow to learn how to communicate with their neighbors without intervention by police or with new laws on the books. There are so many better things to address than someone who can’t communicate...

A huge thanks to Brian Dennert for pointing people my way to take this poll.  The results are pretty interesting.  When this survey is taken by a national audience, I found most people indicated that the nature of the economy is such that most people are concerned about the stability of their jobs...

I’m currently in the midst of completing, among several other web based projects, an employment portal specifically geared towards the Simi Valley community.  Personally, I think we have a troubling couple of quarters ahead of us and I’d like to see our community work together to keep us...

I’ve been working for several months now on a web project for the community. It’s a social network of sorts, but the staple content revolves around blogs that focus on Simi Valley. I’m looking for interested writers for the following Simi Valley related blogs: * Restaurant/Entertainment...