NYC mayor breaks spending record with $85.2M Oct 25, 2009
Richard Pombo, R-Calif. So on a typical campaign day last month, Antebi swung by the Baja Fresh Mexican Grill in Pombo's hometown of Tracy. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Fresno Co. GOP campaign contribution scrutinized Oct 2, 2009
Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, McNerney reports having $323,798 in available cash. While considerably less than Pombo's $1. (Fresno Bee)
Third GOP hopeful joins race to seize McNerney's post Sep 18, 2009
Pete McCloskey, who moved from Rumsey, in western Yolo County, to Lodi, in order to run against incumbent Richard Pombo in the Republican primary in 2006 in the 11th Congressional District. Pombo defeated McCloskey in the primary, but lost to McNerney in the general election. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Cardoza rival puts GOP on the spot Aug 31, 2009
Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, McNerney reports having $323,798 in available cash ... Richard Pombo of Tracy, as the two lawmakers worked together on farm and endangered-species issues. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Rep. Jerry McNerney, please see the public Aug 20, 2009
dogs4you wrote on Aug 17, 2009 1:53 PM:" The less time explaining a question to McNerney the better, Four words should do it, explain Tax and Cap. He wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars buinding a new VA hospital in French Camp, I would suggest abanding that idea and issue all vets a Vet Card allowing them to go to the nearest hospital to receive treatment. Even to go so far as using that hospital for all their treatment and by finding a doctor they like. Then bill the Federal... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Pombo supported warrants before voting for warrantless wiretaps (1) Jul 19, 2009
Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, said at a May debate that intelligence agents should obtain surveillance warrants before monitoring phone calls. Less than five months later, he voted to allow warrantless wiretapping. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Always a maverick Jul 5, 2009
Richard Pombo - whom McCloskey labeled a "land developer" instead of an environmentalist. Pombo was later defeated in the general election by Jerry McNerney, thanks in part to the effectiveness of McCloskey's primary attacks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
An Age-Old False Choice on Energy Apr 16, 2009
Richard Pombo is the former chairman of the House Committee on Resources. TOWNHALL DAILY: and receive Townhall. (Townhall.com)
2 sheriffs' agencies sign up a lobbyist Apr 6, 2009
Among the people representing the city is Marla Livengood, who formerly worked as legislative director for former Tracy-area congressman Richard Pombo. Tracy and the two county Sheriff's Departments are two of the 2,074 clients who have signed new lobbying registration forms since Jan. 1. (Modesto Bee, CA)
DEVIN NUNES: Water issues require accountability Apr 5, 2009
Richard Pombo, found himself buried in negative advertising by environmental groups -- to the tune of millions. In the end, Pombo was ousted by the environmental movement in favor of a liberal Democrat from the Bay Area. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Sheriffs in Central Valley region lobby feds for more funds Apr 4, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Lobbyists Fume Over Stimulus Restrictions Mar 28, 2009
Call Administration's Limits To Lobbying For Stimulus-Funded Projects Unconstitutional. WASHINGTON, March 27, 2009. (CBS News -- US)
Pombo defends his actions to scuttle a federal investigation (2) Feb 15, 2009
Richard Pombo said Monday that his effort to scuttle a federal investigation of a Houston millionaire was meant to counteract environmentalists and officials in President Bill Clinton's administration who were trying to obtain thousands of acres of redwood trees the man's company owned. In a conference call with reporters, Pombo R-Tracy, said the attempt by federal regulators to procure land owned by Charles Hurwitz was orchestrated by environmental groups bent on denying Hurwitz his private... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
John Krebs Wilderness to finally take root Feb 11, 2009
When first introduced, the Krebs Wilderness bill faced a conservative chairman of the House Resources Committee, Tracy Republican Richard Pombo, who was not inclined to approve new wilderness areas. Even after Democrats regained congressional control in 2007, negotiations grew occasionally testy over the three key issues of homes, horses and hydropower. (Fresno Bee)
