January 10, 2022 — Speaker Fairfield Mayor Harry Price Welcomes the New Year

Fairfield Mayor Harry Price

Our speaker, Fairfield Mayor Harry Price and his family moved to Fairfield in 1965, when he began a 33-year career teaching English at Vanden High School. Awarded an academic fellowship in 1969, he took a leave of absence and moved his family to Western Washington State University in Bellingham, Washington, where he earned a Master of Science degree in 1970.

Selected as the Solano County Teacher of the Year in 1986, Harry continued teaching until his retirement in 1998.

Harry was appointed to the Fairfield Community Services Commission in 1988, where he served until he was appointed to the Fairfield Planning Commission in 1992.

He served on the Planning Commission until his election to the Fairfield City Council in 1997. Harry was elected Vice-Mayor in 1999, ran unopposed for Mayor in 2005, and was re-elected Mayor in 2009, 2014, and 2018.

Active in the League of California Cities, Harry was elected president of the North Bay Division in 2002. He served three terms as elected president of the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District; is past president of the California Association of Sanitary Agencies, and was a member of the Association's Executive Board of Directors for nine years.

The Right Stuff: Support credible voting reform, not HR 1

January 03, 2022 | Posted in Local Opinion Columnists | From the Daily Republic

The U.S. House of Representatives on March 3, 2021, passed House Resolution 1, the “For the People Act,” with yea votes by 220 Democrats, including our representative, John Garamendi, and nay by 209 Republicans and one Democrat.

The Senate was scheduled to consider the bill the week of Dec. 27, but had not acted at the time of this writing. Are Solano County voters aware of the law and the facts relative to this proposed legislation?

Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution states, “The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the Legislature thereof: but the Congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.”[...read more]

The Right Stuff: Covid vaccine mandates versus personal choice

By Karen Powers

January 17, 2022 | Posted in Covid-19: Solano Response | Daily Republic I recently spoke with two local Kaiser Permanente hospital nurses. They each had a story to tell.

When Covid-19 first presented itself within the U.S., these nurses were employed at Kaiser

Permanente Vacaville Medical Center and were long-term employees. They complied with safety protocols although they were not vaccinated. These nurses are hardworking, responsible health care providers.

Under the Trump administration, vaccines were not required for hospital employees. People could make their own choices to be vaccinated.

Rules related to vaccinations for health care workers have changed under President Joe Biden. He chose to mandate them. The U.S. Supreme Court this week sided with the Biden administration.[...read more]

Karen Powers is a 30-year resident of Solano County. She is retired from working within the California Superior Courts of both Solano and Contra Costa counties. She is a Republican, currently serves as a California GOP delegate, and serves as president of the Solano Republican Women Federated. She has an associate degree from the College of Sequoias in Visalia and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California at Irvine. She can be reached at karenpowers7@icloud.com.