Porterville over Politics

“Those claiming not to be political are the most political of all.” Campaign 2026 kicked off this week with spectacular grandstanding in our paper, social media and council chambers. Proposed library 35 million dollars. With grant money and saving every dollar this is a 2040 plan at best. Truth is we just drained nearly 9 million dollars from library savings plus nearly 4 million ARPA bailout funds for New Community Center. That’s 13 Million that went to a great city project that can no longer be used for a library. The truth is we have not even received the insurance money from the fire. Unless we get creative we won’t have a library anytime soon. It’s an emotionally charged issue and claiming it’s not political is disingenuous at best. Let the grandstanding beg

See Full Page