Omar Locally: An Incomplete History

Beginning on May 24 with a letter from the Democratic Club of Claremont (DCC) and continuing through July 26, the COURIER published a sequence of seven letters dealing with remarks made by Representative Ilhan Omar. While the editor of the COURIER is to be thanked for...

Amendment impacting special use taxes falls short

A state constitutional amendment that Claremont had been watching has failed in the state assembly. ACA-1, short for assembly constitutional amendment, aimed to lower the voting threshold for special use parcel taxes from two-thirds to 55 percent. On August 19, the...