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Letter to the City of Concord -- I am a long time Concord resident. Recently (Jan 2020), I started my visitation to many homeless on…
What Next?
By Edi Birsan, Concord City Councilmember Edibirsan@gmail.com With local elections determined, we need to look at what is next. Concord saw the two incumbents as…
Opinion: City of Concord misled voters on Measure V
By Tobias M. Lester The City of Concord illegally used public funds to campaign for its Measure V permanent sales tax increase in the November…
UNMASKING THE MASK ENFORCEMENT
By Edi Birsan - The County has authorized the cities to establish penalties for not wearing health masks. I have already received some requests to…
Defund…Say WHAT?
There is a lot of talk around the slogan of ‘Defund the Police’ and recently in the City Council of Concord we have gotten a…
CCA Data Shows Strong Opposition to Downtown Concord Soccer Stadium
By Judith Herman Photo courtesy of CBS local In recent informal polling, Concord residents overwhelmingly opposed a proposal to build an 18,000- seat stadium in…
Concord’s Contentious Rent Issues
By Edi Birsan For over three and half years the Concord City Council has refused to take any action on rent issues. Not only have…
Going Forward Through the Past
The CONCORDian By Edi Birsan We cannot change what we had for breakfast, let alone history. The focus should always be going forward with some…
Opinion – Proud of City Council’s Response
by Dominic Aliano, Concord Recently, our community, the City of Concord, received troubling news. We were informed that the United States Navy has plans to…
The Evolution of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
By Edi Birsan, Mayor of Concord As we celebrate the birth of our country with the Declaration of Independence and its stirring narrative of “inalienable…
Opinion: To Be or Not to Be a Sanctuary City?
By Richard Eber One of the reasons that I favor what transpires with local government in Concord compared with some other nearby communities, the…
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