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By John Derby
May 17, 2012
 Adam Gray, candidate for California State Assembly, sees himself as the man who can stand in the way of partisan politics, which he sees as one of the major problems in the state.
At 34, he has spent over 12 years on the staff of various office holders such as Dennis Cardoza and Gary Condit. This has given him the background necessary to deal with the issues and people in the state legislature.
He grew up in Merced , the son of Candice Medefind and Robert Gray, and was in the first class at Golden Valley High School. He went to Merced College and transferred to UC Santa Barbara, where he became a Political Science major.
By John Whitaker
May 17, 2012
 When you talk to Casey Steed about what needs to be done on the county level and on the Board of Supervisors, you can imagine the wheels turning in his head.
This is a candidate with practical experience, a lot of specific ideas, and he wants to passionately talk about every single one of them.
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By John Derby
May 17, 2012
Last week, we received the announcement of Merced College and UC Merced being designated by the US
Department of Agriculture as “Hispanic Serving”
agricultural institutions of higher education.
The problem?
UC Merced has no major in agriculture and has all but shunned the field of study or research. While the
university was meant to serve this valley of agriculture and its students, it has in effect left the job to UC Davis and Cal Poly.
What if students don’t want to live in Davis or San Luis Obispo? Or better still, what if their families can’t afford to send them away to attend a university?
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