“Ricky Gill is the kind of conservative we need to fight the status quo in Washington and get this country back on track. From jobs to the national debt, Ricky will bring the right solutions to rejuvenate our economy and protect our taxpayers. Simply put, we need Ricky Gill in Washington, and I’m pleased to endorse him for U.S. Congress,” Sessions said in a statement provided by the Gill campaign.

The meeting was closed to the press, but here’s a photo provided by Gill’s campaign.

Today he brought a baseball, which he tossed and caught a few times in his right hand as he spoke to the board during public comment in the morning meeting. “You know I came here today to throw this baseball at you.”

He also said: “You’re hurting my family and I’m tired of it.” On his way out of the meeting room, he turned toward John Solis, the department’s director and said: “And you will pay.”

Robinson, who is black, said he has filed a claim with the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after he was laid off last year. The federal agency wouldn’t confirm or deny that a claim has been filed. But spokespeople said it has been taking, on average, at least 275 days to process investigations. It’s possible for somebody filing a claim to get a right to sue letter earlier, but that letter does not necessarily mean the investigation supports the claim.

That’s a big piece of the voting population in the district, which has a little more than 50,000 registered voters, according to the campaign, too. The district is large, too. It contains all of Tracy and Mountain House, part of Manteca and everything else in between.

Elliott, a Tracy City Council member is running against Rhodesia Ransom, a Tracy Planning Commission member, and retired farmer and businessman Tom Benigno. The seat is open because Supervisor Leroy Ornellas is terming out.

In it, she talks about the resurrection of Altamont Commuter Express’s Stockton station and the possibility of future train riders taking the ACE to 49er games.

Hosted by Commissioner Stan Morri and wife, Eileen, the dinner is scheduled Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $100 per person and $150 per couple and can be purchased by calling Elliott at (209) 814-0494 or by calling Strategic Research at (209) 943-5715.

Elliott is a Tracy City Council member. He’s running against Tracy Planning Commissioner Rhodesia Ransom for a seat that will be left vacant by Supervisor Leroy Ornellas, who is terming out.

In it, Gill empathizes his local credentials, saying: “Times are tough in the Valley. It’s time to have a local voice in Congress.” He says this on a bridge somewhere that looks like it’s in the Delta, with blue water and green farmland, like the green and blue in Gill’s campaign logo.

The ad doesn’t mention incumbent Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton. But Gill campaign consultant James Fisfis does in the release announcing the ad. He notes the ad will be running in the Ninth District through primary election day, but that McNerney can’t see it from his home outside the district.

Gill, McNerney and Mountain House technology executive John McDonald are running for the district. Last week, McNerney said he’d picked out a home in Stockton’s Brookside neighborhood. He’s expected to move in around the first week of May.

But it wasn’t that. A group of employees from the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s Office were raising money for a coworker who was in a car accident in Texas.

Blanca Medrano was on her way to Texas with her family on April 12 when the car she was in rolled over twice, said friend and coworker Lisa Richards. Now Medrano is waiting in a hotel she waits for her daughter to be released from the hospital.

Coworkers backed sweets and put together the nacho sale to help Medrano out.

Rosa Ortega, left, and Rosa Arceo, dish out nachos at a fund raiser for a coworker.

They’ll be dishing out food until about 2 p.m. today, if anybody’s feeling peckish. If you’re not hungry, but still want to help out, you can contact the organizers at chrissy1995@aol.com.

In it, he embraces the therm “perennial candidate,” which appeared in brief news item that ran early this month:

He writes:  “The towering California redwoods are perennials; the pesky star thistle, an annual that springs up only for a season in barren (bankrupt?) roadways.”

The first wave flew out on Saturday, but the meetings began in earnest on Monday. Elected officials and other local leaders have a packed schedule of meeting with members of congress and their staff as well as officials with the Obama administration.

The San Joaquin Council of Governments, which organizes the trips, say these annual trips have helped bring back more than $75 million since 2001.

Here’s a snapshot of Debby Moorhead and Steve DeBrum, two Manteca City Council members, with Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, provided by his office.

His campaign announced the endorsement of eight county supervisors:  San Joaquin County Supervisors Leroy Ornellas, Ken Vogel and Larry Ruhstaller and all five Stanislaus County Supervisors under the headline “Jeff Denham Endorsed by Every County Supervisor who represents Part of CD 10.”  But Denham hasn’t been endorsed by Steve Bestolarides, whose district includes a chunk of northern Manteca, a city contained wholly in the recently re-drawn congressional district.

Denham’s campaign was referring to the current district maps for San Joaquin County supervisorial districts, not the ones approved recently by the Board of Supervisors during the county’s own redistricting process, campaign consultant Dave Gilliard said. The campaign’s interpretation of the county district maps puts the earlier version of Bestolarides’ district – the one he was elected to represent in 2008 – outside the new CD10, Gilliard said.

But CD10 includes the whole city of Manteca. And both versions of Bestolarides’ district include at least part that city. The newest version puts all of Manteca north of Yosemite Avenue in county supervisorial District 3. The previous version includes a smaller, though not insignificant, part of Manteca, north of Yosemite and west of Main Street.