The following submissions are from candidates running for the open Fire Board of Director positions. Here are the races for three seats on your local ballot: Director – Position 4 (4 year term). Two candidates: Calvin Walker and Stacy Joe Dunn (as a write-in). Director – Position 5, a 4 year term: Two candidates: Bill [...]

The Water District has two positions open. Commissioner – Position 1 and Position 2. Both are four year terms. Here are the candidate statements

The boards of Lakeside Fire and Lakeside Water both have elective slots on the ballot in voters’ hands right now. The vote by mail election is scheduled for a week from Tuesday,  the May 19th election date. Starting tomorrow, Lakesideinfo.com presents voters with candidate profiles for the Water Board. Tuesday, we’ll have statements from contested [...]

Newspapers across America are bathing in red ink, but journalism survives and has the opportunity to thrive through this new medium.

Meanwhile, tonight is Lakeside’s second city council workshop of 2009. The clan will grapple with the new reality of a news source in town and how to handle the free speech rights of one of its outspoken council members.

Since the last council meeting, the mayor has delivered more money to the city attorney to establish the fact Lakesideinfo.com is not part of the city’s operations.Click headline for workshop preview…

Residents came together to turn trees donated by Mt. View Farms into Christmas trees in front of city hall for the Christmas season.

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After two years and a failure of 2006 candidates to carry out a signed promise with Lakeside residents, a new effort to get back on track with the people gained widespread acceptance with voters. [Click headline for full story]

A new dynamic appeared in Lakeside.

Here’s the vote totals for the November general election for the positions of mayor, one two-year council seat, and three four-year council spots…and fire district annexation.