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Challenger favors citizen oversight committee Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — Daryl Snedeker spent 23 years as a Solano County sheriff’s deputy and said he did not see a lot evolve in that time. He said it is time to break the cycle of one sheriff hand-picking his successor and keeping the county stuck in the same administrative rut that lacks transparency and integrity. “We can do better as an agency, and the people of Solano County deserve all we can be and I don’t think we are bringing that today,” said Snedeker, 60, who is trying to unseat Tom Ferrara as sheriff-coroner for a second time. He retired from the department in June 2020. Snedeker not only supports the idea of having a citizen over- SNEDEKER sight committee for the Sheriff’s Office but thinks it is essential. INSIDE Ferrara has told the Board of Supervisors he opposes any kind of oversight committee. Snedeker points to the controversy over the 3 Percenter photos that appeared on the social media sites of some of the staff 3rd District members as a perfect example. supervisor He is not suggesting there candidate is an anti-government element schedules within the Sheriff’s Office but meet-andsaid the public deserved to greet. have a full investigation into the Page A4. matter and full disclosure of the results. Snedeker said Ferrara did not take those steps, and even misrepresented what the FBI told him about the situation. “We’ve been kicking the can down the road for a long time,” Snedeker said. Snedeker amd Ferrara are the only candidates for the office. The election is June 7. Snedeker pointed to two other specific practices that have needed to be changed for a long time, and said Ferrara needs to be held accountable for the problems. The first is using patrol deputies to watch over inmates when they have to go to the See Oversight, Page A8
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County backs infrastructure resilience study for Travis Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday voted to support the submission of a $1.5 million grant application to the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to fund a regional study on the “critical infrastructure resilience” of communities that are next to or provide services to Travis Air Force Base. The board also agreed to provide
a match up to $52,000 to support the study. Funding for the match would be included in the 2022-23 recommended budget. Fairfield is the lead agency for the grant and took similar action at a recent meeting. The proposed grant builds on the Travis Air Force Base Sustainability Study report completed by the county and the cities in 2018, according to the county staff report. “The recent events, including wildfires, public safety power shutoffs, statewide drought conditions
Travis Air Force Base aircraft are parked on the runway for a 60th Air Mobility Wing Change of Command Ceremony, July 17, 2020. Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file (2020)
challenging water management, increased traffic and . . . California’s electric grid have highlighted the need for more forward-looking planning and better coordination on the part of the local communities” adjacent to and providing services to the base, the county staff report states. “The resiliency study, as proposed, will result in the Travis Regional Resilience Report, which will include prioritized recommendations for projects to address and mitigate the impacts of potential infrastructure failures,” according to the staff report. A completed Travis Regional Resilience Report could potentially “increase the region’s ability to compete in the future for federal funding opportunities to address the identified infrastructure needs including a federal program for Defense Community infrastructure,” the staff report states. The supervisors’ vote was part of the board consent calendar. There was no discussion. In other action, the board: See Travis, Page A8
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Special election to be certified Thursday Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Registrar of Voters Office said Monday it expects to certify the 1tth Assembly District special election Thursday. It seems all but a formality at this point as Lori Wilson has been on the job in Sacramento since taking her oath of office last Wednesday – a day after the election. Wilson’s was the only name on the ballot, and easily outdistanced write-in candidate WILSON Erik Elness. The election, which cost the taxpayers close to $3 million – $590,000 for Solano County directly – after Jim Frazier opted out of the final year of his term at the end of 2021, fills the final eight months of that term. Wilson, the former Suisun CALLISON City mayor, will face Jenny Callison of Vacaville in June for a new term, and the two will square off again in a runoff in November. INDEX Arts B4 | Classifieds B6 | Comics A7, B5 Crossword A6, B4 | Opinion B3 Sports B1 | TV Daily A7, B5
10 shot, 12 others injured in Brooklyn subway attack NYPD IDs person of interest Tribune Content Agency NEW YORK — A gunman wearing a gas mask and firing a 9 mm handgun blasted a path of destruction through a Brooklyn rush-hour subway car that injured 22 people Tuesday before he disappeared despite a massive NYPD manhunt. The assailant detonated a smoke bomb and opened fire around 8:30 a.m. after issuing a two-word warning to straphangers inside the crowded car of a northbound N train: “Start running.” Ten riders were shot WEATHER 61 | 47 Mostly sunny. Fiveday forecast on B10.
and 12 others were injured. Five of the victims were hospitalized in critical condition once the shooting stopped, authorities said. Police released photos of a person JAMES of interest in the attack, who they identified as Frank James, 62. “He started firing randomly into the crowd,” eyewitness subway rider Catherine Garcia, 34, said of the shooter. “He probably couldn’t see, because it was black smoke. We just prayed and hoped that he would not just execute us one by one.” Garcia, who was seated alongside her husband when the gunman stood up and squeezed the trigger, watched as people were shot around them:
an Asian youth whose finger was nearly blown off, another man with a gunshot wound to his leg. A third straphanger narrowly dodged death when a bullet tore through his pants leg. The shooter, a Black
man in a green construction vest and gray hoodie, carried two extended magazines of bullets. But his Glock 9 mm pistol jammed as he sprayed the subway car with gunfire, police sources said. Eyewitnesses recounted hearing See Attack, Page A8
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