Fontana City Councilmember John Roberts
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October 2008
Roberts Says Baca Claims Credit he Doesn't Deserve
  By Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer, inlandnewspapers.com Article Launched: 10/08/2008 08:54:46 PM PDT
John Roberts, the Republican councilman from Fontana running against incumbent Rep. Joe Baca in the 43rd District, issued a grim summary of his Democratic opponent's congressional record during a Tuesday interview.                       more...
August 2008
Roberts for Congress
 Article Launched: 09/30/2008 08:59:42 PM PDT, The San Bernardino Sun
I would like to respond to "Fontana needs balance," Sept. 9, as well as comments by others about how much they like Joe Baca.        more...
  
September 2008
Fontana Chamber Endorses John Roberts for Congress
 

Fontana Chamber of Commerce Candidate Endorsement

The Fontana Area Chamber of Commerce is committed to benefit the business community by supporting issues and actions that serve for the betterment of the local business community and the business members of our local chamber.         more...
  
September 2008Garamendi Sounds the Alarm
 "We need to conserve water!"
Without water a community cannot grow, houses cannot be built, jobs cannot expand and the economic future of San Bernardino depends on growth. more...
  
August 2008
WOUNDED WARRIOR WORKPLACE INITIATIVE GOES NATIONWIDE
 Bipartisan Group of Congressional Candidates Make The Straniere Pledge
Staten Island, NY - former Assemblyman Bob Straniere, the conservative Republican candidate for Congress in New York's 13th District, announced the initial list of congressional candidates joining The Wounded Warrior Workplace Initiative today. more...
  
July 2008
Roberts and Baca face off in election; Fontana official hopes to unseat incumbent
by Fontana Herald News
Article Originally Published: 08/10/2008


The 2008 election cycle has been filled with upsets and surprises. In spite of an early lead as the front runner in the Democratic nomination race, Hillary Clinton ultimately lost to Barack Obama...more
  
June 2008Roberts wins in primary election; Gonzales breezes to second term

by Fontana Herald News
Article Originally Published: 06/09/2008


Fontana City Councilmember John Roberts was the winner of the Republican Party primary election in the 43rd Congressional District and will be seeking to unseat incumbent Joe Baca in the general election in November.

Roberts triumphed in the primary with 4,378 votes (59.96 percent), while Scott Folkens had 2,923 votes (40.04 percent), according to preliminary results provided by the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters.... more

  
March 2008Fontana Councilman John Roberts Sets Sights On Seat In Congress

by Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer, San Bernardino Sun
Article Originally Published: 03/05/2008 09:57:12 PM PST


FONTANA - City Councilman John Roberts recently filed papers with the county Registrar of Voters to campaign in the 43rd Congressional District's Republican primary election on June 3.

"This is the time for change," Roberts said. "That seems to be the mantra for both parties."

It will be a big change for Roberts, as he embarks on his first run for Congress after 15 years on the council... more
  
February 2008Omnitrans Board Approves sbX Project Development

Highlight from the February 6, 2008 Omnitrans Board of Directors Meeting


Following Federal Transit Administration authorization last month, Omnitrans Chairman John Roberts and the Board of Directors approved a staff motion to seek proposals for preliminary engineering designs on the sbX E Street Corridor project. The project calls for developing dedicated bus lanes for use by new, state- of-the-art alternative-fuel vehicles... more