Eric Johnson

Dec 31, 2024 | tucson.com | Eric Johnson

I served 12 years in the US Army, including service in Vietnam. In 1977 I joined the Tucson Police Dept and served there for 25 years. Other than my service on the Tucson Police Dept (Where we paid into a retirement system separate from Social Security), all jobs that I held (and there were quite a few of them) I paid into Social Security. Long after retiring from the Tucson Police Dept I signed up for Social Security when I turned 62.

Aug 21, 2024 | goodtimes.sc | Eric Johnson

This article was originally published on CaliforniaLocal.com. Eric Johnson is the editorial director of this news and civic engagement site, which is active in 10 counties—including Santa Cruz County. When President Joe Biden came to California last June to announce that his administration was about to grant hundreds of millions of dollars to coastal communities for climate resilience, Robert Mazurek felt a spark of hope.

Apr 3, 2024 | metrosiliconvalley.com | Eric Johnson

In the aftermath of March 5 election and a close vote on Proposition 1—Gavin Newsom’s Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure—Eric Johnson looks back on the history of Santa Clara County’s now-shuttered Agnews Developmental Center. In the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, protagonist Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) feigns insanity and is involuntarily committed to a state hospital ward dominated by a sadistic nurse.

Jan 9, 2024 | rti.org | Eric Johnson

Every field has its trends – progress is found in the ones that stick. I’ve seen countless trends come and go in my 25 years in international development. I’ve tried to be an optimist, with a side of healthy skepticism about changes that sound good but mean little or may be old wine in new bottles. Our field has seen its share of hype that fizzles and shiny innovations that overpromise and underdeliver. Yet in the past few years, I’ve also seen some encouraging trends that are sticking.

Nov 10, 2023 | texasmetronews.com | Eric Johnson

By Mayor Eric JohnsonIt’s still sinking in: the Texas Rangers are (finally) world champions. The losing seasons, the heart- break, the rebuilds, the special moments, the beloved players who came and went — they were all part of the journey. Though they play over in Arlington, the Rangers have long been involved with Dallas youth.