This morning, I attended a rather interesting press conference by the Christopher Cabaldon for Assembly Campaign held at the Sacramento City College Davis Extension Campus in South Davis. Cabaldon was there touting his record on education and receiving an endorsement from State Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell.
The event itself was well done and interesting, it was held in a classroom on the Davis Extension Campus, during class time. Actual students were in attendance. One of them told me that they were supposed to take a test today, but that was changed in order to accommodate this event.
What I do not understand is how a press conference of this sort can occur at a taxpayer financed classroom during class time. The administrator and teacher were obvious supporters of Cabaldon, but one must question the usage of state and classroom time for campaign purposes.
I have known Jack O’Connell since he was an Assemblyman down in Santa Barbara and later he moved his family to San Luis Obispo to become State Senator. O’Connell was always a strong advocate for schools and a representative in the state legislature.
The Los Angeles Times “Capital Blog” criticized elected officials including Jack O’Connell for ducking the controversial vote on College fee increases for UC and CSU.
“Lt. Gov. John Garamendi issued a statement today calling the fee hikes at the University of California and Cal State University system “an unfair tax on California’s youth, and a dangerously shortsighted move.” California, he said, has a “moral obligation to invest in our future generations.”
Yet Garamendi skipped a vote yesterday by the UC Board of Regents that raised college fees 7%, and he missed the Cal State University trustee meeting that hiked fees 10%.
In fact, not a single elected official with a vote showed up yesterday at the UC meeting in Westwood and the Cal State meeting in Long Beach. Garamendi and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured together), Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and schools chief Jack O’Connell were elsewhere. All four serve as voting ex officio members of the two boards.”
Meanwhile, the Mariko Yamada for Assembly Campaign issued a press release yesterday announcing the endorsement of Davis resident and former Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin.
“Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin has endorsed Mariko Yamada’s candidacy in the Democratic Primary for the 8th Assembly district. Eastin lives in Davis.
Yamada, current Chair of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, has also earned the endorsement of Cirenio Rodriguez of the Yolo County Board of Education, Jim Provenza, President of the Davis Joint Unified School District and Sheila Allen, PhD member of the Davis Joint Unified School District and Rogelio Villagrana, a Trustee of the Woodland Joint Unified School District.”
This is an extremely high level of intensity for March of 2007, nearly 15 months before the primary election. Someone was telling me that in other Assembly Districts, people were announcing that they are strongly thinking about running for Assembly and in this race, there is a furious pace to line up the support of elected officials.
All of which makes for interesting times as someone following this race. Stay tuned.
—Doug Paul Davis reporting
The Democratic political machine backed Calbadon prematurely as the Democratic rank and file will support Mariko Yamada. This makes for very “uncomfortable” times for our Establishment Democratic politicos as their constituents reject their “smoke-filled back- room” choice. Their attempt at political overkill suggests panic.
The Democratic political machine backed Calbadon prematurely as the Democratic rank and file will support Mariko Yamada. This makes for very “uncomfortable” times for our Establishment Democratic politicos as their constituents reject their “smoke-filled back- room” choice. Their attempt at political overkill suggests panic.
The Democratic political machine backed Calbadon prematurely as the Democratic rank and file will support Mariko Yamada. This makes for very “uncomfortable” times for our Establishment Democratic politicos as their constituents reject their “smoke-filled back- room” choice. Their attempt at political overkill suggests panic.
The Democratic political machine backed Calbadon prematurely as the Democratic rank and file will support Mariko Yamada. This makes for very “uncomfortable” times for our Establishment Democratic politicos as their constituents reject their “smoke-filled back- room” choice. Their attempt at political overkill suggests panic.
interesting news about the electeds missing the tuition hike. it certainly put garamendi’s public denunciations of the hikes in a less flattering light.
i’m not sure how much these endorsements are really going to matter by 2008, though. i only really pay atention to them when i’m unfamiliar with a candidate, especially in nonpartisan city races. both yamada and cabaldon are already pretty well known in yolo county, ultimately i suspect that it will come down to whose campaign is able to turn its supporters out in a low-turnout primary, and who appeals to solano county voters.
interesting news about the electeds missing the tuition hike. it certainly put garamendi’s public denunciations of the hikes in a less flattering light.
i’m not sure how much these endorsements are really going to matter by 2008, though. i only really pay atention to them when i’m unfamiliar with a candidate, especially in nonpartisan city races. both yamada and cabaldon are already pretty well known in yolo county, ultimately i suspect that it will come down to whose campaign is able to turn its supporters out in a low-turnout primary, and who appeals to solano county voters.
interesting news about the electeds missing the tuition hike. it certainly put garamendi’s public denunciations of the hikes in a less flattering light.
i’m not sure how much these endorsements are really going to matter by 2008, though. i only really pay atention to them when i’m unfamiliar with a candidate, especially in nonpartisan city races. both yamada and cabaldon are already pretty well known in yolo county, ultimately i suspect that it will come down to whose campaign is able to turn its supporters out in a low-turnout primary, and who appeals to solano county voters.
interesting news about the electeds missing the tuition hike. it certainly put garamendi’s public denunciations of the hikes in a less flattering light.
i’m not sure how much these endorsements are really going to matter by 2008, though. i only really pay atention to them when i’m unfamiliar with a candidate, especially in nonpartisan city races. both yamada and cabaldon are already pretty well known in yolo county, ultimately i suspect that it will come down to whose campaign is able to turn its supporters out in a low-turnout primary, and who appeals to solano county voters.
“I have known Jack O’Connell since he was an Assemblyman down in Santa Barbara and later he moved his family to San Luis Obispo to become State Senator.”
When I was an undergrad at UCSB, O’Connell was my assemblyman. I think he lived in Ventura back then, though he represented all or most of Santa Barbara County. I met him a number of times, as he regularly spoke to my poli-sci classes. Seemed like a decent guy. Our State Senator was a man named Gary Hart. Hart and O’Connell were tied at the hip.
The Santa Barbara Hart was often confused with US Senator Gary Hart (nee Hartpence) of Colorado, who was busy running for president, when he wasn’t fooling around on the Monkey Business.
“I have known Jack O’Connell since he was an Assemblyman down in Santa Barbara and later he moved his family to San Luis Obispo to become State Senator.”
When I was an undergrad at UCSB, O’Connell was my assemblyman. I think he lived in Ventura back then, though he represented all or most of Santa Barbara County. I met him a number of times, as he regularly spoke to my poli-sci classes. Seemed like a decent guy. Our State Senator was a man named Gary Hart. Hart and O’Connell were tied at the hip.
The Santa Barbara Hart was often confused with US Senator Gary Hart (nee Hartpence) of Colorado, who was busy running for president, when he wasn’t fooling around on the Monkey Business.
“I have known Jack O’Connell since he was an Assemblyman down in Santa Barbara and later he moved his family to San Luis Obispo to become State Senator.”
When I was an undergrad at UCSB, O’Connell was my assemblyman. I think he lived in Ventura back then, though he represented all or most of Santa Barbara County. I met him a number of times, as he regularly spoke to my poli-sci classes. Seemed like a decent guy. Our State Senator was a man named Gary Hart. Hart and O’Connell were tied at the hip.
The Santa Barbara Hart was often confused with US Senator Gary Hart (nee Hartpence) of Colorado, who was busy running for president, when he wasn’t fooling around on the Monkey Business.
“I have known Jack O’Connell since he was an Assemblyman down in Santa Barbara and later he moved his family to San Luis Obispo to become State Senator.”
When I was an undergrad at UCSB, O’Connell was my assemblyman. I think he lived in Ventura back then, though he represented all or most of Santa Barbara County. I met him a number of times, as he regularly spoke to my poli-sci classes. Seemed like a decent guy. Our State Senator was a man named Gary Hart. Hart and O’Connell were tied at the hip.
The Santa Barbara Hart was often confused with US Senator Gary Hart (nee Hartpence) of Colorado, who was busy running for president, when he wasn’t fooling around on the Monkey Business.
O’Connell was Hart’s District Director I believe and then ran for his Assembly seat when Hart moved to the State Senate.
O’Connell is an outstanding politician–consummate politician–he knows everyone’s name, makes contact, remembers your face, etc.
O’Connell was Hart’s District Director I believe and then ran for his Assembly seat when Hart moved to the State Senate.
O’Connell is an outstanding politician–consummate politician–he knows everyone’s name, makes contact, remembers your face, etc.
O’Connell was Hart’s District Director I believe and then ran for his Assembly seat when Hart moved to the State Senate.
O’Connell is an outstanding politician–consummate politician–he knows everyone’s name, makes contact, remembers your face, etc.
O’Connell was Hart’s District Director I believe and then ran for his Assembly seat when Hart moved to the State Senate.
O’Connell is an outstanding politician–consummate politician–he knows everyone’s name, makes contact, remembers your face, etc.
Thanks to Surfputah and Wu Ming for this:
“At the intersection of 16th and Broadway in Sacramento, Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada and Yolo County Green Party representatives came to show support of the demonstration organized by Stephen and Virginia Pearcy.
Yamada, who announced her candidacy earlier this month for the Democratic primary in the 8th Assembly District, said she also attended the George W. Bush protest last summer in West Sacramento. But her opponent, Christopher Cabaldon, was on the other side of the fence listening to the president speak on fuel cell technology. “
Christopher is an establishment guy. He’s made a career out of fostering ties with various elected officials, he brought in a great deal of big box growth and big money into West Sacramento. He claims the results have been staggering, but the truth is in the eye of the beholder and wealthy and new citizens have done well, a lot of the poorer residents have not.
This race should be about what kind of Democrat you want to be. Mariko has to turn it into that to win.