The Record states:
With nobody stepping forward to challenge them at the polls, San Joaquin County Supervisors Larry Ruhstaller and Ken Vogel can stay in office for another four years without a fight.
Ruhstaller and Vogel are Republicans running for re-election in non-partisan races. Well, fine...good for them! However, if we want to advance the progressive agenda we are going to have to start running progressive voices locally sooner or later. You can't get upset at Cardoza and/or McNerney for being "moderates" when we aren't capable of growing our movement locally folks. It's as simple as that.
On the plus side, a lot of this can be attributed to voter and activist apathy and Republicans aren't doing any better at fielding half decent candidates themselves. But the voter registration advantage is ours and we shouldn't be resting on our laurels.
For the rest of the article click here.
BTW: Is that a Pombo I see running for a local school board seat? Anyone know if there's any relation to Dick?
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