Fudge and McGuire

Supervisor Shirlee Zane, a strong, progressive Democrat, yesterday endorsed Deb Fudge, who is running for an open supervisorial seat. I noticed that Deb Fudge has endorsed Mike McGuire for the second district of the state senate, another move helpful to the working people in the area.

The oddest news came out of the state senate on Tuesday. Apparently the state senate leader, Democrat Darrell Steinberg, had decided in Sacramento to get Chris Lehman elected in the second district. Steinberg has the right to decide which person would represent those of us living in Marin and Sonoma counties because Steinberg was recently been named King of California. (I guess.)

Lehman is a big money raiser for the Democrats, and no doubt he is a fine person, although I have never heard of him. Our retiring state senator in the district, Noreen Evans, had refused the leader's request that she endorse his pal Lehman, so the leader, much like a New Jersey Dictator, punished Evens by demoting her from her key committee chair in the senate.

Meanwhile our local supervisor, Mike McGuire, had been running for the same seat and had built up a big lead without the support of Evans or the King of California. But McGuire does have the support of Deb Fudge, and now he has the endorsement of Chris Lehman, who has read the polls and dropped out.  McGuire is the sort of vigorous young candidate who will campaign door to door until he drops. Fudge and McGuire, once rivals, are proven community leaders. They have earned support for higher office. If people pitch in, both will win.