Recoil

We will be holding a recall election on September 14, the newspaper says. Recalls are one of those progressive innovations that whitewing bad guys have learned to use for bad causes. 

Governor Newsom will be voted on this time. If he loses, he will be replaced by a Trump/Fascist of some sort. I've never liked Newsom, but he consistently gets out front on progressive causes, and he doesn't fly a Confederate battle flag or wrestle bears. I will vote for Newsom.

Also our county district attorney, Jill Ravitch, who is retiring anyway, is up for a recall vote. I have no use for Ravitch, who helped cover up the Andy Lopez homicide. But the developer who financed this recall with about $800,000, might have been motivated by the fact that Ravitch had prosecuted his company after elderly residents had been abandoned in two of his care homes during the 2017 Tubbs fire. The developer is reportedly sending out 28 mailings attacking Ravitch. 

The Ravitch recall illustrates the extent to which this nation is basically an oligarchy run by and for the rich. But we aren't entirely an oligarchy, and I will find myself--to my regret--voting for Ravitch.