Almost from the start, it seemed an uphill battle as Cabaldon had the audacity in January of 2007, weeks after Lois Wolk officially took office for her third and final term as Assemblywoman, there he stood in Yamada’s home town with two of her colleagues, two members of the Davis City Council, two members of his own city council, and the Mayor of Woodland (and to boot Jeff Monroe was in uniform that day, but attended the event to show support for Cabaldon).
It seemed before Mariko Yamada even announced she was way behind and she never caught up (or so we thought).
To make matters worse, Yamada had turned off a large portion of her base in the Spring and Summer of 2007 with an ill-advised support (or at least non-opposition) to study areas on the Davis periphery. Large numbers of people who had been supporters of Yamada turned on her. There was talk of recall. A hundred people showed up for the County Supervisors meeting in July. Even the divided Davis City Council spoke with one voice.
In the winter of 2008, Cabaldon had engineered a seemingly easy victory for the party’s endorsement. Even a few controversies at the pre-endorsement conference faded away to a resounding victory at the party convention.
Later that same week sitting Assemblywoman Lois Wolk broke her official neutrality to back Christopher Cabaldon. He stood in Suisun City with his three predecessors Lois Wolk, Helen Thomson, and Tom Hannigan. It was the perfect photo-op.
You had dueling headquarter openings–a packed houses for Cabaldon’s openning while at the same time, Yamada had about 30 people for an envelope stuffing party.
Nearly every major elected official backed Cabaldon. Mayors, Yamada’s own colleagues, Supervisors, School Board Members, past members of the legislature, the Democratic Party, everyone except for most of the major unions. But judging from the efforts of the unions at the party convention, that would not be a big deal.
But something happened to change all of this. If there was a villain in this stage it was EdVoice. There was a moment at the party convention that was almost a portent. After Cabaldon received a resounding victory in the 8th AD Caucus at the convention, the Yamada folks had a few hours to garner signatures to pull the nomination once again off of consent. But a group of people in orange shirts showed up and were very coy about who they were and they shadowed the Yamada people trying to dissuade delegates from signing up. It was a very creepy moment in the election.
By April, the citizens of the 8th Assembly District were deluged with mailers. One a day for weeks. Three weeks out, we were starting to hear from people who had been Cabaldon supporters. They were complaining about too much material. Some were environmentalists concerned with the waste of paper. Others were becoming uncomfortable with the big money and corporate backing.
And yet, even at this point, it seemed a formality. The Yamada campaign was still struggling to gain traction, seizing on minors issues such as the booting of Cabaldon’s car.
In fact, the first counterattacks by Yamada’s IEs focused on the car booting, Wal Mart, the WRONG achronym, things like that. And again, it seemed they were desperate and grasping for straws.
EdVoice was relentless. But now the union IEs were starting to match them piece for piece. EdVoice struck back. Three viscious and largely unfounded attacks. First, the pay increase, which was dubious at best particularly since the pay raises were tied to judicial salaries and not under the control of the board directly. Second, the Latte piece which called a $91,000 jobs programs for the disabled wasteful. Finally, an desparate and untrue attempt to link Yamada to the embattled Yolo County Housing Authority and the blatant lie that suggested a linkage between that organization and foreclosures.
Cabaldon’s well-financed and well-organized machine proved no match for the larger and better organized labor machine that worked relentlessly the last week to turn out supporters across the district. By the time it was over, Yamada had engineered a stunner. When absentee ballots were reported and Yamada had the lead, everyone knew that it was over. The lead held throughout the night.
This is probably the second most stunning victory that I had seen. The only one more stunning was almost 15 years ago when a largely unknown College Professor Walter Capps beat the party’s handpicked choice for a Congressional nomination. Professor Capps stunned everyone by defeating that individual. So much so that the Republican nominee had to change her victory speech.
Mariko Yamada’s victory in a heavily democratic district means almost certainly the third straight election of a Davis-based Assemblywoman. However, she is of a different ilk. For the first time in 12 years, Craig Reynolds will not be Chief of Staff in this District.
If there was a villain in all of this, it was EdVoice. Their excesses opened the door for this victory. Their mail barrage turned people off and their unfair attacks were the coup de grace for the election.
Independent Expenditures are in many ways a real problem. Campaigns lose control of their messages. They are largely unregulated and unaccountable to anyone. And yet they can drop hundreds of thousands and change the dynamics of a race. That is what happened here. EdVoice likely the culprit here and labor likely the hero on behalf of a Yamada Campaign that had previously been outspent and out-organized.
For Cabaldon it is a major setback for a talented and still young politician. People were tounting him as a potential future speaker. Now, he is left searching for his future.
For Yamada it is the beginning of a Sacramento career. She has wounds to heal still and fences to mend both with her opponent’s former supporters and her own.
—Doug Paul Davis reporting
Maybe Yamada had deeper local roots and a longer political history?
Maybe a smaller turnout favored that?
I voted for Yamada. I saw the endorsements for Cabaldon and wondered who he was and why I hadn’t heard of him before. I didn’t have any problem with Yamada, and prefered her because of her local service and experience.
Maybe Yamada had deeper local roots and a longer political history?
Maybe a smaller turnout favored that?
I voted for Yamada. I saw the endorsements for Cabaldon and wondered who he was and why I hadn’t heard of him before. I didn’t have any problem with Yamada, and prefered her because of her local service and experience.
Maybe Yamada had deeper local roots and a longer political history?
Maybe a smaller turnout favored that?
I voted for Yamada. I saw the endorsements for Cabaldon and wondered who he was and why I hadn’t heard of him before. I didn’t have any problem with Yamada, and prefered her because of her local service and experience.
Maybe Yamada had deeper local roots and a longer political history?
Maybe a smaller turnout favored that?
I voted for Yamada. I saw the endorsements for Cabaldon and wondered who he was and why I hadn’t heard of him before. I didn’t have any problem with Yamada, and prefered her because of her local service and experience.
You are dead-on correct on this! A politician who had endorsed Calbaldon told me they changed their mind and voted for Yamada because of the excess paper-waste and mud-slinging. It’s too bad these campaigns had to resort so low….
You are dead-on correct on this! A politician who had endorsed Calbaldon told me they changed their mind and voted for Yamada because of the excess paper-waste and mud-slinging. It’s too bad these campaigns had to resort so low….
You are dead-on correct on this! A politician who had endorsed Calbaldon told me they changed their mind and voted for Yamada because of the excess paper-waste and mud-slinging. It’s too bad these campaigns had to resort so low….
You are dead-on correct on this! A politician who had endorsed Calbaldon told me they changed their mind and voted for Yamada because of the excess paper-waste and mud-slinging. It’s too bad these campaigns had to resort so low….
I have a somewhat different take on this upset victory for Mariko. Yamada was behind from the beginning for several reasons. Helen Thompson and Lois Wolk deserted Mariko early on, in favor of Cabaldon, which seemed to be a surprise to Yamada. Her faithful “friends” Thompson and Wolk, whom she had counted on for support, were not so faithful. Why is the big question?
Mariko herself made a huge misstep by seeming to support peripheral development on the borders of Davis. When faced with stiff opposition to development on the Davis periphery, she was very disrespectful of the Davis opposition from the dais, as was Helen Thompson. Both appeared arrogant in the extreme towards Davisites – a constituency they were both supposed to be representing as County Board members.
It also made one wonder if Yamada was depending too much on the support of a so-called friend (Thompson) in making some questionable decisions. Suddenly Mariko found herself on the outside looking in, and her campaign in a shambles.
In a desperate bid, Yamada latched on to Cabaldon’s car boot issue. For some, it was a non-issue. For others, it was the first chink in the Cabaldon armor. Some of us felt Cabaldon’s failure to pay parking tickets and taxes was indicative of someone who didn’t think the law applied to him, or at the very least he did not pay attention to his everyday responsibilities. Mariko looked desperate, but Cabaldon didn’t come off looking too good either.
However, it was Cabaldon’s own owl ad that began his swift descent into oblivion. He came off sounding like a whining brat, complaining that he was misunderstood. Completely ignored by him were rumblings and rumors of developer connections, much of which was clearly evidenced by scads of new housing in his district of West Sac. It made Cabaldon look disingenous at best, and downright dishonest at worst. His squeaky clean image took a huge hit.
Then he and/or his supporters went after Mariko on two issues he was decidedly ignorant about. Cabaldon supporters should have gotten their facts straight. The $91,000 spent on the coffee cart program was money that had to be spent by law on programs for the mentally disabled, which is exactly what the program did. It showed the ignorance of Cabaldon as a candidate, who did not disavow the coffee cart attack ad.
To ad insult to injury, Cabaldon supporters got the accusations of salary increases for Yamada wrong, again due to ignorance. Caboldon began to look not only dishonest, but stupid – much too insular and unaware of what was going on in his own county. Cabaldon is also known for his connection to the mayor of San Francisco, and identified with issues going on there – but not issues in his own backyard.
Cabaldon lost, IMHO not because of EdVoice or IE tactics per se, but because his mask slipped. He had painted himself as a competent leader, who was above board and capable. Instead, as time went on, he looked dishonest and ignorant of the issues. I suspect his political career is doomed, in so far as higher office. I doubt very much that the Democratic machine will back him again. They know a loser when they see one.
Mariko Yamada won because she stayed in it for the long haul, and capitalized on her opponent’s mistakes better. She made plenty of errors too. Whether she will make a good Assemblyperson remains to be seen. However, it is nice to see her main detractor, Helen Thompson, get a good swift kick in the proverbial you know what. Yamada should steer clear of “supporters” like Helen Thompson. With friends like that, who needs enemies!
I have a somewhat different take on this upset victory for Mariko. Yamada was behind from the beginning for several reasons. Helen Thompson and Lois Wolk deserted Mariko early on, in favor of Cabaldon, which seemed to be a surprise to Yamada. Her faithful “friends” Thompson and Wolk, whom she had counted on for support, were not so faithful. Why is the big question?
Mariko herself made a huge misstep by seeming to support peripheral development on the borders of Davis. When faced with stiff opposition to development on the Davis periphery, she was very disrespectful of the Davis opposition from the dais, as was Helen Thompson. Both appeared arrogant in the extreme towards Davisites – a constituency they were both supposed to be representing as County Board members.
It also made one wonder if Yamada was depending too much on the support of a so-called friend (Thompson) in making some questionable decisions. Suddenly Mariko found herself on the outside looking in, and her campaign in a shambles.
In a desperate bid, Yamada latched on to Cabaldon’s car boot issue. For some, it was a non-issue. For others, it was the first chink in the Cabaldon armor. Some of us felt Cabaldon’s failure to pay parking tickets and taxes was indicative of someone who didn’t think the law applied to him, or at the very least he did not pay attention to his everyday responsibilities. Mariko looked desperate, but Cabaldon didn’t come off looking too good either.
However, it was Cabaldon’s own owl ad that began his swift descent into oblivion. He came off sounding like a whining brat, complaining that he was misunderstood. Completely ignored by him were rumblings and rumors of developer connections, much of which was clearly evidenced by scads of new housing in his district of West Sac. It made Cabaldon look disingenous at best, and downright dishonest at worst. His squeaky clean image took a huge hit.
Then he and/or his supporters went after Mariko on two issues he was decidedly ignorant about. Cabaldon supporters should have gotten their facts straight. The $91,000 spent on the coffee cart program was money that had to be spent by law on programs for the mentally disabled, which is exactly what the program did. It showed the ignorance of Cabaldon as a candidate, who did not disavow the coffee cart attack ad.
To ad insult to injury, Cabaldon supporters got the accusations of salary increases for Yamada wrong, again due to ignorance. Caboldon began to look not only dishonest, but stupid – much too insular and unaware of what was going on in his own county. Cabaldon is also known for his connection to the mayor of San Francisco, and identified with issues going on there – but not issues in his own backyard.
Cabaldon lost, IMHO not because of EdVoice or IE tactics per se, but because his mask slipped. He had painted himself as a competent leader, who was above board and capable. Instead, as time went on, he looked dishonest and ignorant of the issues. I suspect his political career is doomed, in so far as higher office. I doubt very much that the Democratic machine will back him again. They know a loser when they see one.
Mariko Yamada won because she stayed in it for the long haul, and capitalized on her opponent’s mistakes better. She made plenty of errors too. Whether she will make a good Assemblyperson remains to be seen. However, it is nice to see her main detractor, Helen Thompson, get a good swift kick in the proverbial you know what. Yamada should steer clear of “supporters” like Helen Thompson. With friends like that, who needs enemies!
I have a somewhat different take on this upset victory for Mariko. Yamada was behind from the beginning for several reasons. Helen Thompson and Lois Wolk deserted Mariko early on, in favor of Cabaldon, which seemed to be a surprise to Yamada. Her faithful “friends” Thompson and Wolk, whom she had counted on for support, were not so faithful. Why is the big question?
Mariko herself made a huge misstep by seeming to support peripheral development on the borders of Davis. When faced with stiff opposition to development on the Davis periphery, she was very disrespectful of the Davis opposition from the dais, as was Helen Thompson. Both appeared arrogant in the extreme towards Davisites – a constituency they were both supposed to be representing as County Board members.
It also made one wonder if Yamada was depending too much on the support of a so-called friend (Thompson) in making some questionable decisions. Suddenly Mariko found herself on the outside looking in, and her campaign in a shambles.
In a desperate bid, Yamada latched on to Cabaldon’s car boot issue. For some, it was a non-issue. For others, it was the first chink in the Cabaldon armor. Some of us felt Cabaldon’s failure to pay parking tickets and taxes was indicative of someone who didn’t think the law applied to him, or at the very least he did not pay attention to his everyday responsibilities. Mariko looked desperate, but Cabaldon didn’t come off looking too good either.
However, it was Cabaldon’s own owl ad that began his swift descent into oblivion. He came off sounding like a whining brat, complaining that he was misunderstood. Completely ignored by him were rumblings and rumors of developer connections, much of which was clearly evidenced by scads of new housing in his district of West Sac. It made Cabaldon look disingenous at best, and downright dishonest at worst. His squeaky clean image took a huge hit.
Then he and/or his supporters went after Mariko on two issues he was decidedly ignorant about. Cabaldon supporters should have gotten their facts straight. The $91,000 spent on the coffee cart program was money that had to be spent by law on programs for the mentally disabled, which is exactly what the program did. It showed the ignorance of Cabaldon as a candidate, who did not disavow the coffee cart attack ad.
To ad insult to injury, Cabaldon supporters got the accusations of salary increases for Yamada wrong, again due to ignorance. Caboldon began to look not only dishonest, but stupid – much too insular and unaware of what was going on in his own county. Cabaldon is also known for his connection to the mayor of San Francisco, and identified with issues going on there – but not issues in his own backyard.
Cabaldon lost, IMHO not because of EdVoice or IE tactics per se, but because his mask slipped. He had painted himself as a competent leader, who was above board and capable. Instead, as time went on, he looked dishonest and ignorant of the issues. I suspect his political career is doomed, in so far as higher office. I doubt very much that the Democratic machine will back him again. They know a loser when they see one.
Mariko Yamada won because she stayed in it for the long haul, and capitalized on her opponent’s mistakes better. She made plenty of errors too. Whether she will make a good Assemblyperson remains to be seen. However, it is nice to see her main detractor, Helen Thompson, get a good swift kick in the proverbial you know what. Yamada should steer clear of “supporters” like Helen Thompson. With friends like that, who needs enemies!
I have a somewhat different take on this upset victory for Mariko. Yamada was behind from the beginning for several reasons. Helen Thompson and Lois Wolk deserted Mariko early on, in favor of Cabaldon, which seemed to be a surprise to Yamada. Her faithful “friends” Thompson and Wolk, whom she had counted on for support, were not so faithful. Why is the big question?
Mariko herself made a huge misstep by seeming to support peripheral development on the borders of Davis. When faced with stiff opposition to development on the Davis periphery, she was very disrespectful of the Davis opposition from the dais, as was Helen Thompson. Both appeared arrogant in the extreme towards Davisites – a constituency they were both supposed to be representing as County Board members.
It also made one wonder if Yamada was depending too much on the support of a so-called friend (Thompson) in making some questionable decisions. Suddenly Mariko found herself on the outside looking in, and her campaign in a shambles.
In a desperate bid, Yamada latched on to Cabaldon’s car boot issue. For some, it was a non-issue. For others, it was the first chink in the Cabaldon armor. Some of us felt Cabaldon’s failure to pay parking tickets and taxes was indicative of someone who didn’t think the law applied to him, or at the very least he did not pay attention to his everyday responsibilities. Mariko looked desperate, but Cabaldon didn’t come off looking too good either.
However, it was Cabaldon’s own owl ad that began his swift descent into oblivion. He came off sounding like a whining brat, complaining that he was misunderstood. Completely ignored by him were rumblings and rumors of developer connections, much of which was clearly evidenced by scads of new housing in his district of West Sac. It made Cabaldon look disingenous at best, and downright dishonest at worst. His squeaky clean image took a huge hit.
Then he and/or his supporters went after Mariko on two issues he was decidedly ignorant about. Cabaldon supporters should have gotten their facts straight. The $91,000 spent on the coffee cart program was money that had to be spent by law on programs for the mentally disabled, which is exactly what the program did. It showed the ignorance of Cabaldon as a candidate, who did not disavow the coffee cart attack ad.
To ad insult to injury, Cabaldon supporters got the accusations of salary increases for Yamada wrong, again due to ignorance. Caboldon began to look not only dishonest, but stupid – much too insular and unaware of what was going on in his own county. Cabaldon is also known for his connection to the mayor of San Francisco, and identified with issues going on there – but not issues in his own backyard.
Cabaldon lost, IMHO not because of EdVoice or IE tactics per se, but because his mask slipped. He had painted himself as a competent leader, who was above board and capable. Instead, as time went on, he looked dishonest and ignorant of the issues. I suspect his political career is doomed, in so far as higher office. I doubt very much that the Democratic machine will back him again. They know a loser when they see one.
Mariko Yamada won because she stayed in it for the long haul, and capitalized on her opponent’s mistakes better. She made plenty of errors too. Whether she will make a good Assemblyperson remains to be seen. However, it is nice to see her main detractor, Helen Thompson, get a good swift kick in the proverbial you know what. Yamada should steer clear of “supporters” like Helen Thompson. With friends like that, who needs enemies!
Yamada won’t be the same quality of leader that Wolk has been, on issues of water, land use, and the environment. She simply isn’t interested in those issues. She cares more for social services issues, which is fine to a degree, but since Yolo County and the rest of AD8 are so intertwined with land use, water (the Delta), and other environmental issues, it will be like we don’t even have a rep who will champion these issues.
Plus, the reason so many of her colleagues abandoned her is she is so hard to work with. This will mean she won’t be effective in the legislature.
So in the end, be sure to watch her legislative accomplishments, and see if she does as much for the district as our previous Assemblywomen did. I doubt she will. In fact, please name her greatest accomplishments on the Yolo Board of Supervisors to get an idea of what I mean.
Yamada won’t be the same quality of leader that Wolk has been, on issues of water, land use, and the environment. She simply isn’t interested in those issues. She cares more for social services issues, which is fine to a degree, but since Yolo County and the rest of AD8 are so intertwined with land use, water (the Delta), and other environmental issues, it will be like we don’t even have a rep who will champion these issues.
Plus, the reason so many of her colleagues abandoned her is she is so hard to work with. This will mean she won’t be effective in the legislature.
So in the end, be sure to watch her legislative accomplishments, and see if she does as much for the district as our previous Assemblywomen did. I doubt she will. In fact, please name her greatest accomplishments on the Yolo Board of Supervisors to get an idea of what I mean.
Yamada won’t be the same quality of leader that Wolk has been, on issues of water, land use, and the environment. She simply isn’t interested in those issues. She cares more for social services issues, which is fine to a degree, but since Yolo County and the rest of AD8 are so intertwined with land use, water (the Delta), and other environmental issues, it will be like we don’t even have a rep who will champion these issues.
Plus, the reason so many of her colleagues abandoned her is she is so hard to work with. This will mean she won’t be effective in the legislature.
So in the end, be sure to watch her legislative accomplishments, and see if she does as much for the district as our previous Assemblywomen did. I doubt she will. In fact, please name her greatest accomplishments on the Yolo Board of Supervisors to get an idea of what I mean.
Yamada won’t be the same quality of leader that Wolk has been, on issues of water, land use, and the environment. She simply isn’t interested in those issues. She cares more for social services issues, which is fine to a degree, but since Yolo County and the rest of AD8 are so intertwined with land use, water (the Delta), and other environmental issues, it will be like we don’t even have a rep who will champion these issues.
Plus, the reason so many of her colleagues abandoned her is she is so hard to work with. This will mean she won’t be effective in the legislature.
So in the end, be sure to watch her legislative accomplishments, and see if she does as much for the district as our previous Assemblywomen did. I doubt she will. In fact, please name her greatest accomplishments on the Yolo Board of Supervisors to get an idea of what I mean.
I’m wondering if the local electeds really understand their constituency when they they are choosing to endorse candidates. As a voter, I am not interested in the grooming of a future speaker or forwarding someone’s career aspirations in Politics. I want someone who will deliver constituency services – someone who will be accessible when I need help with something or will hire support people who know that serving the regular joe is the most important part of their job. If they serve the people in their district when they need help in manuvering through our government programs and departments and watch out for our interests, then that’s who I’ll support.
People were upset with Yamada because she seemingly supported the mere idea of peripheral development around Davis and discounted her work in other areas of social services for those most in need in the County. People turned on her in a very ugly way even after she played a visible part in the defeat of Measure X. At the State level, development is not so much an issue, but social services and education are very much hot buttons. The Cabaldon-supporter attack on a program directed at a job training program for the disabled and indicated that these areas were either not important or considered a waste of time and/or money.
Jim Provenza endorsed and supported Mariko all the way through and never wavered in his support for her. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that both he and Mariko won. These two people connected with the voters in a very basic way, without all the flash of big money or endorsements. Both have a background in local service to people that have needed their help.
I’m wondering if the local electeds really understand their constituency when they they are choosing to endorse candidates. As a voter, I am not interested in the grooming of a future speaker or forwarding someone’s career aspirations in Politics. I want someone who will deliver constituency services – someone who will be accessible when I need help with something or will hire support people who know that serving the regular joe is the most important part of their job. If they serve the people in their district when they need help in manuvering through our government programs and departments and watch out for our interests, then that’s who I’ll support.
People were upset with Yamada because she seemingly supported the mere idea of peripheral development around Davis and discounted her work in other areas of social services for those most in need in the County. People turned on her in a very ugly way even after she played a visible part in the defeat of Measure X. At the State level, development is not so much an issue, but social services and education are very much hot buttons. The Cabaldon-supporter attack on a program directed at a job training program for the disabled and indicated that these areas were either not important or considered a waste of time and/or money.
Jim Provenza endorsed and supported Mariko all the way through and never wavered in his support for her. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that both he and Mariko won. These two people connected with the voters in a very basic way, without all the flash of big money or endorsements. Both have a background in local service to people that have needed their help.
I’m wondering if the local electeds really understand their constituency when they they are choosing to endorse candidates. As a voter, I am not interested in the grooming of a future speaker or forwarding someone’s career aspirations in Politics. I want someone who will deliver constituency services – someone who will be accessible when I need help with something or will hire support people who know that serving the regular joe is the most important part of their job. If they serve the people in their district when they need help in manuvering through our government programs and departments and watch out for our interests, then that’s who I’ll support.
People were upset with Yamada because she seemingly supported the mere idea of peripheral development around Davis and discounted her work in other areas of social services for those most in need in the County. People turned on her in a very ugly way even after she played a visible part in the defeat of Measure X. At the State level, development is not so much an issue, but social services and education are very much hot buttons. The Cabaldon-supporter attack on a program directed at a job training program for the disabled and indicated that these areas were either not important or considered a waste of time and/or money.
Jim Provenza endorsed and supported Mariko all the way through and never wavered in his support for her. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that both he and Mariko won. These two people connected with the voters in a very basic way, without all the flash of big money or endorsements. Both have a background in local service to people that have needed their help.
I’m wondering if the local electeds really understand their constituency when they they are choosing to endorse candidates. As a voter, I am not interested in the grooming of a future speaker or forwarding someone’s career aspirations in Politics. I want someone who will deliver constituency services – someone who will be accessible when I need help with something or will hire support people who know that serving the regular joe is the most important part of their job. If they serve the people in their district when they need help in manuvering through our government programs and departments and watch out for our interests, then that’s who I’ll support.
People were upset with Yamada because she seemingly supported the mere idea of peripheral development around Davis and discounted her work in other areas of social services for those most in need in the County. People turned on her in a very ugly way even after she played a visible part in the defeat of Measure X. At the State level, development is not so much an issue, but social services and education are very much hot buttons. The Cabaldon-supporter attack on a program directed at a job training program for the disabled and indicated that these areas were either not important or considered a waste of time and/or money.
Jim Provenza endorsed and supported Mariko all the way through and never wavered in his support for her. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that both he and Mariko won. These two people connected with the voters in a very basic way, without all the flash of big money or endorsements. Both have a background in local service to people that have needed their help.
You are correct, Yamada will not be the same type of leader that Lois Wolk is. Yamada will be better! I voted for her.
Even though all of the big Democratic electeds got behind Cabaldon, Mariko Yamada still prevailed. This is great news.
Let’s hope that this shows us a new direction for the party in Yolo County. We need to get rid of the Wolk, Helen Thomson pseudo Democratic machine and get true Democrats in office.
Great job Mariko!!! She is the people’s candidate.
You are correct, Yamada will not be the same type of leader that Lois Wolk is. Yamada will be better! I voted for her.
Even though all of the big Democratic electeds got behind Cabaldon, Mariko Yamada still prevailed. This is great news.
Let’s hope that this shows us a new direction for the party in Yolo County. We need to get rid of the Wolk, Helen Thomson pseudo Democratic machine and get true Democrats in office.
Great job Mariko!!! She is the people’s candidate.
You are correct, Yamada will not be the same type of leader that Lois Wolk is. Yamada will be better! I voted for her.
Even though all of the big Democratic electeds got behind Cabaldon, Mariko Yamada still prevailed. This is great news.
Let’s hope that this shows us a new direction for the party in Yolo County. We need to get rid of the Wolk, Helen Thomson pseudo Democratic machine and get true Democrats in office.
Great job Mariko!!! She is the people’s candidate.
You are correct, Yamada will not be the same type of leader that Lois Wolk is. Yamada will be better! I voted for her.
Even though all of the big Democratic electeds got behind Cabaldon, Mariko Yamada still prevailed. This is great news.
Let’s hope that this shows us a new direction for the party in Yolo County. We need to get rid of the Wolk, Helen Thomson pseudo Democratic machine and get true Democrats in office.
Great job Mariko!!! She is the people’s candidate.
I too voted for Mariko. As an active person in the Democratic Party in Yolo County, I found it interesting that Yamada came to almost every meeting of the Woodland Democratic Club (and she is a paying member), but Cabaldon never came once. He did send a campaign rep once, but only once. Yamada also came to each and every county central committee meeting, but Cabaldon showed up only when the meeting was held in West Sac. So I have to agree with “Yamada Supporter” in my perception that this may well lead to a new direction, and a new energy, for the Democratic Party in Yolo County.
Another Yamada Supporter
I too voted for Mariko. As an active person in the Democratic Party in Yolo County, I found it interesting that Yamada came to almost every meeting of the Woodland Democratic Club (and she is a paying member), but Cabaldon never came once. He did send a campaign rep once, but only once. Yamada also came to each and every county central committee meeting, but Cabaldon showed up only when the meeting was held in West Sac. So I have to agree with “Yamada Supporter” in my perception that this may well lead to a new direction, and a new energy, for the Democratic Party in Yolo County.
Another Yamada Supporter
I too voted for Mariko. As an active person in the Democratic Party in Yolo County, I found it interesting that Yamada came to almost every meeting of the Woodland Democratic Club (and she is a paying member), but Cabaldon never came once. He did send a campaign rep once, but only once. Yamada also came to each and every county central committee meeting, but Cabaldon showed up only when the meeting was held in West Sac. So I have to agree with “Yamada Supporter” in my perception that this may well lead to a new direction, and a new energy, for the Democratic Party in Yolo County.
Another Yamada Supporter
I too voted for Mariko. As an active person in the Democratic Party in Yolo County, I found it interesting that Yamada came to almost every meeting of the Woodland Democratic Club (and she is a paying member), but Cabaldon never came once. He did send a campaign rep once, but only once. Yamada also came to each and every county central committee meeting, but Cabaldon showed up only when the meeting was held in West Sac. So I have to agree with “Yamada Supporter” in my perception that this may well lead to a new direction, and a new energy, for the Democratic Party in Yolo County.
Another Yamada Supporter
Re: Note Hopefull:
Remember that although Yamada probably won’t be a leader for the Delta like Wolk has, we’ll still have Wolk around in the State Sen, assuming she doesn’t fumble this election. Wolk is great on the issue, and is an acknowledged state-wide leader who we should be glad to have working for us. (In fact I think her work on the Delta and water should be one of the major selling points in her campaign.) While Yamada can’t afford to ignore the Delta, we don’t need a total duplication of effort. She will be in a position to work on other important issues, such as championing state social service programs at a time where budget pressures will seriously threaten state commitment to at risk communities. If she can be a champ on that, we should be proud of her.
I voted for Yamada because I’ve met her and like her. She is a bit of a lone wolf, and broke from the pack in Yolo politics at times, so it’ll be interesting to see what she can accomplish in the Assembly. However, I voted against Cabaldon for the same reasons the following commenter did: I think he was running precisely for his own political future. I never got the impression he was seriously engaged with the district, and had ideas for it. Instead, his history in the Assembly, and all the talk of his future, suggests to me that he just wanted to get back in the game as a player to start accumulating power in Sacramento. But it never seemed like he would be putting that to use for his constituents. Instead, it was to further his own ambitions. I have no problem with ambition, but you’ve got to give voters some promise that it is going to be to their benefit to elect an ambitious person. His uninspired ideas for the district did nothing to assure me he would be a good representative. Good legislator, yes. Good representative, no. You’ve got to do both.
Along the lines of other comments that had been posted, I heard a knock on Cabaldon that he wasn’t a good team player with local politicos. The impression I got is that he rubbed a lot of local folks the wrong way by always being out for #1. This meant stuff like being very gracious and charming as a candidate, until someone important walked into a room, when he would brush off whoever he was talking to and immediately focus his time on the big-wig. This wouldn’t necessarily have effected his visible endorsements (those are the people he was sucking up to) but I strongly got the impression that he pissed off a lot of less visible folks (school board members, central committee, etc.) who aren’t actually insignificant because of personal networks, etc.
Re: Note Hopefull:
Remember that although Yamada probably won’t be a leader for the Delta like Wolk has, we’ll still have Wolk around in the State Sen, assuming she doesn’t fumble this election. Wolk is great on the issue, and is an acknowledged state-wide leader who we should be glad to have working for us. (In fact I think her work on the Delta and water should be one of the major selling points in her campaign.) While Yamada can’t afford to ignore the Delta, we don’t need a total duplication of effort. She will be in a position to work on other important issues, such as championing state social service programs at a time where budget pressures will seriously threaten state commitment to at risk communities. If she can be a champ on that, we should be proud of her.
I voted for Yamada because I’ve met her and like her. She is a bit of a lone wolf, and broke from the pack in Yolo politics at times, so it’ll be interesting to see what she can accomplish in the Assembly. However, I voted against Cabaldon for the same reasons the following commenter did: I think he was running precisely for his own political future. I never got the impression he was seriously engaged with the district, and had ideas for it. Instead, his history in the Assembly, and all the talk of his future, suggests to me that he just wanted to get back in the game as a player to start accumulating power in Sacramento. But it never seemed like he would be putting that to use for his constituents. Instead, it was to further his own ambitions. I have no problem with ambition, but you’ve got to give voters some promise that it is going to be to their benefit to elect an ambitious person. His uninspired ideas for the district did nothing to assure me he would be a good representative. Good legislator, yes. Good representative, no. You’ve got to do both.
Along the lines of other comments that had been posted, I heard a knock on Cabaldon that he wasn’t a good team player with local politicos. The impression I got is that he rubbed a lot of local folks the wrong way by always being out for #1. This meant stuff like being very gracious and charming as a candidate, until someone important walked into a room, when he would brush off whoever he was talking to and immediately focus his time on the big-wig. This wouldn’t necessarily have effected his visible endorsements (those are the people he was sucking up to) but I strongly got the impression that he pissed off a lot of less visible folks (school board members, central committee, etc.) who aren’t actually insignificant because of personal networks, etc.
Re: Note Hopefull:
Remember that although Yamada probably won’t be a leader for the Delta like Wolk has, we’ll still have Wolk around in the State Sen, assuming she doesn’t fumble this election. Wolk is great on the issue, and is an acknowledged state-wide leader who we should be glad to have working for us. (In fact I think her work on the Delta and water should be one of the major selling points in her campaign.) While Yamada can’t afford to ignore the Delta, we don’t need a total duplication of effort. She will be in a position to work on other important issues, such as championing state social service programs at a time where budget pressures will seriously threaten state commitment to at risk communities. If she can be a champ on that, we should be proud of her.
I voted for Yamada because I’ve met her and like her. She is a bit of a lone wolf, and broke from the pack in Yolo politics at times, so it’ll be interesting to see what she can accomplish in the Assembly. However, I voted against Cabaldon for the same reasons the following commenter did: I think he was running precisely for his own political future. I never got the impression he was seriously engaged with the district, and had ideas for it. Instead, his history in the Assembly, and all the talk of his future, suggests to me that he just wanted to get back in the game as a player to start accumulating power in Sacramento. But it never seemed like he would be putting that to use for his constituents. Instead, it was to further his own ambitions. I have no problem with ambition, but you’ve got to give voters some promise that it is going to be to their benefit to elect an ambitious person. His uninspired ideas for the district did nothing to assure me he would be a good representative. Good legislator, yes. Good representative, no. You’ve got to do both.
Along the lines of other comments that had been posted, I heard a knock on Cabaldon that he wasn’t a good team player with local politicos. The impression I got is that he rubbed a lot of local folks the wrong way by always being out for #1. This meant stuff like being very gracious and charming as a candidate, until someone important walked into a room, when he would brush off whoever he was talking to and immediately focus his time on the big-wig. This wouldn’t necessarily have effected his visible endorsements (those are the people he was sucking up to) but I strongly got the impression that he pissed off a lot of less visible folks (school board members, central committee, etc.) who aren’t actually insignificant because of personal networks, etc.
Re: Note Hopefull:
Remember that although Yamada probably won’t be a leader for the Delta like Wolk has, we’ll still have Wolk around in the State Sen, assuming she doesn’t fumble this election. Wolk is great on the issue, and is an acknowledged state-wide leader who we should be glad to have working for us. (In fact I think her work on the Delta and water should be one of the major selling points in her campaign.) While Yamada can’t afford to ignore the Delta, we don’t need a total duplication of effort. She will be in a position to work on other important issues, such as championing state social service programs at a time where budget pressures will seriously threaten state commitment to at risk communities. If she can be a champ on that, we should be proud of her.
I voted for Yamada because I’ve met her and like her. She is a bit of a lone wolf, and broke from the pack in Yolo politics at times, so it’ll be interesting to see what she can accomplish in the Assembly. However, I voted against Cabaldon for the same reasons the following commenter did: I think he was running precisely for his own political future. I never got the impression he was seriously engaged with the district, and had ideas for it. Instead, his history in the Assembly, and all the talk of his future, suggests to me that he just wanted to get back in the game as a player to start accumulating power in Sacramento. But it never seemed like he would be putting that to use for his constituents. Instead, it was to further his own ambitions. I have no problem with ambition, but you’ve got to give voters some promise that it is going to be to their benefit to elect an ambitious person. His uninspired ideas for the district did nothing to assure me he would be a good representative. Good legislator, yes. Good representative, no. You’ve got to do both.
Along the lines of other comments that had been posted, I heard a knock on Cabaldon that he wasn’t a good team player with local politicos. The impression I got is that he rubbed a lot of local folks the wrong way by always being out for #1. This meant stuff like being very gracious and charming as a candidate, until someone important walked into a room, when he would brush off whoever he was talking to and immediately focus his time on the big-wig. This wouldn’t necessarily have effected his visible endorsements (those are the people he was sucking up to) but I strongly got the impression that he pissed off a lot of less visible folks (school board members, central committee, etc.) who aren’t actually insignificant because of personal networks, etc.
one thing that is worth thinking about is that internal party committee politics do not necessarily move regular voters.
yamada was a known quantity, and sopent her time actually engaging voters. cabaldon might have been an up and comer to those in sac political circles and party committees, but he was not well known in most of the district, and sat on his laurels after locking up the political endorsements.
people can tell when they’re being disrespected. cabaldon’s whole inevitability sell was not underpinned by a base of voter support. it was less of a stunner if you didn’t assume that voters will do what they’re told, that they often get uppity when they feel like they’re being herded.
yolo (and california in general) is not a machine party system. it seems that way because there are so many democrats around here, but the actual party apparatus is really quite weak. while the union IEs levelled the playing field with the real estate and insurance corp. IEs, the fact of the matter is that cabaldon assumed that the heavy lifting was over when he got the endorsement, while yamada spent her time canvassing.
if west sac hadn’t stacked their dem committee, cabaldon wouldn’t have gotten the party stamp of approval anyways. the support wasn’t there, he was just giving the appearance that it was.
one thing that is worth thinking about is that internal party committee politics do not necessarily move regular voters.
yamada was a known quantity, and sopent her time actually engaging voters. cabaldon might have been an up and comer to those in sac political circles and party committees, but he was not well known in most of the district, and sat on his laurels after locking up the political endorsements.
people can tell when they’re being disrespected. cabaldon’s whole inevitability sell was not underpinned by a base of voter support. it was less of a stunner if you didn’t assume that voters will do what they’re told, that they often get uppity when they feel like they’re being herded.
yolo (and california in general) is not a machine party system. it seems that way because there are so many democrats around here, but the actual party apparatus is really quite weak. while the union IEs levelled the playing field with the real estate and insurance corp. IEs, the fact of the matter is that cabaldon assumed that the heavy lifting was over when he got the endorsement, while yamada spent her time canvassing.
if west sac hadn’t stacked their dem committee, cabaldon wouldn’t have gotten the party stamp of approval anyways. the support wasn’t there, he was just giving the appearance that it was.
one thing that is worth thinking about is that internal party committee politics do not necessarily move regular voters.
yamada was a known quantity, and sopent her time actually engaging voters. cabaldon might have been an up and comer to those in sac political circles and party committees, but he was not well known in most of the district, and sat on his laurels after locking up the political endorsements.
people can tell when they’re being disrespected. cabaldon’s whole inevitability sell was not underpinned by a base of voter support. it was less of a stunner if you didn’t assume that voters will do what they’re told, that they often get uppity when they feel like they’re being herded.
yolo (and california in general) is not a machine party system. it seems that way because there are so many democrats around here, but the actual party apparatus is really quite weak. while the union IEs levelled the playing field with the real estate and insurance corp. IEs, the fact of the matter is that cabaldon assumed that the heavy lifting was over when he got the endorsement, while yamada spent her time canvassing.
if west sac hadn’t stacked their dem committee, cabaldon wouldn’t have gotten the party stamp of approval anyways. the support wasn’t there, he was just giving the appearance that it was.
one thing that is worth thinking about is that internal party committee politics do not necessarily move regular voters.
yamada was a known quantity, and sopent her time actually engaging voters. cabaldon might have been an up and comer to those in sac political circles and party committees, but he was not well known in most of the district, and sat on his laurels after locking up the political endorsements.
people can tell when they’re being disrespected. cabaldon’s whole inevitability sell was not underpinned by a base of voter support. it was less of a stunner if you didn’t assume that voters will do what they’re told, that they often get uppity when they feel like they’re being herded.
yolo (and california in general) is not a machine party system. it seems that way because there are so many democrats around here, but the actual party apparatus is really quite weak. while the union IEs levelled the playing field with the real estate and insurance corp. IEs, the fact of the matter is that cabaldon assumed that the heavy lifting was over when he got the endorsement, while yamada spent her time canvassing.
if west sac hadn’t stacked their dem committee, cabaldon wouldn’t have gotten the party stamp of approval anyways. the support wasn’t there, he was just giving the appearance that it was.
Karl:
I don’t think Wolk will make it to the Senate.
Assemblyman Aghazarian has a lot of support even though he is conservative.
Even if we lose it to a Republican it will be nice to get rid of Wolk and her machine and get some new people in.
I too am kind of tired of the whole Wolk, Thomsan machine in Yolo County politics.
Karl:
I don’t think Wolk will make it to the Senate.
Assemblyman Aghazarian has a lot of support even though he is conservative.
Even if we lose it to a Republican it will be nice to get rid of Wolk and her machine and get some new people in.
I too am kind of tired of the whole Wolk, Thomsan machine in Yolo County politics.
Karl:
I don’t think Wolk will make it to the Senate.
Assemblyman Aghazarian has a lot of support even though he is conservative.
Even if we lose it to a Republican it will be nice to get rid of Wolk and her machine and get some new people in.
I too am kind of tired of the whole Wolk, Thomsan machine in Yolo County politics.
Karl:
I don’t think Wolk will make it to the Senate.
Assemblyman Aghazarian has a lot of support even though he is conservative.
Even if we lose it to a Republican it will be nice to get rid of Wolk and her machine and get some new people in.
I too am kind of tired of the whole Wolk, Thomsan machine in Yolo County politics.
additionally, i know this is a somewhat heretical opinion around here, but i think the whole assumption that opposition to growth is a supermajority position and the definition of progressive, at least in how most democrats in the area define themselves politically, really needs to be reevaluated.
i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.
additionally, i know this is a somewhat heretical opinion around here, but i think the whole assumption that opposition to growth is a supermajority position and the definition of progressive, at least in how most democrats in the area define themselves politically, really needs to be reevaluated.
i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.
additionally, i know this is a somewhat heretical opinion around here, but i think the whole assumption that opposition to growth is a supermajority position and the definition of progressive, at least in how most democrats in the area define themselves politically, really needs to be reevaluated.
i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.
additionally, i know this is a somewhat heretical opinion around here, but i think the whole assumption that opposition to growth is a supermajority position and the definition of progressive, at least in how most democrats in the area define themselves politically, really needs to be reevaluated.
i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.
aghazarian support?
sacramento county:
wolk – 1,172
aghazarian – 1,149
san joaquin county:
wolk – 12,622
aghazarian – 13,581
solano county:
wolk – 11,422
aghazarian – 6,759
yolo county:
wolk – 14,855
aghazarian – 6,323
total:
wolk -40,071 (59%)
aghazarian – 27,812 (41%)
even assuming for the sake of argument that none of the democrats who voted for stebbins will vote for wolk, 41% is not exactly a showing of strength by aghazarian.
aghazarian support?
sacramento county:
wolk – 1,172
aghazarian – 1,149
san joaquin county:
wolk – 12,622
aghazarian – 13,581
solano county:
wolk – 11,422
aghazarian – 6,759
yolo county:
wolk – 14,855
aghazarian – 6,323
total:
wolk -40,071 (59%)
aghazarian – 27,812 (41%)
even assuming for the sake of argument that none of the democrats who voted for stebbins will vote for wolk, 41% is not exactly a showing of strength by aghazarian.
aghazarian support?
sacramento county:
wolk – 1,172
aghazarian – 1,149
san joaquin county:
wolk – 12,622
aghazarian – 13,581
solano county:
wolk – 11,422
aghazarian – 6,759
yolo county:
wolk – 14,855
aghazarian – 6,323
total:
wolk -40,071 (59%)
aghazarian – 27,812 (41%)
even assuming for the sake of argument that none of the democrats who voted for stebbins will vote for wolk, 41% is not exactly a showing of strength by aghazarian.
aghazarian support?
sacramento county:
wolk – 1,172
aghazarian – 1,149
san joaquin county:
wolk – 12,622
aghazarian – 13,581
solano county:
wolk – 11,422
aghazarian – 6,759
yolo county:
wolk – 14,855
aghazarian – 6,323
total:
wolk -40,071 (59%)
aghazarian – 27,812 (41%)
even assuming for the sake of argument that none of the democrats who voted for stebbins will vote for wolk, 41% is not exactly a showing of strength by aghazarian.
While I expect that Aghazarian’s numbers will firm up somewhat in Solano and Yolo, he is going to get creamed by Dem turnout in November. San Joaquin won’t provide enough margin assuming decent turnout, which I think is a safe bet.
“Change in Senate”: Losing Wolk would be a big blow. We don’t want to be represented by a conservative Republican, particularly on the issue someone (you?) highlighted: the Delta. Like her or not, Wolk is who we have in this race, and she will be a far more effective voice on this and other issues than Aghazarian would be. She’s also basically the last of the Thomson Dems that Davis can put up statewide, so even if you dno’t like that crowd (I happen to be fine with them), it’ll all be over soon. Future political leadership in Davis is going to come from a different political clique. There is a brilliant name for the group of women who has ably represented us for the past decade plus, although it is escaping me at the moment. But their time in the spotlight is drawing to a close.
While I expect that Aghazarian’s numbers will firm up somewhat in Solano and Yolo, he is going to get creamed by Dem turnout in November. San Joaquin won’t provide enough margin assuming decent turnout, which I think is a safe bet.
“Change in Senate”: Losing Wolk would be a big blow. We don’t want to be represented by a conservative Republican, particularly on the issue someone (you?) highlighted: the Delta. Like her or not, Wolk is who we have in this race, and she will be a far more effective voice on this and other issues than Aghazarian would be. She’s also basically the last of the Thomson Dems that Davis can put up statewide, so even if you dno’t like that crowd (I happen to be fine with them), it’ll all be over soon. Future political leadership in Davis is going to come from a different political clique. There is a brilliant name for the group of women who has ably represented us for the past decade plus, although it is escaping me at the moment. But their time in the spotlight is drawing to a close.
While I expect that Aghazarian’s numbers will firm up somewhat in Solano and Yolo, he is going to get creamed by Dem turnout in November. San Joaquin won’t provide enough margin assuming decent turnout, which I think is a safe bet.
“Change in Senate”: Losing Wolk would be a big blow. We don’t want to be represented by a conservative Republican, particularly on the issue someone (you?) highlighted: the Delta. Like her or not, Wolk is who we have in this race, and she will be a far more effective voice on this and other issues than Aghazarian would be. She’s also basically the last of the Thomson Dems that Davis can put up statewide, so even if you dno’t like that crowd (I happen to be fine with them), it’ll all be over soon. Future political leadership in Davis is going to come from a different political clique. There is a brilliant name for the group of women who has ably represented us for the past decade plus, although it is escaping me at the moment. But their time in the spotlight is drawing to a close.
While I expect that Aghazarian’s numbers will firm up somewhat in Solano and Yolo, he is going to get creamed by Dem turnout in November. San Joaquin won’t provide enough margin assuming decent turnout, which I think is a safe bet.
“Change in Senate”: Losing Wolk would be a big blow. We don’t want to be represented by a conservative Republican, particularly on the issue someone (you?) highlighted: the Delta. Like her or not, Wolk is who we have in this race, and she will be a far more effective voice on this and other issues than Aghazarian would be. She’s also basically the last of the Thomson Dems that Davis can put up statewide, so even if you dno’t like that crowd (I happen to be fine with them), it’ll all be over soon. Future political leadership in Davis is going to come from a different political clique. There is a brilliant name for the group of women who has ably represented us for the past decade plus, although it is escaping me at the moment. But their time in the spotlight is drawing to a close.
I wonder how many people voted for Yamada just because they were sick of getting so many mailers from Cabaldon. Our household was getting 2 or 3 a day for weeks. Yamada sent a lot too, but not as many as Cabaldon’s supporters.
I wonder how many people voted for Yamada just because they were sick of getting so many mailers from Cabaldon. Our household was getting 2 or 3 a day for weeks. Yamada sent a lot too, but not as many as Cabaldon’s supporters.
I wonder how many people voted for Yamada just because they were sick of getting so many mailers from Cabaldon. Our household was getting 2 or 3 a day for weeks. Yamada sent a lot too, but not as many as Cabaldon’s supporters.
I wonder how many people voted for Yamada just because they were sick of getting so many mailers from Cabaldon. Our household was getting 2 or 3 a day for weeks. Yamada sent a lot too, but not as many as Cabaldon’s supporters.
Anyone who thinks that Lois Wolk and Helen Thomson are not “true” Democrats belongs in the Green Party.
Anyone who thinks that Lois Wolk and Helen Thomson are not “true” Democrats belongs in the Green Party.
Anyone who thinks that Lois Wolk and Helen Thomson are not “true” Democrats belongs in the Green Party.
Anyone who thinks that Lois Wolk and Helen Thomson are not “true” Democrats belongs in the Green Party.
Wu Ming:
Upon what facts or sources do you base your opinion?
“i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.”
Wu Ming:
Upon what facts or sources do you base your opinion?
“i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.”
Wu Ming:
Upon what facts or sources do you base your opinion?
“i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.”
Wu Ming:
Upon what facts or sources do you base your opinion?
“i know it’s hard to grasp, but there are many liberal democrats in davis who think of themselves as progressive, but who don’t approach growth in the same way as is popular here. yamada’s heresy on growth earlier this past year might have fired some people up, but assuming that that reaction was reflective of the majority of democrats in the area, or even self-styled progressives, may not be entirely accurate.”
For a number of years before I was elected the council, I served on the Yolo County Democratic Party Central Committee with both Christopher and Mariko.
I endorsed Christopher because he was far and away the smartest person I had run into in politics, and he stayed above the petty political positioning and back-stabbing that was so typical of the Davis political machine of which Mariko, who was serving as Dave Rosenberg’s ex-officio member, was very much a part.
Chris was never especially warm to me or to anyone else, as far as I could see. But he was fair, somewhat wonkish and policy-driven.
Both candidates were pursuing developer dollars, so I saw no difference in that regard. I could see that Mariko had potential to be a more accessible candidate, but I went with the candidate that I thought was extraordinarily intelligent and in command of the issues.
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislatures who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
For a number of years before I was elected the council, I served on the Yolo County Democratic Party Central Committee with both Christopher and Mariko.
I endorsed Christopher because he was far and away the smartest person I had run into in politics, and he stayed above the petty political positioning and back-stabbing that was so typical of the Davis political machine of which Mariko, who was serving as Dave Rosenberg’s ex-officio member, was very much a part.
Chris was never especially warm to me or to anyone else, as far as I could see. But he was fair, somewhat wonkish and policy-driven.
Both candidates were pursuing developer dollars, so I saw no difference in that regard. I could see that Mariko had potential to be a more accessible candidate, but I went with the candidate that I thought was extraordinarily intelligent and in command of the issues.
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislatures who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
For a number of years before I was elected the council, I served on the Yolo County Democratic Party Central Committee with both Christopher and Mariko.
I endorsed Christopher because he was far and away the smartest person I had run into in politics, and he stayed above the petty political positioning and back-stabbing that was so typical of the Davis political machine of which Mariko, who was serving as Dave Rosenberg’s ex-officio member, was very much a part.
Chris was never especially warm to me or to anyone else, as far as I could see. But he was fair, somewhat wonkish and policy-driven.
Both candidates were pursuing developer dollars, so I saw no difference in that regard. I could see that Mariko had potential to be a more accessible candidate, but I went with the candidate that I thought was extraordinarily intelligent and in command of the issues.
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislatures who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
For a number of years before I was elected the council, I served on the Yolo County Democratic Party Central Committee with both Christopher and Mariko.
I endorsed Christopher because he was far and away the smartest person I had run into in politics, and he stayed above the petty political positioning and back-stabbing that was so typical of the Davis political machine of which Mariko, who was serving as Dave Rosenberg’s ex-officio member, was very much a part.
Chris was never especially warm to me or to anyone else, as far as I could see. But he was fair, somewhat wonkish and policy-driven.
Both candidates were pursuing developer dollars, so I saw no difference in that regard. I could see that Mariko had potential to be a more accessible candidate, but I went with the candidate that I thought was extraordinarily intelligent and in command of the issues.
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislatures who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
anon 12:43 (please guys, can’t you choose a pseudonym or something?) –
by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says “everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking”?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?
anon 12:43 (please guys, can’t you choose a pseudonym or something?) –
by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says “everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking”?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?
anon 12:43 (please guys, can’t you choose a pseudonym or something?) –
by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says “everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking”?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?
anon 12:43 (please guys, can’t you choose a pseudonym or something?) –
by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says “everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking”?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?
I voted for Yamada in part because I believe she will care for the people of the district, but in part because I don’t believe Cabaldon ever will. In 2002 people who backed him were taking a risk in bucking the party machine, but he never repaid their loyalty. After the election was over he ignored his supporters for six years while kissing up to the bigwigs. Christopher failed to remember that loyalty and support goes both ways.
I voted for Yamada in part because I believe she will care for the people of the district, but in part because I don’t believe Cabaldon ever will. In 2002 people who backed him were taking a risk in bucking the party machine, but he never repaid their loyalty. After the election was over he ignored his supporters for six years while kissing up to the bigwigs. Christopher failed to remember that loyalty and support goes both ways.
I voted for Yamada in part because I believe she will care for the people of the district, but in part because I don’t believe Cabaldon ever will. In 2002 people who backed him were taking a risk in bucking the party machine, but he never repaid their loyalty. After the election was over he ignored his supporters for six years while kissing up to the bigwigs. Christopher failed to remember that loyalty and support goes both ways.
I voted for Yamada in part because I believe she will care for the people of the district, but in part because I don’t believe Cabaldon ever will. In 2002 people who backed him were taking a risk in bucking the party machine, but he never repaid their loyalty. After the election was over he ignored his supporters for six years while kissing up to the bigwigs. Christopher failed to remember that loyalty and support goes both ways.
So, I guess we can’t count on your help in electing Mariko Yamada to the State Assembly, Sue.
(Surely, Sue, you are aware that you are the queen bee of petty political positioning and back-stabbing. Greenwald/Escamilla-Greenwald?)
So, I guess we can’t count on your help in electing Mariko Yamada to the State Assembly, Sue.
(Surely, Sue, you are aware that you are the queen bee of petty political positioning and back-stabbing. Greenwald/Escamilla-Greenwald?)
So, I guess we can’t count on your help in electing Mariko Yamada to the State Assembly, Sue.
(Surely, Sue, you are aware that you are the queen bee of petty political positioning and back-stabbing. Greenwald/Escamilla-Greenwald?)
So, I guess we can’t count on your help in electing Mariko Yamada to the State Assembly, Sue.
(Surely, Sue, you are aware that you are the queen bee of petty political positioning and back-stabbing. Greenwald/Escamilla-Greenwald?)
Maybe Cabaldon pissed off Woodland voters when he cancelled his fundraiser about an hour before it was to start. Many showed up and found no one there and were very angry. I got a call late in the day and started wondering if Yamada’s camp was playing a trick on me. Anyways, no one was happy about that. I thought he was a shoe in here until that happened.
Maybe Cabaldon pissed off Woodland voters when he cancelled his fundraiser about an hour before it was to start. Many showed up and found no one there and were very angry. I got a call late in the day and started wondering if Yamada’s camp was playing a trick on me. Anyways, no one was happy about that. I thought he was a shoe in here until that happened.
Maybe Cabaldon pissed off Woodland voters when he cancelled his fundraiser about an hour before it was to start. Many showed up and found no one there and were very angry. I got a call late in the day and started wondering if Yamada’s camp was playing a trick on me. Anyways, no one was happy about that. I thought he was a shoe in here until that happened.
Maybe Cabaldon pissed off Woodland voters when he cancelled his fundraiser about an hour before it was to start. Many showed up and found no one there and were very angry. I got a call late in the day and started wondering if Yamada’s camp was playing a trick on me. Anyways, no one was happy about that. I thought he was a shoe in here until that happened.
Correcting my typo in my above post:
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislators who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
Correcting my typo in my above post:
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislators who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
Correcting my typo in my above post:
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislators who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
Correcting my typo in my above post:
These are going to be incredibly challenging times at the state level, and I hope we have some legislators who are better at problem solving than handshaking.
Thanks for the insight Sue, I appreciate you posting that here.
I suppose I took a different view: that we aren’t simply electing someone to fill a seat in the Capitol, but also to be a representative and leader in the district.
I don’t doubt that Mr. Cabaldon would have done some de minimus work in Yolo and Solano, but everything about his campaign suggested that his interests lay heavily, if not exclusively, in Sacramento. If that’s the case, there are better jobs for him elsewhere, and he can put his apparently considerable intellect to use on whatever issues he choses to take on. The legislature isn’t the only place problem solving should be taking place.
Thanks for the insight Sue, I appreciate you posting that here.
I suppose I took a different view: that we aren’t simply electing someone to fill a seat in the Capitol, but also to be a representative and leader in the district.
I don’t doubt that Mr. Cabaldon would have done some de minimus work in Yolo and Solano, but everything about his campaign suggested that his interests lay heavily, if not exclusively, in Sacramento. If that’s the case, there are better jobs for him elsewhere, and he can put his apparently considerable intellect to use on whatever issues he choses to take on. The legislature isn’t the only place problem solving should be taking place.
Thanks for the insight Sue, I appreciate you posting that here.
I suppose I took a different view: that we aren’t simply electing someone to fill a seat in the Capitol, but also to be a representative and leader in the district.
I don’t doubt that Mr. Cabaldon would have done some de minimus work in Yolo and Solano, but everything about his campaign suggested that his interests lay heavily, if not exclusively, in Sacramento. If that’s the case, there are better jobs for him elsewhere, and he can put his apparently considerable intellect to use on whatever issues he choses to take on. The legislature isn’t the only place problem solving should be taking place.
Thanks for the insight Sue, I appreciate you posting that here.
I suppose I took a different view: that we aren’t simply electing someone to fill a seat in the Capitol, but also to be a representative and leader in the district.
I don’t doubt that Mr. Cabaldon would have done some de minimus work in Yolo and Solano, but everything about his campaign suggested that his interests lay heavily, if not exclusively, in Sacramento. If that’s the case, there are better jobs for him elsewhere, and he can put his apparently considerable intellect to use on whatever issues he choses to take on. The legislature isn’t the only place problem solving should be taking place.
there are two aspects of this election that may have been somewhat glossed over
first, while IE money in the Democratic Assembly primary is nothing new, in the past, with both Wolk and Thomson (and probably Hannigan as well, I can’t remember back that far), it don’t recall that it was the decisive factor
both Wolk and Thomson came from a strong local political organization, and, as result, were able to position themselves independently within the assembly (whether you thought that this was good or bad depended on this issue)
in this instance, the IE money overwhelmend the candidates to a great extent, and it became obvious as the campaign entered the home stretch, that the winner, whomever it was, was going to be beholden to people outside the district who delivered large sums of money and, in some instances, a lot of volunteer support for them
this is new, and indicates that the 8th AD has slipped out of the category of districts that generate independent political figues, and sometimes power brokers, and into the category where the winner is ultimately determined by forces outside the district
if so, it is a major event
second, as a consequence of Yamada’s victory, and the groups that supported her, she is likely to be to the left of Thomson and Wolk on some issues, but, as already noted, she is weak on the environment, and, if her own campaign pronouncements are to be taken at face value, confused when it comes to budgetary and fiscal policy
in other words, don’t expect the pragmatic and ideological coherence that you got with Wolk and Thomson, whether you like this change will again depend on whether she votes your way and considers your issue important
given the limited time and the enormous number of issues involved with service in the Assembly, her selection of a Chief of Staff will be critical in terms of her success or failure
–Richard Estes
there are two aspects of this election that may have been somewhat glossed over
first, while IE money in the Democratic Assembly primary is nothing new, in the past, with both Wolk and Thomson (and probably Hannigan as well, I can’t remember back that far), it don’t recall that it was the decisive factor
both Wolk and Thomson came from a strong local political organization, and, as result, were able to position themselves independently within the assembly (whether you thought that this was good or bad depended on this issue)
in this instance, the IE money overwhelmend the candidates to a great extent, and it became obvious as the campaign entered the home stretch, that the winner, whomever it was, was going to be beholden to people outside the district who delivered large sums of money and, in some instances, a lot of volunteer support for them
this is new, and indicates that the 8th AD has slipped out of the category of districts that generate independent political figues, and sometimes power brokers, and into the category where the winner is ultimately determined by forces outside the district
if so, it is a major event
second, as a consequence of Yamada’s victory, and the groups that supported her, she is likely to be to the left of Thomson and Wolk on some issues, but, as already noted, she is weak on the environment, and, if her own campaign pronouncements are to be taken at face value, confused when it comes to budgetary and fiscal policy
in other words, don’t expect the pragmatic and ideological coherence that you got with Wolk and Thomson, whether you like this change will again depend on whether she votes your way and considers your issue important
given the limited time and the enormous number of issues involved with service in the Assembly, her selection of a Chief of Staff will be critical in terms of her success or failure
–Richard Estes
there are two aspects of this election that may have been somewhat glossed over
first, while IE money in the Democratic Assembly primary is nothing new, in the past, with both Wolk and Thomson (and probably Hannigan as well, I can’t remember back that far), it don’t recall that it was the decisive factor
both Wolk and Thomson came from a strong local political organization, and, as result, were able to position themselves independently within the assembly (whether you thought that this was good or bad depended on this issue)
in this instance, the IE money overwhelmend the candidates to a great extent, and it became obvious as the campaign entered the home stretch, that the winner, whomever it was, was going to be beholden to people outside the district who delivered large sums of money and, in some instances, a lot of volunteer support for them
this is new, and indicates that the 8th AD has slipped out of the category of districts that generate independent political figues, and sometimes power brokers, and into the category where the winner is ultimately determined by forces outside the district
if so, it is a major event
second, as a consequence of Yamada’s victory, and the groups that supported her, she is likely to be to the left of Thomson and Wolk on some issues, but, as already noted, she is weak on the environment, and, if her own campaign pronouncements are to be taken at face value, confused when it comes to budgetary and fiscal policy
in other words, don’t expect the pragmatic and ideological coherence that you got with Wolk and Thomson, whether you like this change will again depend on whether she votes your way and considers your issue important
given the limited time and the enormous number of issues involved with service in the Assembly, her selection of a Chief of Staff will be critical in terms of her success or failure
–Richard Estes
there are two aspects of this election that may have been somewhat glossed over
first, while IE money in the Democratic Assembly primary is nothing new, in the past, with both Wolk and Thomson (and probably Hannigan as well, I can’t remember back that far), it don’t recall that it was the decisive factor
both Wolk and Thomson came from a strong local political organization, and, as result, were able to position themselves independently within the assembly (whether you thought that this was good or bad depended on this issue)
in this instance, the IE money overwhelmend the candidates to a great extent, and it became obvious as the campaign entered the home stretch, that the winner, whomever it was, was going to be beholden to people outside the district who delivered large sums of money and, in some instances, a lot of volunteer support for them
this is new, and indicates that the 8th AD has slipped out of the category of districts that generate independent political figues, and sometimes power brokers, and into the category where the winner is ultimately determined by forces outside the district
if so, it is a major event
second, as a consequence of Yamada’s victory, and the groups that supported her, she is likely to be to the left of Thomson and Wolk on some issues, but, as already noted, she is weak on the environment, and, if her own campaign pronouncements are to be taken at face value, confused when it comes to budgetary and fiscal policy
in other words, don’t expect the pragmatic and ideological coherence that you got with Wolk and Thomson, whether you like this change will again depend on whether she votes your way and considers your issue important
given the limited time and the enormous number of issues involved with service in the Assembly, her selection of a Chief of Staff will be critical in terms of her success or failure
–Richard Estes
No one said what Yamada’s greatest accomplishments were on the Board of Supervisors. Was it the coffee cart? What initiatives did she put forward. Which did she follow through? In this case, I certainly hope past performance does not equal future results.
No one said what Yamada’s greatest accomplishments were on the Board of Supervisors. Was it the coffee cart? What initiatives did she put forward. Which did she follow through? In this case, I certainly hope past performance does not equal future results.
No one said what Yamada’s greatest accomplishments were on the Board of Supervisors. Was it the coffee cart? What initiatives did she put forward. Which did she follow through? In this case, I certainly hope past performance does not equal future results.
No one said what Yamada’s greatest accomplishments were on the Board of Supervisors. Was it the coffee cart? What initiatives did she put forward. Which did she follow through? In this case, I certainly hope past performance does not equal future results.
There were multiple factors that added up to Cabaldon’s defeat. One, that should be added to the mix, but appears to be taboo in discussions here, is the sexual orientation issue. The CA Supreme Court decision to redefine marriage in the days before June 3 did not help Cabaldon as it may have “energized” enough 8th district voters who would not have voted to get up out of their chairs and go to the polls.
There were multiple factors that added up to Cabaldon’s defeat. One, that should be added to the mix, but appears to be taboo in discussions here, is the sexual orientation issue. The CA Supreme Court decision to redefine marriage in the days before June 3 did not help Cabaldon as it may have “energized” enough 8th district voters who would not have voted to get up out of their chairs and go to the polls.
There were multiple factors that added up to Cabaldon’s defeat. One, that should be added to the mix, but appears to be taboo in discussions here, is the sexual orientation issue. The CA Supreme Court decision to redefine marriage in the days before June 3 did not help Cabaldon as it may have “energized” enough 8th district voters who would not have voted to get up out of their chairs and go to the polls.
There were multiple factors that added up to Cabaldon’s defeat. One, that should be added to the mix, but appears to be taboo in discussions here, is the sexual orientation issue. The CA Supreme Court decision to redefine marriage in the days before June 3 did not help Cabaldon as it may have “energized” enough 8th district voters who would not have voted to get up out of their chairs and go to the polls.
And don’t forget the whole Highway 12/680/80 interchange issue that we’ve been dealing with down here in Solano County. Will she continue to push for funds to continue to improve this? I hope so.
And don’t forget the whole Highway 12/680/80 interchange issue that we’ve been dealing with down here in Solano County. Will she continue to push for funds to continue to improve this? I hope so.
And don’t forget the whole Highway 12/680/80 interchange issue that we’ve been dealing with down here in Solano County. Will she continue to push for funds to continue to improve this? I hope so.
And don’t forget the whole Highway 12/680/80 interchange issue that we’ve been dealing with down here in Solano County. Will she continue to push for funds to continue to improve this? I hope so.
I don’t buy the Elephantine argument. Something like 55-60% of all Californians support gay marraige. That includes Republicans, Democrats, declined to states and all other parties. Democrats who vote in Democratic primaries are much more liberal. Further, this assembly district is more liberal than most. As such, a huge percentage — probably around 80-90% — of those who voted are either in favor of gay marriage or are neutral.
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
Because of the split primary — first Feb 5 and then June 3 — the turnout was inevitably going to be quite low. And in low turnout elections, the Republicans tend to be much further to the right and the Dems much further to the left. That killed the more centrist Cabaldon. When you add in the fact that Davis is the center of gravity in the 8th AD and Mariko had a strong base of support in her hometown, it is less surprising that Yamada won.
However, I think on a certain level it is still somewhat surprising that she won, just because she appeared to be flailing in her campaign the whole way through. When that kind of thing happens, some of your natural support might feel there is no hope and just won’t turn out at the polls.
I don’t think the whole issue with the IE mailers was all that important. After a few of those things show up, voters tend to just toss them in the recycle bin. But if they do anything, they tend to repress turnout. Marginal voters become disgusted and think, both of these two suck. And if that happened, that helped Mariko, as her voters, the more liberal-left constituency is not “marginal” in a Democratic primary — they are committed, vote-no-matter-what-types.
My expectation is that Mariko will vote just the same as Lois voted, and just the same as Christopher would have voted. The difference will be that Cabaldon, who is more politically savvy, would have gotten more done for this district.
I don’t buy the Elephantine argument. Something like 55-60% of all Californians support gay marraige. That includes Republicans, Democrats, declined to states and all other parties. Democrats who vote in Democratic primaries are much more liberal. Further, this assembly district is more liberal than most. As such, a huge percentage — probably around 80-90% — of those who voted are either in favor of gay marriage or are neutral.
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
Because of the split primary — first Feb 5 and then June 3 — the turnout was inevitably going to be quite low. And in low turnout elections, the Republicans tend to be much further to the right and the Dems much further to the left. That killed the more centrist Cabaldon. When you add in the fact that Davis is the center of gravity in the 8th AD and Mariko had a strong base of support in her hometown, it is less surprising that Yamada won.
However, I think on a certain level it is still somewhat surprising that she won, just because she appeared to be flailing in her campaign the whole way through. When that kind of thing happens, some of your natural support might feel there is no hope and just won’t turn out at the polls.
I don’t think the whole issue with the IE mailers was all that important. After a few of those things show up, voters tend to just toss them in the recycle bin. But if they do anything, they tend to repress turnout. Marginal voters become disgusted and think, both of these two suck. And if that happened, that helped Mariko, as her voters, the more liberal-left constituency is not “marginal” in a Democratic primary — they are committed, vote-no-matter-what-types.
My expectation is that Mariko will vote just the same as Lois voted, and just the same as Christopher would have voted. The difference will be that Cabaldon, who is more politically savvy, would have gotten more done for this district.
I don’t buy the Elephantine argument. Something like 55-60% of all Californians support gay marraige. That includes Republicans, Democrats, declined to states and all other parties. Democrats who vote in Democratic primaries are much more liberal. Further, this assembly district is more liberal than most. As such, a huge percentage — probably around 80-90% — of those who voted are either in favor of gay marriage or are neutral.
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
Because of the split primary — first Feb 5 and then June 3 — the turnout was inevitably going to be quite low. And in low turnout elections, the Republicans tend to be much further to the right and the Dems much further to the left. That killed the more centrist Cabaldon. When you add in the fact that Davis is the center of gravity in the 8th AD and Mariko had a strong base of support in her hometown, it is less surprising that Yamada won.
However, I think on a certain level it is still somewhat surprising that she won, just because she appeared to be flailing in her campaign the whole way through. When that kind of thing happens, some of your natural support might feel there is no hope and just won’t turn out at the polls.
I don’t think the whole issue with the IE mailers was all that important. After a few of those things show up, voters tend to just toss them in the recycle bin. But if they do anything, they tend to repress turnout. Marginal voters become disgusted and think, both of these two suck. And if that happened, that helped Mariko, as her voters, the more liberal-left constituency is not “marginal” in a Democratic primary — they are committed, vote-no-matter-what-types.
My expectation is that Mariko will vote just the same as Lois voted, and just the same as Christopher would have voted. The difference will be that Cabaldon, who is more politically savvy, would have gotten more done for this district.
I don’t buy the Elephantine argument. Something like 55-60% of all Californians support gay marraige. That includes Republicans, Democrats, declined to states and all other parties. Democrats who vote in Democratic primaries are much more liberal. Further, this assembly district is more liberal than most. As such, a huge percentage — probably around 80-90% — of those who voted are either in favor of gay marriage or are neutral.
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
Because of the split primary — first Feb 5 and then June 3 — the turnout was inevitably going to be quite low. And in low turnout elections, the Republicans tend to be much further to the right and the Dems much further to the left. That killed the more centrist Cabaldon. When you add in the fact that Davis is the center of gravity in the 8th AD and Mariko had a strong base of support in her hometown, it is less surprising that Yamada won.
However, I think on a certain level it is still somewhat surprising that she won, just because she appeared to be flailing in her campaign the whole way through. When that kind of thing happens, some of your natural support might feel there is no hope and just won’t turn out at the polls.
I don’t think the whole issue with the IE mailers was all that important. After a few of those things show up, voters tend to just toss them in the recycle bin. But if they do anything, they tend to repress turnout. Marginal voters become disgusted and think, both of these two suck. And if that happened, that helped Mariko, as her voters, the more liberal-left constituency is not “marginal” in a Democratic primary — they are committed, vote-no-matter-what-types.
My expectation is that Mariko will vote just the same as Lois voted, and just the same as Christopher would have voted. The difference will be that Cabaldon, who is more politically savvy, would have gotten more done for this district.
By the way, it would be interesting to see what would happen if Cabaldon ran as an independent in the Fall. (I’m sure he is too loyal to the Democrats to ever do that.) He might attract a lot of Republican voters who figure Cosme stands no chance and they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko. He also could appeal to independent voters who don’t vote in primaries and would tend to favor a moderate. And finally, he might pick up a lot of moderate Democrats, not just those who favored him in the June 3 election, but those who didn’t turn out for the primary but definitely will be voting in the November presidential election.
While I think he’d probably lose again going the independent route — unlike say a Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, Cabaldon doesn’t have a long track record of winning elections in the 8th AD — he could make it very interesting.
By the way, it would be interesting to see what would happen if Cabaldon ran as an independent in the Fall. (I’m sure he is too loyal to the Democrats to ever do that.) He might attract a lot of Republican voters who figure Cosme stands no chance and they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko. He also could appeal to independent voters who don’t vote in primaries and would tend to favor a moderate. And finally, he might pick up a lot of moderate Democrats, not just those who favored him in the June 3 election, but those who didn’t turn out for the primary but definitely will be voting in the November presidential election.
While I think he’d probably lose again going the independent route — unlike say a Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, Cabaldon doesn’t have a long track record of winning elections in the 8th AD — he could make it very interesting.
By the way, it would be interesting to see what would happen if Cabaldon ran as an independent in the Fall. (I’m sure he is too loyal to the Democrats to ever do that.) He might attract a lot of Republican voters who figure Cosme stands no chance and they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko. He also could appeal to independent voters who don’t vote in primaries and would tend to favor a moderate. And finally, he might pick up a lot of moderate Democrats, not just those who favored him in the June 3 election, but those who didn’t turn out for the primary but definitely will be voting in the November presidential election.
While I think he’d probably lose again going the independent route — unlike say a Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, Cabaldon doesn’t have a long track record of winning elections in the 8th AD — he could make it very interesting.
By the way, it would be interesting to see what would happen if Cabaldon ran as an independent in the Fall. (I’m sure he is too loyal to the Democrats to ever do that.) He might attract a lot of Republican voters who figure Cosme stands no chance and they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko. He also could appeal to independent voters who don’t vote in primaries and would tend to favor a moderate. And finally, he might pick up a lot of moderate Democrats, not just those who favored him in the June 3 election, but those who didn’t turn out for the primary but definitely will be voting in the November presidential election.
While I think he’d probably lose again going the independent route — unlike say a Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, Cabaldon doesn’t have a long track record of winning elections in the 8th AD — he could make it very interesting.
wu ming replies:
“by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says ‘everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking’?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?”
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“magical purity” That’s an interesting concept. There is a certain ineffable magic to the way in which people in Davis go about shaping the town on a human scale. Pure, no, (no human is) but magical nonetheless.
All I was wondering was where you got your facts. Anybody specific you may have talked to before forming your opinion…
Myself, I find John Lofland’s book
on the demolition of the Terminal Hotel a wonderful compendium of names and facts about the progressives in this town. A spark to many an interesting conversation…
wu ming replies:
“by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says ‘everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking’?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?”
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“magical purity” That’s an interesting concept. There is a certain ineffable magic to the way in which people in Davis go about shaping the town on a human scale. Pure, no, (no human is) but magical nonetheless.
All I was wondering was where you got your facts. Anybody specific you may have talked to before forming your opinion…
Myself, I find John Lofland’s book
on the demolition of the Terminal Hotel a wonderful compendium of names and facts about the progressives in this town. A spark to many an interesting conversation…
wu ming replies:
“by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says ‘everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking’?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?”
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“magical purity” That’s an interesting concept. There is a certain ineffable magic to the way in which people in Davis go about shaping the town on a human scale. Pure, no, (no human is) but magical nonetheless.
All I was wondering was where you got your facts. Anybody specific you may have talked to before forming your opinion…
Myself, I find John Lofland’s book
on the demolition of the Terminal Hotel a wonderful compendium of names and facts about the progressives in this town. A spark to many an interesting conversation…
wu ming replies:
“by talking to other people in town. why, do you have some sort of magical purity test poll numbers that says ‘everyone who doesn’t think like me on this one issue does not consider themselves to be liberal, progressive, or forward-thinking’?
those people who set up the farmer’s market, built the bike lanes, built village homes, set up the free clinics, started whole earth day, expanded central park, and were a center of progressive activism for decades don’t all necessarily agree with you on every point. are the not progressive for that disagreement? who are you to draw the lines?”
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“magical purity” That’s an interesting concept. There is a certain ineffable magic to the way in which people in Davis go about shaping the town on a human scale. Pure, no, (no human is) but magical nonetheless.
All I was wondering was where you got your facts. Anybody specific you may have talked to before forming your opinion…
Myself, I find John Lofland’s book
on the demolition of the Terminal Hotel a wonderful compendium of names and facts about the progressives in this town. A spark to many an interesting conversation…
Rich writes of Cabaldon running as an independent:
“they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko.”
Well, then Cabaldon wouldn’t be a Democrat then, would he? But it is interesting to see “moderate Democrat” equated with “Republican.”
Finally, the truth about that elusive label surfaces!
Rich writes of Cabaldon running as an independent:
“they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko.”
Well, then Cabaldon wouldn’t be a Democrat then, would he? But it is interesting to see “moderate Democrat” equated with “Republican.”
Finally, the truth about that elusive label surfaces!
Rich writes of Cabaldon running as an independent:
“they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko.”
Well, then Cabaldon wouldn’t be a Democrat then, would he? But it is interesting to see “moderate Democrat” equated with “Republican.”
Finally, the truth about that elusive label surfaces!
Rich writes of Cabaldon running as an independent:
“they’d rather have a more moderate Democrat than Mariko.”
Well, then Cabaldon wouldn’t be a Democrat then, would he? But it is interesting to see “moderate Democrat” equated with “Republican.”
Finally, the truth about that elusive label surfaces!
Cabaldon can’t run as an independent in the Fall. State law doesn’t allow it. It’s between Yamada and Cosme (Rep). End of story.
Cabaldon can’t run as an independent in the Fall. State law doesn’t allow it. It’s between Yamada and Cosme (Rep). End of story.
Cabaldon can’t run as an independent in the Fall. State law doesn’t allow it. It’s between Yamada and Cosme (Rep). End of story.
Cabaldon can’t run as an independent in the Fall. State law doesn’t allow it. It’s between Yamada and Cosme (Rep). End of story.
rich –
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland). if anybody turned out, it would seem to me to have been older, reliably liberal but not what you like to call “far left” democrats.
additionally, while cabaldon may well have lost votes in west sac (where he lost 2 precincts, one of them in the northern part of town targeted by the injunction IIRC) because of the gang injunction, i did not see it mentioned once in either the media coverage or the zillions of flyers on either side. it was part of what made up my vote, but not, i expect, a salient factor in the race at large.
rich –
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland). if anybody turned out, it would seem to me to have been older, reliably liberal but not what you like to call “far left” democrats.
additionally, while cabaldon may well have lost votes in west sac (where he lost 2 precincts, one of them in the northern part of town targeted by the injunction IIRC) because of the gang injunction, i did not see it mentioned once in either the media coverage or the zillions of flyers on either side. it was part of what made up my vote, but not, i expect, a salient factor in the race at large.
rich –
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland). if anybody turned out, it would seem to me to have been older, reliably liberal but not what you like to call “far left” democrats.
additionally, while cabaldon may well have lost votes in west sac (where he lost 2 precincts, one of them in the northern part of town targeted by the injunction IIRC) because of the gang injunction, i did not see it mentioned once in either the media coverage or the zillions of flyers on either side. it was part of what made up my vote, but not, i expect, a salient factor in the race at large.
rich –
I think what hurt Cabaldon was the very low turnout. He appealed to more mainstream, middle of the road and non-Davis Democrats. He had less appeal among hard core, leftwing Democrats, particularly those who didn’t like his pro-growth, pro-business policies as mayor of West Sacramento and perhaps those who didn’t like his failure to fight against DA Reisig over the gang injunction.
i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland). if anybody turned out, it would seem to me to have been older, reliably liberal but not what you like to call “far left” democrats.
additionally, while cabaldon may well have lost votes in west sac (where he lost 2 precincts, one of them in the northern part of town targeted by the injunction IIRC) because of the gang injunction, i did not see it mentioned once in either the media coverage or the zillions of flyers on either side. it was part of what made up my vote, but not, i expect, a salient factor in the race at large.
anon. 5:26 –
i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts, in his book or otherwise. seeing people like mike corbett labeled “moderate” or stan forbes labeled “progressive,” if one has a memory of davis politics going back more than a decade, is quite jarring.
as for who i asked in order to to form my opinion, i grew up in this town, and have friends and acquaintances on both sides of the supposed divide. i’ve watched these labels become increasingly detached from anything other than growth and development issues, utterly disconnected from davis politics before the early 1990s, really.
anon. 5:26 –
i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts, in his book or otherwise. seeing people like mike corbett labeled “moderate” or stan forbes labeled “progressive,” if one has a memory of davis politics going back more than a decade, is quite jarring.
as for who i asked in order to to form my opinion, i grew up in this town, and have friends and acquaintances on both sides of the supposed divide. i’ve watched these labels become increasingly detached from anything other than growth and development issues, utterly disconnected from davis politics before the early 1990s, really.
anon. 5:26 –
i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts, in his book or otherwise. seeing people like mike corbett labeled “moderate” or stan forbes labeled “progressive,” if one has a memory of davis politics going back more than a decade, is quite jarring.
as for who i asked in order to to form my opinion, i grew up in this town, and have friends and acquaintances on both sides of the supposed divide. i’ve watched these labels become increasingly detached from anything other than growth and development issues, utterly disconnected from davis politics before the early 1990s, really.
anon. 5:26 –
i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts, in his book or otherwise. seeing people like mike corbett labeled “moderate” or stan forbes labeled “progressive,” if one has a memory of davis politics going back more than a decade, is quite jarring.
as for who i asked in order to to form my opinion, i grew up in this town, and have friends and acquaintances on both sides of the supposed divide. i’ve watched these labels become increasingly detached from anything other than growth and development issues, utterly disconnected from davis politics before the early 1990s, really.
The seeds of this election were sown long ago. Yamada has always been an independent sort, never one to align herself with the powerful just to go along. However, she did have a strong record of supporting progressive values. Cabaldon WAS the sort to curry favor with the powerful, but his track record at Edvoice and with Wal-Mart alienated sections of the education and labor communities. It was a given that Cabaldon would have the Yolo establishment in his corner, and that labor would be looking for somebody, anybody to oppose him.
Arranging to have the 8th AD caucus held in his hometown of West Sacramento, on the very edge of the district, without giving adequate notice to the grassroots outraged a segment of the activist community. As a result, there was unprecendented attendance and a competitive election (in which Mariko was the top vote getter, it must be remembered). The outcome of the caucus was a bloc of voters opposed to Christopher, and willing to back either Mariko or Steve Hardy, if he had run.
Many of the Cabaldon endorsements were given by people unaware there was another candidate — I know several who changed their vote as the campaign unfolded. Others gravitated to him for the simple reason that he looked like a winner, and there are always those whose primary motivation is power. And, I suppose, some actually believed his glib answers on the issues without examining his record.
When it came to the grassroots in Solano, Mariko showed up and hustled for support; Christopher sent along his twenty-something acolytes. Mariko came to town and walked precincts; Christopher came to town and sampled restaurants. It was easy to see who had the real fire in the belly.
The seeds of this election were sown long ago. Yamada has always been an independent sort, never one to align herself with the powerful just to go along. However, she did have a strong record of supporting progressive values. Cabaldon WAS the sort to curry favor with the powerful, but his track record at Edvoice and with Wal-Mart alienated sections of the education and labor communities. It was a given that Cabaldon would have the Yolo establishment in his corner, and that labor would be looking for somebody, anybody to oppose him.
Arranging to have the 8th AD caucus held in his hometown of West Sacramento, on the very edge of the district, without giving adequate notice to the grassroots outraged a segment of the activist community. As a result, there was unprecendented attendance and a competitive election (in which Mariko was the top vote getter, it must be remembered). The outcome of the caucus was a bloc of voters opposed to Christopher, and willing to back either Mariko or Steve Hardy, if he had run.
Many of the Cabaldon endorsements were given by people unaware there was another candidate — I know several who changed their vote as the campaign unfolded. Others gravitated to him for the simple reason that he looked like a winner, and there are always those whose primary motivation is power. And, I suppose, some actually believed his glib answers on the issues without examining his record.
When it came to the grassroots in Solano, Mariko showed up and hustled for support; Christopher sent along his twenty-something acolytes. Mariko came to town and walked precincts; Christopher came to town and sampled restaurants. It was easy to see who had the real fire in the belly.
The seeds of this election were sown long ago. Yamada has always been an independent sort, never one to align herself with the powerful just to go along. However, she did have a strong record of supporting progressive values. Cabaldon WAS the sort to curry favor with the powerful, but his track record at Edvoice and with Wal-Mart alienated sections of the education and labor communities. It was a given that Cabaldon would have the Yolo establishment in his corner, and that labor would be looking for somebody, anybody to oppose him.
Arranging to have the 8th AD caucus held in his hometown of West Sacramento, on the very edge of the district, without giving adequate notice to the grassroots outraged a segment of the activist community. As a result, there was unprecendented attendance and a competitive election (in which Mariko was the top vote getter, it must be remembered). The outcome of the caucus was a bloc of voters opposed to Christopher, and willing to back either Mariko or Steve Hardy, if he had run.
Many of the Cabaldon endorsements were given by people unaware there was another candidate — I know several who changed their vote as the campaign unfolded. Others gravitated to him for the simple reason that he looked like a winner, and there are always those whose primary motivation is power. And, I suppose, some actually believed his glib answers on the issues without examining his record.
When it came to the grassroots in Solano, Mariko showed up and hustled for support; Christopher sent along his twenty-something acolytes. Mariko came to town and walked precincts; Christopher came to town and sampled restaurants. It was easy to see who had the real fire in the belly.
The seeds of this election were sown long ago. Yamada has always been an independent sort, never one to align herself with the powerful just to go along. However, she did have a strong record of supporting progressive values. Cabaldon WAS the sort to curry favor with the powerful, but his track record at Edvoice and with Wal-Mart alienated sections of the education and labor communities. It was a given that Cabaldon would have the Yolo establishment in his corner, and that labor would be looking for somebody, anybody to oppose him.
Arranging to have the 8th AD caucus held in his hometown of West Sacramento, on the very edge of the district, without giving adequate notice to the grassroots outraged a segment of the activist community. As a result, there was unprecendented attendance and a competitive election (in which Mariko was the top vote getter, it must be remembered). The outcome of the caucus was a bloc of voters opposed to Christopher, and willing to back either Mariko or Steve Hardy, if he had run.
Many of the Cabaldon endorsements were given by people unaware there was another candidate — I know several who changed their vote as the campaign unfolded. Others gravitated to him for the simple reason that he looked like a winner, and there are always those whose primary motivation is power. And, I suppose, some actually believed his glib answers on the issues without examining his record.
When it came to the grassroots in Solano, Mariko showed up and hustled for support; Christopher sent along his twenty-something acolytes. Mariko came to town and walked precincts; Christopher came to town and sampled restaurants. It was easy to see who had the real fire in the belly.
Wu Ming wrote:
“i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts…”
Well, even, to make an obvious point, if you just look at the pictures, like of the historical plaques being removed (by moneyed interests say Chen interests?), and the tea party of Terminal Hotel aficionados dressing up in 1920s garb and having a great time…you’d have to admit the spirit of the progressive movement was and is very much alive.
John Lofland and the progressive community obviously care very much about the historical significance of Davis…it is just they were up against too much money.
Wu Ming wrote:
“i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts…”
Well, even, to make an obvious point, if you just look at the pictures, like of the historical plaques being removed (by moneyed interests say Chen interests?), and the tea party of Terminal Hotel aficionados dressing up in 1920s garb and having a great time…you’d have to admit the spirit of the progressive movement was and is very much alive.
John Lofland and the progressive community obviously care very much about the historical significance of Davis…it is just they were up against too much money.
Wu Ming wrote:
“i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts…”
Well, even, to make an obvious point, if you just look at the pictures, like of the historical plaques being removed (by moneyed interests say Chen interests?), and the tea party of Terminal Hotel aficionados dressing up in 1920s garb and having a great time…you’d have to admit the spirit of the progressive movement was and is very much alive.
John Lofland and the progressive community obviously care very much about the historical significance of Davis…it is just they were up against too much money.
Wu Ming wrote:
“i found lofland’s book rather disappointing on the part after the late 80s, for its somewhat incoherent transition from the “progressive” era in the 70s and 80s to the new “progressives” of the 90s and zeroes, who don’t seem to have much in the way of connection with their older counterparts…”
Well, even, to make an obvious point, if you just look at the pictures, like of the historical plaques being removed (by moneyed interests say Chen interests?), and the tea party of Terminal Hotel aficionados dressing up in 1920s garb and having a great time…you’d have to admit the spirit of the progressive movement was and is very much alive.
John Lofland and the progressive community obviously care very much about the historical significance of Davis…it is just they were up against too much money.
Yeah buddy,
I checked out Lofland’s book and the photos of Antique Bizarre were right on…a record of a Davis that once was, cool, right-on, pure and happening that I remember. Downtown was once a place where people could gather about human concerns and not just money…
The only public remnant now in the midst of this now-speculated property is the mural on the north side of Carousel…ah well, the artists who once defined this place will find another in which money is not yet magnetically ruinous…
Yeah buddy,
I checked out Lofland’s book and the photos of Antique Bizarre were right on…a record of a Davis that once was, cool, right-on, pure and happening that I remember. Downtown was once a place where people could gather about human concerns and not just money…
The only public remnant now in the midst of this now-speculated property is the mural on the north side of Carousel…ah well, the artists who once defined this place will find another in which money is not yet magnetically ruinous…
Yeah buddy,
I checked out Lofland’s book and the photos of Antique Bizarre were right on…a record of a Davis that once was, cool, right-on, pure and happening that I remember. Downtown was once a place where people could gather about human concerns and not just money…
The only public remnant now in the midst of this now-speculated property is the mural on the north side of Carousel…ah well, the artists who once defined this place will find another in which money is not yet magnetically ruinous…
Yeah buddy,
I checked out Lofland’s book and the photos of Antique Bizarre were right on…a record of a Davis that once was, cool, right-on, pure and happening that I remember. Downtown was once a place where people could gather about human concerns and not just money…
The only public remnant now in the midst of this now-speculated property is the mural on the north side of Carousel…ah well, the artists who once defined this place will find another in which money is not yet magnetically ruinous…
Does Wu Ming have a name label for everyone that thinks differently that wu ming? Sure looks like it.
Does Wu Ming have a name label for everyone that thinks differently that wu ming? Sure looks like it.
Does Wu Ming have a name label for everyone that thinks differently that wu ming? Sure looks like it.
Does Wu Ming have a name label for everyone that thinks differently that wu ming? Sure looks like it.
anon 9:09 –
given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume, that’s a pretty funny comment.
anon 9:09 –
given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume, that’s a pretty funny comment.
anon 9:09 –
given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume, that’s a pretty funny comment.
anon 9:09 –
given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume, that’s a pretty funny comment.
Rifkin’s 5:05 post was dead-on in his conclusion. We will end up with the same votes, but not the same level of accomplishment. At this point, the only hope I see is a good chief of staff.
Rifkin’s 5:05 post was dead-on in his conclusion. We will end up with the same votes, but not the same level of accomplishment. At this point, the only hope I see is a good chief of staff.
Rifkin’s 5:05 post was dead-on in his conclusion. We will end up with the same votes, but not the same level of accomplishment. At this point, the only hope I see is a good chief of staff.
Rifkin’s 5:05 post was dead-on in his conclusion. We will end up with the same votes, but not the same level of accomplishment. At this point, the only hope I see is a good chief of staff.
Wu Ming writes:
“…given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume,”
And succeeds in making something complicated, “diversity of opinion,” out of an agreement essentially simple: people’s desire to live in a human-oriented environment, rather than one based on money…
Wu Ming’s assertions are those of an outsider, and therefore can never be accurate, no matter how many people he says he talks to at the Farmer’s Market.
Wu Ming writes:
“…given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume,”
And succeeds in making something complicated, “diversity of opinion,” out of an agreement essentially simple: people’s desire to live in a human-oriented environment, rather than one based on money…
Wu Ming’s assertions are those of an outsider, and therefore can never be accurate, no matter how many people he says he talks to at the Farmer’s Market.
Wu Ming writes:
“…given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume,”
And succeeds in making something complicated, “diversity of opinion,” out of an agreement essentially simple: people’s desire to live in a human-oriented environment, rather than one based on money…
Wu Ming’s assertions are those of an outsider, and therefore can never be accurate, no matter how many people he says he talks to at the Farmer’s Market.
Wu Ming writes:
“…given that my initial comment from which this subthread has developed was simply to say that there is far more diversity of opinion on issues within the progressive community in town than people often assume,”
And succeeds in making something complicated, “diversity of opinion,” out of an agreement essentially simple: people’s desire to live in a human-oriented environment, rather than one based on money…
Wu Ming’s assertions are those of an outsider, and therefore can never be accurate, no matter how many people he says he talks to at the Farmer’s Market.
I’ve had Yamada’s number for a long time. She’s got no particular private-sector qualifications, and is one of the self-congratulatory, middle-aged, Davis dem crowd (ie, Wolk, Thompson)that stands for the status quo, and doesn’t want to be a worker bee again. A typical career politician. Her direct and by proxy campaign was typical of her demographic and is best characterized as politics by innuendo and personal attacks by proxy.
After doing an informal post-mortem 8th AD poll THIS was the takehome message for Cabaldon. The parking tickets and booting episode spoke to them. To them it implied arrogance and a double-standard. It was all they needed to know. I understand that, but it’s a shame. On the other hand progressive candidates destroy themselves all the time with their hubris.
I’ve had Yamada’s number for a long time. She’s got no particular private-sector qualifications, and is one of the self-congratulatory, middle-aged, Davis dem crowd (ie, Wolk, Thompson)that stands for the status quo, and doesn’t want to be a worker bee again. A typical career politician. Her direct and by proxy campaign was typical of her demographic and is best characterized as politics by innuendo and personal attacks by proxy.
After doing an informal post-mortem 8th AD poll THIS was the takehome message for Cabaldon. The parking tickets and booting episode spoke to them. To them it implied arrogance and a double-standard. It was all they needed to know. I understand that, but it’s a shame. On the other hand progressive candidates destroy themselves all the time with their hubris.
I’ve had Yamada’s number for a long time. She’s got no particular private-sector qualifications, and is one of the self-congratulatory, middle-aged, Davis dem crowd (ie, Wolk, Thompson)that stands for the status quo, and doesn’t want to be a worker bee again. A typical career politician. Her direct and by proxy campaign was typical of her demographic and is best characterized as politics by innuendo and personal attacks by proxy.
After doing an informal post-mortem 8th AD poll THIS was the takehome message for Cabaldon. The parking tickets and booting episode spoke to them. To them it implied arrogance and a double-standard. It was all they needed to know. I understand that, but it’s a shame. On the other hand progressive candidates destroy themselves all the time with their hubris.
I’ve had Yamada’s number for a long time. She’s got no particular private-sector qualifications, and is one of the self-congratulatory, middle-aged, Davis dem crowd (ie, Wolk, Thompson)that stands for the status quo, and doesn’t want to be a worker bee again. A typical career politician. Her direct and by proxy campaign was typical of her demographic and is best characterized as politics by innuendo and personal attacks by proxy.
After doing an informal post-mortem 8th AD poll THIS was the takehome message for Cabaldon. The parking tickets and booting episode spoke to them. To them it implied arrogance and a double-standard. It was all they needed to know. I understand that, but it’s a shame. On the other hand progressive candidates destroy themselves all the time with their hubris.
WU: “i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland).”
Here’s how it jives: the incumbents on the city council won simply by turning out their base voters. They had larger preformed bases and they came out and voted. The challengers needed a larger turnout, therefore, to defeat the incumbents; and while the IEs may have turned off marginal voters in the assembly race, those same turned-off voters, if they were friends with one of the incumbents on the council, still voted in that election.
WU: “i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland).”
Here’s how it jives: the incumbents on the city council won simply by turning out their base voters. They had larger preformed bases and they came out and voted. The challengers needed a larger turnout, therefore, to defeat the incumbents; and while the IEs may have turned off marginal voters in the assembly race, those same turned-off voters, if they were friends with one of the incumbents on the council, still voted in that election.
WU: “i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland).”
Here’s how it jives: the incumbents on the city council won simply by turning out their base voters. They had larger preformed bases and they came out and voted. The challengers needed a larger turnout, therefore, to defeat the incumbents; and while the IEs may have turned off marginal voters in the assembly race, those same turned-off voters, if they were friends with one of the incumbents on the council, still voted in that election.
WU: “i don’t see how this jives with the city council races in either davis or woodland. in both elections, the more establishment, moderate types ended up getting the most votes (souza and saylor in davis, pimental and monroe in woodland).”
Here’s how it jives: the incumbents on the city council won simply by turning out their base voters. They had larger preformed bases and they came out and voted. The challengers needed a larger turnout, therefore, to defeat the incumbents; and while the IEs may have turned off marginal voters in the assembly race, those same turned-off voters, if they were friends with one of the incumbents on the council, still voted in that election.
i tend to agree with that, rich, but you claim upthread that those base voters were the far left edge of the democratic party.
low turnout elections in california tend to be older, white, affluent homeowners. while that demographic might represent the more conservative pole of the republican party (which is why the most conservative initiatives tend to pass in low turnout elections), i don’t think it then follows for the democratic party’s most reliable voters. if anything, low turnout races tend to bring out moderate democrats, not the left fringe.
political symmetry isn’t always a workable assumption.
i tend to agree with that, rich, but you claim upthread that those base voters were the far left edge of the democratic party.
low turnout elections in california tend to be older, white, affluent homeowners. while that demographic might represent the more conservative pole of the republican party (which is why the most conservative initiatives tend to pass in low turnout elections), i don’t think it then follows for the democratic party’s most reliable voters. if anything, low turnout races tend to bring out moderate democrats, not the left fringe.
political symmetry isn’t always a workable assumption.
i tend to agree with that, rich, but you claim upthread that those base voters were the far left edge of the democratic party.
low turnout elections in california tend to be older, white, affluent homeowners. while that demographic might represent the more conservative pole of the republican party (which is why the most conservative initiatives tend to pass in low turnout elections), i don’t think it then follows for the democratic party’s most reliable voters. if anything, low turnout races tend to bring out moderate democrats, not the left fringe.
political symmetry isn’t always a workable assumption.
i tend to agree with that, rich, but you claim upthread that those base voters were the far left edge of the democratic party.
low turnout elections in california tend to be older, white, affluent homeowners. while that demographic might represent the more conservative pole of the republican party (which is why the most conservative initiatives tend to pass in low turnout elections), i don’t think it then follows for the democratic party’s most reliable voters. if anything, low turnout races tend to bring out moderate democrats, not the left fringe.
political symmetry isn’t always a workable assumption.
No matter how many different pictures were taken of Cabaldon for his flood of mailers, he always looked ill-at-ease with a forced smile….
No matter how many different pictures were taken of Cabaldon for his flood of mailers, he always looked ill-at-ease with a forced smile….
No matter how many different pictures were taken of Cabaldon for his flood of mailers, he always looked ill-at-ease with a forced smile….
No matter how many different pictures were taken of Cabaldon for his flood of mailers, he always looked ill-at-ease with a forced smile….
“Here’s how it jives…”
Love it: politics usually ain’t more than “jive talkin'” anyway, especially amongst both monikered and anons here on this very blog…
Actually I believe the word Wu and Rich meant in this context would have been “jibe,” i.e., “to be in accord with, to agree”
“Here’s how it jives…”
Love it: politics usually ain’t more than “jive talkin'” anyway, especially amongst both monikered and anons here on this very blog…
Actually I believe the word Wu and Rich meant in this context would have been “jibe,” i.e., “to be in accord with, to agree”
“Here’s how it jives…”
Love it: politics usually ain’t more than “jive talkin'” anyway, especially amongst both monikered and anons here on this very blog…
Actually I believe the word Wu and Rich meant in this context would have been “jibe,” i.e., “to be in accord with, to agree”
“Here’s how it jives…”
Love it: politics usually ain’t more than “jive talkin'” anyway, especially amongst both monikered and anons here on this very blog…
Actually I believe the word Wu and Rich meant in this context would have been “jibe,” i.e., “to be in accord with, to agree”
You are correct when you say that Cabaldon is more interested in Sacramento than this side of the river. His young campaign people were mostly recruited from Sacramento. As a lifelong resident of West Sacramento, I do not believe Cabaldon can even relate to those he is elected to represent. He is arrogant, with a huge ego and is very uncomfortable around people. In fact, he is socially dysfunctional.
I find it very hard to believe that people are already Mariko.
In a race where there is only a 3% difference in the winner and the loser, the difference is the personal contact the candidates make. Mariko visited over 4,000 households, that is the difference. he deserves to win. I will do everything I can to support Mariko, she has earned that.
You are correct when you say that Cabaldon is more interested in Sacramento than this side of the river. His young campaign people were mostly recruited from Sacramento. As a lifelong resident of West Sacramento, I do not believe Cabaldon can even relate to those he is elected to represent. He is arrogant, with a huge ego and is very uncomfortable around people. In fact, he is socially dysfunctional.
I find it very hard to believe that people are already Mariko.
In a race where there is only a 3% difference in the winner and the loser, the difference is the personal contact the candidates make. Mariko visited over 4,000 households, that is the difference. he deserves to win. I will do everything I can to support Mariko, she has earned that.
You are correct when you say that Cabaldon is more interested in Sacramento than this side of the river. His young campaign people were mostly recruited from Sacramento. As a lifelong resident of West Sacramento, I do not believe Cabaldon can even relate to those he is elected to represent. He is arrogant, with a huge ego and is very uncomfortable around people. In fact, he is socially dysfunctional.
I find it very hard to believe that people are already Mariko.
In a race where there is only a 3% difference in the winner and the loser, the difference is the personal contact the candidates make. Mariko visited over 4,000 households, that is the difference. he deserves to win. I will do everything I can to support Mariko, she has earned that.
You are correct when you say that Cabaldon is more interested in Sacramento than this side of the river. His young campaign people were mostly recruited from Sacramento. As a lifelong resident of West Sacramento, I do not believe Cabaldon can even relate to those he is elected to represent. He is arrogant, with a huge ego and is very uncomfortable around people. In fact, he is socially dysfunctional.
I find it very hard to believe that people are already Mariko.
In a race where there is only a 3% difference in the winner and the loser, the difference is the personal contact the candidates make. Mariko visited over 4,000 households, that is the difference. he deserves to win. I will do everything I can to support Mariko, she has earned that.
Correction:
I find it hard to believe that people are already nit picking Mariko. She deserved to win. Go Mariko!!!!
Correction:
I find it hard to believe that people are already nit picking Mariko. She deserved to win. Go Mariko!!!!
Correction:
I find it hard to believe that people are already nit picking Mariko. She deserved to win. Go Mariko!!!!
Correction:
I find it hard to believe that people are already nit picking Mariko. She deserved to win. Go Mariko!!!!
God help us! 4 more years of Sue Greenwald!!!
God help us! 4 more years of Sue Greenwald!!!
God help us! 4 more years of Sue Greenwald!!!
God help us! 4 more years of Sue Greenwald!!!