by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

SwingStateProject beat me to the punch on yet another example of Dana Rohrabacher being awful.  Discussing his reelection bid with a Long Beach newspaper, he said of challenger Debbie Cook:

"She's a very attractive person, physically, and has a title, so I'm taking it seriously."

Translation: "Isn't it cute that a woman would try to challenge me."

Even in a district so oddly willing to being represented by an utter nutjob, it's hard to believe that such naked sexism directed at a popular mayor will fly. Throw in his commentary about "steely-eyed radicals" pushing some hidden agenda beneath the notion of man-made climate change, and it's the whole Crazy Dana package.

It's tough to really guess what the tipping point of mean-spirited insanity might be for Rohrabacher, but now that he's getting pushed, perhaps the process will at least speed up a bit.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Ted Gullicksen
San Francisco Tenants Union

For more than 30 years, the San Francisco Tenants Union has defended renters in San Francisco against attacks by landlords who want to eliminate affordable housing in our city. There is a dangerous measure currently circulating for signatures to qualify for the June 2008 ballot that would undo all of our hard work.

That’s why our organization helped to organize a rally Wednesday outside the San Francisco City Hall to protest this dangerous measure. More than 100 renters, tenants’ advocates, affordable housing advocates, seniors, environmentalists, labor advocates and others were joined by Assemblyman Mark Leno and Senator Carole Migden and San Francisco PUC Commissioner Susan Leal. All voiced opposition to the Hidden Agendas measure and highlighted the landlords’ very real and very devious intentions.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]



The backers of the California Hidden Agendas Scheme have worked really, really hard to press the idea that they stand for real eminent domain reform. But, oh, by the way, their proposed initiative would also  eliminate rent control and restrict our ability to build water projects and a whole host of other projects.  Nope, the Hidden Agenda is all about tagging along other "reforms" with the eminent domain reform initiative. 

Over the flip you'll find videos of a number of elected officials and commu So, Flip it!