[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Linda Sutton

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Chad Jones
President
Valley Grassroots for Democracy

Linda Sutton wrote an article 'Tis the Season of Membership-Stacking-for-Endorsements in California: What Does it Mean to Get the “Democratic Party Endorsement”? about the recent stacking of Democratic club memberships in order to affect endorsements in the current race for the 40th Assembly District. I would like to correct some inaccuracies in Linda's post regarding how it was handled in the club where I'm the president, Valley Grassroots for Democracy. I spoke to Linda yesterday and she said she got her information from "reliable sources" yet she didn't ask the most reliable source--the president (i.e., me)--who was actually dealing with it first hand. I agree that this race has shown us that stacking is a problem and I would like to give the perspective from behind the scenes of a club: how stacking was attempted in our club, what we did about it, and how we plan to go forward.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Linda Sutton