[Sosfbay-discuss] CA-37 -UPDATE

Wed Jul 4 09:10:41 PDT 2007

Dear Friends, 

I did some more research on this business with the Indian gaming casinos and updated my blog entry. 
Turns out California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez is the real villain of the piece.  Supposedly the unions pulled out all the stops for Richardson because of Oropeza's vote on the gaming contracts.  Richardson was endorsed by Nuñez.  

Practically the day after the election Nuñez and the Dems turned right around and screwed the union! 
You can't make this stuff up.  The changed text from my blog post is below: 

CA-37 - 37% of 11% = Safe Seat in Congress 

You call this a democracy?

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The Incredible Flip-Flopping Fabian Nuñez 

Why did the unions come out so strongly for Richardson even though Oropeza had a strong labor record? Presumably, it was their anger over this casino business.

Check this out!

Do a search on Google News and this is exactly the way two items appear:

Richardson wins primary for congressional seat
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 27, 2007
By John L. Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Assemblywoman Laura Richardson finished ahead of her closest Democratic rival, state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, and a field ...

Impasse over tribal gaming accords ends
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 28, 2007
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez (D-Los Angeles) agreed to move ahead with the compacts, which the state Senate already had approved. But union issues were not ...

It was like: "The election is over now and Laura is in... Screw the unions!"

Here's what flip-flopping Fabian told the Los Angeles Times about his endorsement of Richardson:

Nuñez, a former labor organizer, said he had heard some of the complaints about his decision.

"There were some voices out there who think that because you are Latino, you should only be supporting Latinos, but we were able to lower the decibels a bit," he said. "The good thing about the job I have is that it carries a little bit of weight with it."

More important, Nuñez said, was the principle of supporting a strong African American candidate.

"I wanted to send a message loud and clear to the African American community of Los Angeles that we have got to work together to advance the Democratic agenda," he said. "The cause of African Americans is not a flag that African Americans have to carry on their own."

What a world-class Clintonesque double-talking hustler!

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So, in addition to pussy-footing on the Iraq war, healthcare, education, and the environment we can add labor issues.  

You can't make this stuff up!  

Alex Walker 

CA-37 - 37% of 11% = Safe Seat in Congress 

You call this a democracy?

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The Incredible Flip-Flopping Fabian Nuñez 