Check out the posts from Das Williams and Susan Jordan:
First Susan posts that she met Lilly Ledbetter at the recent Ventura County Democratic Party Kennedy Legacy event. Then minutes later Das Williams posts that he too watched the speech.
To summarize:
Susan Jordan posts that she attended the Lilly Ledbetter speech. A few minutes later Das Williams posts that he went to the Lilly Ledbetter speech. Then a few minutes after that Susan Jordan tops him by posting a picture of her with Lilly Ledbetter and announces that she has Ledbetter's endorsement.
Sure it could all be a coincidence but it looked funny to me.
PRESS RELEASE
Assembly Candidate Susan Jordan Calls on
Schwarzenegger to Return New Donations
from Oil Companies During Bill-Signing PeriodDemocratic Assembly candidate Susan Jordan today called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to return more than $65,000 in contributions from oil companies that he has received in the past three weeks, including $5,000 from a company involved in offshore oil and gas exploration in Santa Barbara County.
According to the Secretary of State's office, Schwarzenegger's "California Dream Team" has accepted $25,000 contributions from both Conoco Phillips and Occidental Petroleum; $5,000 from Breitburn Management, a Houston, Texas oil and gas company; $5,000 from Vaquero Energy, a Bakersfield-based oil company; and $5,000 from Venoco Inc., an oil company that operates in Santa Barbara County and has matters pending before the State Lands Commission.
"When Governor Schwarzenegger ran for office, he said that the legislature shouldn't accept contributions during the budget process because, in his words, 'when the contributions come in, the favors go out,' " noted Jordan, who is running for the 35th Assembly District. "He should practice what he preaches, particularly when it comes to money from oil companies with business before the State Lands Commission and his administration."
Jordan noted that Schwarzenegger has opposed an oil severance tax, which would raise $1.5 billion for public health and safety, education, environmental protection, essential local services and green jobs development and help erase the state deficit. California, she says, is the only major oil-producing state in the nation without an oil severance tax.
The Governor also is supporting a plan to drill oil off the state's coastline, which Jordan says she opposes. Last month, Schwarzenegger also said he approves of a recommendation by the state tax reform commission headed by Gerald Parsky that would vastly expand oil drilling off the entire California coast.
"You don't have to have too much of an imagination to connect the dots," she said. "The Governor should return these contributions, particularly while he is deciding the fate of legislation and executive actions that would affect the central California coast."
For more information, please contact Susan Jordan at jordan4assembly@gmail.com.
Susan got a chance to sit down with Lilly when I did at the recent Ventura County Women's Forum at Cal Lutheran. Lilly is one of the most charming and spirited women I've met in awhile. It was a real pleasure talking with her. Susan also introduced Lilly at the Democratic function that evening. They hit it off. Birds of a feather.
Funny screen shot. Das and Susan aren't Facebook "Friends," so I'm guessing that was a coincidence.
What is Das talking about stopping Wal-Mart. Measure C isn't going to stop it. You cannot stop the Wal-Mart.
Remind me again about the Educator's Hunger Strike????
Quite true. Measure C only stops Ventura's Target from expanding or adding another store. Wal-Mart has announced it will go in under the limits set aside by Measure C.
Eric,
Does the VCRCC have positions on the propositions in Ventura?