Fifteen months after he officially began running for Governor…
Almost a year since Governor Schwarzenegger proposed the legislation now known as Jessica’s Law…
More than a month after law enforcement and others asked him to take a stand for California children….
More than three weeks since he himself promised to lay out an "alternative," Phil Angelides today finally came out with a position on Jessica’s Law…
He endorsed it. (No-brainer.) Nice work for a first day on the job by Angelides’ two new Democratic operatives — Steve Maviglio and Roger Salazar — who were called in to pick up the slack left when senior advisor Bob Mulholland was benched last week.
But in typical Angelides fashion, he had to tweak his support a bit to maintain his "anti-Arnold" image. So, he criticized the state’s parole system for sex offenders. And what does he use to back up his assertion? Not info from the Governor’s Office. Not stats from the Department of Correction or any other state agency. What does he use? A term paper from Stanford law school student Jason Peckenpaugh.
Word is Angelides is also employing grade-schoolers to put together his $10 billion tax plan, the nurses’ union to draw up his health care proposals, and land developers to advise him on his environmental initiatives. Phil, I would be happy to write your education policy!