I’ve known Richard Pombo since before he ever a Congressman. He’s a great guy, with a lot of integrity, and there isn’t a dishonest bone in his body. That said, by the time the onslaught against him was over in Congressional District 11 last November, Pombo was out of office because of a lot of accusatory voter communication that made it out like Richard was tainted by a rather iffy connection to the now-imprisoned Jack Abramoff. Pombo is a great example of how it is perception, not reality that often times matters the most in the arena of politics.
To be honest, I don’t really know Guy Houston (pictured to the left) too well. We’ve met a few times, and I find him to be quite pleasant. He’s a good conservative, and he has some great people on his staff. Like the rest of us, he has seen Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, I’m sure. He would like to be a United States Congressman, and the East Bay/Central Valley district in which he lives is the one that Democrat Jerry McNerney snatched away from Pombo. While every candidate for Congress in every District in America has to be concerned about the taint of corruption, with a cynical electorate that has seen too much of the Duke Cunningham lack-of-ethics from some.
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