Posted by Phil Paule at 12:00 am on Jan 26, 2006 Comments Off on BOE 3
My wife handed me a press release this morning from the Ray
Haynes for Board of Equalization campaign, in which she is the
finance coordinator, stating that he had picked up the endorsements
of two big names in the Inland Empire; Senator Bob Dutton and
Assemblyman John Benoit. These are good pick ups for
Haynes.
My take on the race for this seat, in which what 95% of
Californian’s have no clue what is it, has the advantage going to
Haynes. His opponent, wealthy Los Angeles businesswomen
Michelle Steel, does however havetwo bigadvantages over
Haynes . She can self fund where Haynes can’t. Evidence
of this is the fact that she has chosen to pay the high advertising
rates on the FlashReport and other BLOGs such as Rough & Tumble an
OC Blog. If she can afford the FlashReport, television ads can not
be far behind. Steel is also currently working as an
assistant to Claude Parrish the termed out member of the BOE in
which she and Haynes currently want to replace.
Many would say that the money advantage and near incumbent
status that Steel enjoys in this lesser known office should give
her the advantage, and it… Read More