Election 2008
Streetsblog LA
Before You Vote Today…Check Out Biking in LA
What, you didn't know there was an election today? Well, not all of Los Angeles has the chance to vote, just those in the 26th District where a group of candidates are vying to replace Mark Ridley-Thomas who is now sits on the County Board of Supervisors. While Assemblyman Curren Price is considered to be the front runner, before heading to the voting booth head over to BikinginLA where statements of three of the candidates are collected. If you don't have time to read the full statements by Price, Rabbi Nachum Shifren, and Saundra Davis, I have a summary of each below.
March 24, 2009
Bike-Hating Rep. Patrick McHenry Fends Off Challenger
Congresswoman-elect Kathy Dahlkemper overcame ridicule for her "wacky" notion that Pennsylvanians should try walking and cycling. But down in western North Carolina, voters returned Rep. Patrick McHenry -- shown here mocking, and misrepresenting, the federal bike commuter tax benefit -- to Washington.
November 7, 2008
Ped-Bike Mockery Flops for 7-Term House Incumbent
The National Republican Congressional Committee ran this ad against Democratic challenger Kathy Dahlkemper in the race for Pennsylvania's third congressional district. It hits a few Gingrichian notes on how to address the country's energy problems before the announcer tells us incredulously:
November 5, 2008
Did Last Night End Urban v. Rural Campaigns?
Writing for Citiwire,
Brookings fellow Robert Lang asks whether the 2008 presidential contest
might be the last one to openly pit rural and exurban voters against
cities, which are increasingly aligned politically with inner suburbs.
Lang says it depends on whether Republicans will again feel confident
running the type of campaign that mocks community organizers and
sanctifies "small town values," a strategy he views as a dead-end:
November 5, 2008
Election Wrap-Up: 1A, R, DD and EE Pass. Hilton and Measure T Go Down.
Voters in North Hollywood Wait to Vote Yesterday
November 5, 2008
Newt Gingrich: I Vant to Suck Your Oil
(Editor's note: I'll be downtown and on the Eastside for some Streetsfilms shooting. In the meantime enjoy this Halloween story courtesy of Streetsblog editor-in-chief, Aaron Naperstek.
November 3, 2008