Like now.
California, by virtue of the 2010 census, has a new State Assembly
district, AD 66. It is based in an interesting area of what is known as the
South Bay area, where I am from, that straddles heavily middle class Torrance
with heavily upper class Palos Verdes. It is, in short, a microcosm of the
interclass warfare that is emerging as the 1% seek to drive the 99% further into
depths of despair and debt.
The district leans Democratic by a mere 3%, but in the recent
special election the only Democrat on the ballot, Al Muratsuchi, received 38%
of the vote, beating out the nearest Republican, Craig Huey. But all the
remaining candidates were Republicans. So Muratsuchi will run against Huey in
November for the seat.
Now here is the thing. If Al Muratsuchi wins this race this gives
the Democrats in the State Assembly a 2/3 majority, enough to finally and once
and for all end the stranglehold that the Republican obstructionist minority maintains in
that state, a stranglehold that prevents state government from budgeting enough
funds to meet essential services in that state.
So this is another race to watch in November. One that could spell the
difference between California finally being able to dig itself out from under
the Republican morass that it has had to deal with since the passage of
Proposition 13 back in the 70’s. Prop. 13 worked until Republicans decided that
bipartisanship was not an option anymore.
And in truth, this race is representative of the ongoing struggle
between the monied class that has learned how to buy elections, and the working
class, that only wants a level playing field.
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