There is much that I love about living in the Bay Area.  On a warm September day, I don’t think there is any place that is more beautiful than the San Francisco Bay.  If you consider yourself a “foodie” there is no area that offers quite as many eating and shopping options.  Those who count people by race and ethnicity love to point to the area’s diversity as a bonus feature of the region.  But diversity stops at political thought.  As a Republican, I’m a fish out of water in the Bay Area.  Take the race for Assembly District 16 that the San Francisco Chronicle profiles today.  I live in AD16, but but my vote really doesn’t matter at all in this district.  The race for this open seat is between four liberal Democrats and one Peace and Freedom candidate.  Three of the Democrats have said that they want to raise taxes on businesses to help send more money to…you guessed it…the poor, unfunded public schools.  The fourth wants universal health care and the P&F candidate is a tenant’s rights activist.  Calgone, take me away (or at least to an assembly district where a Republican has filed for office)! 

This entry was posted on Monday, May 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.