It is a spring Tuesday in an even-numbered year, so there are primary elections happening. Those in CA seem to be attracting the most attention today, because they are stranger than usual.
The race for mayor in Los Angeles features two Democrats of varying degrees of leftism and having varying degrees of baggage, and former reality show star Spencer Pratt. You’d expect a run-off between the Democrats in strongly Democrat LA.
However Pratt has been focusing on the uglies festering in the City of Angels: homeless violent drug zombies pooping everywhere and a fire department that lets whole neighborhoods burn down. Oddly, LA voters seem to be paying attention and Pratt has benefitted from very clever ads.
The governor race features several uninspiring Democrats with flaws and two interesting but similarly uninspiring Republicans in a so-called “jungle primary.” Believe it or not five candidates are polling in double digits and a couple more are hanging in with single digits.
This time tomorrow we may know more, depending on how screwed up the CA vote counting process proves to be. As a CA ‘expat’ I retain an interest in what, in times past, was our most blessed state.
