Jonathan Levey Endorsed by the LA Times
From today’s LA Times:
District 41: Jonathan Levey is the best candidate to succeed termed-out Fran Pavley in this coastal district, which stretches from Santa Monica to Oxnard. All five Democrats emphasize improving education, the environment and traffic flow; the main differences are how they would go about accomplishing their objectives.
If the race were decided by endorsements, Julia Brownley, president of the Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education, would win handily; she’s backed by Pavley and much of the Democratic Party establishment. But Brownley is close to a one-issue candidate. Her passion is for improving education by pumping more money into public schools. Three of her opponents — Kelly Hayes-Raitt of Santa Monica, Barry Groveman of Calabasas and Levey of Santa Monica — pay greater attention to a more basic problem in Sacramento: the Legislature’s continual struggle to accomplish anything of consequence.
All point to their ability to build coalitions to get things done. But Hayes-Raitt may be running for the wrong office. She wants to pressure the Bush administration to end the war in Iraq, a job better suited for a member of Congress. Groveman, a lawyer and the mayor of Calabasas, offers some interesting proposals about education and traffic. The most compelling ideas in the campaign, however, have come from Levey, a former developer and litigator who has never held office. His plans for improving schools, reducing pollution and improving transportation are pragmatic enough to seem achievable, even with the partisan rancor in the state Capitol.
June 5th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
This is a good site unfortunately I can’t say the same thing about one of your clients, Mr. Levey. I hope that it wasn’t your idea to have the automated dialers calling my house not once, but twice in the past few days. Do you have any idea how annoying that is? It is an unlisted number for a reason you know.
June 5th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
It wasn’t my idea or anybody else’s to have an automated dialer call your house twice - it was a screwup. I am sorry we annoyed you.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:48 am
Thank you for your very polite response. However:
1. Automated dialers (aka phone spam) should not be used in the first place. We pushed our representatives to pass laws on unsolicited calls for a reason. Yes I know of the loopholes that allow this type of call but the point is that people don’t want these intrusions.
2. I called the number listed on the first message and requested to be taken off of the list and was told that I would be. Clearly this was not done.
3. How many possible candidates are there for me to vote on today? 50? 100? What if all of them had used phone dialers?
My hope is that whether or not you write it as a comment that you not use this tactic in the future.