I can’t think of a time when I have felt as disappointed with our political class as I do now. If you blindfolded me, put the names of my Twitter followers in front of me and required me to select one for Pres, one for CA Gov, and the required number for CA Legislature, I believe
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2/the outcome would be infinitely better than what we have now. Until we adopt such a system, I will do my due diligence and actually vet candidates. To begin, CA needs a Governor who understands the problems facing the state and is willing to ignore party affiliations in the
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3/pursuit of solutions, and who is willing to act boldly.
A man who has greatly impressed, whom I have never met, is Michael ShellenbergerMD. His grasp of the issues is what we currently need, and from there, a bold policy agenda can evolve. He has already given a sense of the
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4/direction in which he would lead the state, which by itself is a marked improvement over the incumbent, who governs blissfully as if there are no problems except for climate change.
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The nexus of homelessness, drugs and mental health risks becoming Shellenberger’s single-issue policy platform. Flagship policy, sure, but needs to be talking more about a wider range of problems, opportunities and policy areas, imo.
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I would love to see him lay out a top ten list of problems facing our state and his plans to tackle them. Better yet identify the 20% of the issues accounting for 80% of our pain; then whittle away. He seems to be the only real viable option to Newsome.
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