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Tablesaw for Governor:
Aug. 2nd, 2003 02:06 amIf you're still on the fence about whether the recall is a good idea, you may want to read this article from Friday's LA Times: It Could Be a Long, Quirky Ballot. Registration and cookies are, unfortunately, required, so for those who eschew either, here's a quick summary:
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So, all you need to get onto the ballot on October 7 is $3500 and sixty-five friends. Actually, this is true of any race for governor except that, normally, there's a primary election that whittles any fringe candidates away. This time, there's nothing standing between any citizen and the ballot save the aforementioned criteria. And who's planning a run for the Governor's Mansion?
( Legal specifics )
So, all you need to get onto the ballot on October 7 is $3500 and sixty-five friends. Actually, this is true of any race for governor except that, normally, there's a primary election that whittles any fringe candidates away. This time, there's nothing standing between any citizen and the ballot save the aforementioned criteria. And who's planning a run for the Governor's Mansion?
- Los Angeles billboard staple and strangely local celebrity, Angelyne
- Porn King Larry Flynt
- Humorist Steve Young, whose fund-raising is stalled because Ebay yanked his Buy a California Governor Candidate auction. (Not surprising; earlier this year, they yanked his auction of his family.)
- People who aren't (but who have the same names as) Bill Murray, Bob Dole, and Michael Jackson.
- The creator of Bat Boy: The Musical, http://www.flemmingforgovernor.org/.
- Dan Feinstein, a man who is a distant relative of, and who has a name similar to, U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein. (Feinstein is immensely popular in Democratic California, and were she to run, she would have a primrose path to the governorship.)
- And my new absolutely favorite underdog Georgy Russell, who's funding her progressive campaign with various merchandise, including the one item that's earning her some national media attention: the Georgy-for-Governor thong.