This is what Catharine Baker's earlier mailer said:

Sbranti "killed or hijacked nearly every reform bill that has popped up in the legislature... [one] that would have made it easier for districts to fire teachers who molest students"

This quote is from this article, an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal from 2012:
Web Link

The piece in the Wall Street Journal has no mention whatsoever of Sbranti. It has nothing to do with Sbranti.

There isn't a moral equivalence here. I'm sorry. Baker has defended this attack piece:
Web Link

You say: "Don't let these nasty attack mailers change your mind about whom to vote for. I won't let them change mine either."

We need honorable, honest politicians. The campaign matters. It shows what kind of person you are. It shows whether you have integrity.

Get Real,

I received an email from Ellis Goldberg, Tri-Valley Democratic Club, with the headline:

Catherine Baker contrives a Wall Street Journal quote (followed by the text quoted below and a scan of the mailer)

"Catherine Baker Candidate for Assembly District 16 sent a mailer to voters in the district that was contrived to attack her opponent Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti. The mailer says: (scan of the mailer) Sbranti "killed or hijacked nearly every reform bill that has popped up in the legislature . . . [one] that would have made it easier for districts to fire teachers who molest students."

I replied to Ellis on October 12th.

"Ellis,

Thank you for the link to this article. I used it to read the article. Your contention that the quote is contrived is wrong. Notice the ... between the first line and the last line. That means a section of the quote was skipped. Both parts of the quote are in the article. Sbranti?s name is used in place of ?The union? since he was on the CTA?s Political Involvement Committee.

The union [Sbranti] ?killed or hijacked nearly every reform bill that has popped up in the legislature. . . [one] that would have made it easier for districts to fire teachers who molest students.?

This is not a contrived quote. I cannot attest to its correctness, but as a quote, it is accurate.

Roz"

To add to the above, my comment is based on the correctness of the quote. Sbranti's name is NOT included in the quoted portion. So as a quote, it is correct.

As far as the accusation goes, I defended Sbranti in my blog posted above Web Link I'm not sure why you are attacking me now, when I debunked the mailer attacking Sbranti.

These mailers are being sent by Political Action Groups funded by outside money and technically not affiliated with any candidate. These are the result of the Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision. I don't like them and I will search out the FACTS and not take sides when hit pieces distort or outright lie to help their preferred candidate!

Politics is dirty. Nobody on either side is an angel in this contest. I'm supporting the candidate that more closely represents what I want done in the Assembly.

Roz

The mailer with the WSJ quote is on Catharine Baker's website:
Web Link

It was paid for by her campaign committee, not an outside group. She is personally responsible for the content of that mailer. It is a reflection of her personal character and integrity.

Real,

I followed your link to Baker's mailer page. It contains not only the mailers she has sent, but mailers sent out against her. I was surprised to see those at first, but they were sent by the CTA and other unions. So that was the purpose of posting them on her website.

The mailers against Sbranti with quotes from the WSJ and SF Chronicle are also on her page. Those were sent out by her campaign and the WSJ quote is accurate. I explained this in detail in my comment above.

However, the attack I referred to in the above blog was sent by Charles Munger's PAC, "Spirit of Democracy." Sbranti has TV commercials on now critical of the "Spirit of Democracy" Pac and their mailers.

So most of the most egregious attacks come from these PACs, Munger for Baker or Unions for Sbranti, and not from either candidate's campaign. That way both candidates can keep most of the mud from dirtying themselves.

Roz

Tens of thousands of children have been raped by trusted adults and so few Americans care?

Many children that have been sexually abused do not recover or lead happy productive adult lives. Some survivors experience a lifetime of psychological/physical disorders that require a lifetime of expensive specialized care.

It's not unusual to find survivors with a history of alcohol and drug abuse, criminal behavior, or a history of incarceration.

Slightly more educated but careless politicians and their cheerleaders seem to delight in making mince meat of the emotions of good citizens and their families who have survived.

For a Child Abuse Emergency: DIAL 911 and ask to be connected with the San Ramon Police Department.

The problem is that Tim Sbranti is backed by the Teachers Union.
The union have put tons of money on Tim's Campain
And Teachers Union is killing SB1530.
And also Tim signed the pleage with the special interest and he dosn't want to disclose.
And Tim did not in public support SB1530.
when A Teacher Unon is behind Tim, what will you expect from Tim?
Will you expect Tim to support SB1530? No, that is impossible.

Josh,

The Teacher's Union killed SB1530 two years ago. It was replaced by AB375, which passed the Assembly with Union support but was vetoed by Gov. Brown. Sbranti and the union did support a bill to make it easier to dismiss dangerous teachers.

The flier attacking Sbranti's opposition to SB1530 distorts the facts. I wanted to make all the facts about these bills are clear to correct the distortions presented in the hit piece against Sbranti, which was financed by Charles Munger's Political Action Committee.

Roz

First Roz, sorry you didn't stick to reporting on city council meetings.
And really sorry PW allows you to do full-time partisan candidate campaigning......ON election day, which most papers do not!! Shame on both of you.
I followed the Buchanan, Sbranti union positions against the children, which is why both our papers liberal San Fran Chronicle, and CoCo/valley Times endorsed Catharine Baker over Sbranti. Both interview and research in depth before endorsing...often not endorsing. But both reasoned Baker is better for the process and the people.
No end in your campaigning in the unlimited space provided to you, however, I'm votoing NO on all except 47.

Taxpayer,

My blog was written on November 1st. You may not have read it until today, which is election day, but it was not posted on election day.

I used to cover council meetings as a Reporter. A Reporter writes news articles, which are supposed to be impartial or objective.

For the last two years I have been a Blogger. A Blogger is similar to a Columnist in a newspaper. I write my opinions on whatever I care to write about. Since there is a hot local election, I have been writing about that. I don't know why the concept of Opinion vs. Reporting is so difficult for some readers to comprehend.

Roz

Roz,

I appreciated your research into this issue!

Curious,

Thank you for the complement. It may not be apparent from the title of my blog, but I did not accept the attack mailer at face value and wanted to find the facts or omissions behind it.

I includes links to SB1530 and AB375 in my blog, but I did not use proper footnotes or references for the Chronicle articles. As a Adjunct Instructor for University of Phoenix I would not let my students get away without properly formatted citations and references, but I wanted to get this done before the election.

Roz

Catch a clue...of course the union backed AB375.
Union to teachers: Let's back AB375 so we look good, knowing damn well our 'buddy' Jerry will veto the bill.
Teachers: Works for us.

Expand your mind a little. Think out of the box once in awhile.

Before you write a hit piece on a candidate, understand how politics really works.

Ben,

I suspected someone from the Teachers' Union put pressure on Jerry to veto, but I had no proof or evidence to support that theory. So I'm not going to go jumping off the roof to say so either. I suspect whoever got the Governor to veto it was higher up in the Union or State Government than Tim Sbranti.

Roz

PS I have no box. I can't fit into one, physically or intellectually, and I really hate that cliche.