So, the CCT wants Baker because they know nothing about her? Because of what she's not, which according to you is a "lackey?" What, no running dog? That's a typically shallow and tepid endorsement by the paper, and your post is just angry and unhelpful. That may be why your Party is fading into insignificance, fast.

BTW, have you noticed what's been happening under that Dem super-majority? They are balancing the budget, getting stuff done. I could do with one less fast train to nowhere, but things are looking up! It's really not so bad now, is it?

I'm glad Contra Costan is happy with a one-party system. Super-majorities do not work anywhere, be it Republican or Democrat. There is the time-tested adage, "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." That has proven to be the case in the State Senate. Look at Senators Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Rod Wright. California has the highest taxes in the nation, with an income tax of almost 14%, State, county and local sales taxes over 10%, gasoline over $4.00 gallon and property taxes through the ceiling with the high property valuations. Now the Democrats have their sights on Prop. 13. With the SEIU and Public Employee Unions having a stranglehold on state politics, we have pension obligations that could bring California to its knees in the future.

We still have among the highest unemployment rates of any state in the country. Why would new private enterprise want to start up here? I'm glad everything is working for Contra Costan. I love California, but politics here does not work for my wife and me. Please heed the Contra Costa Times and vote for Catharine Baker in the June 3 Primary.

@Contra Costan: The budget is only "balanced" because of the hefty new taxes just imposed! Do you not realize this, or have you, too, been tricked by Brown and the Dem majority? There has got to be some sense put back into California's government, or it will continue to lose the most productive residents, who are supporting the many that are "on the dole" in some way, shape, or form.

Yeah, sure fellas -- please decide between yourselves which one of you will turn out the lights: your Party's so Over. Web Link

Newell Arnerich has signs all over Danville, many in illegal spots. Don't be fooled by his signs.

Arnerich clearly favors special interests over the public. For example, when it was suggested that BART union workers' strikes be outlawed (public transportation and safety workers are not allowed to strike in many other jurisdictions), Arnerich replied that a "no strike law" is "not a solution"! Really, Newell? Guess you don't have to commute on BART.

NBS: you make many charges, and provide no evidence. Please name three places where Arn...ch's are illegal.

You caution us about his signs -- how will his signs 'fool' us?

You attack his stance on BART strikes -- tell me, why shouldn't BART workers be allowed to strike? They aren't cops or firefighters, so public safety is not impacted -- is it only your convenience you're worried about? So other workers should give up part of their legitimate bargaining rights for you? Poor you.

@No *%#: BART workers are already the highest paid transportation workers in the country. Are you worried that they will not continue to be?

Comparable workers in many other jurisdictions are not allowed to strike. As everyone knows, when a government board "bargains" with other people's money it is not a true "bargaining" situation. As the polls show, even many on the far left of the political spectrum believe it is not right for BART workers (nor for air traffic controllers, police, and firefighters) to strike. Arnerich is quite obviously a union lackey so he doesn't want to offend his constituency by called for a BART strike prohibition. How laughable to say that such a prohibition "is not a solution." He is about to find out that he has alienated many voters with his position.

Yeah, because Danville's just chock full of "union lackeys." Do you have ANY idea how ridiculous you sound, with your uncited, half-remembered stats and your inability to distinguish public convenience from public safety, and your apparent ignorance of the fact that the BART Board is ELECTED? If you don't like the job the Board is doing -- and BART is the ONLY thing they do -- Vote Them Out! And pay attention when the bargaining happens.

Oh wait -- it's more fun to just spew largely irrelevant invective, far in arrears, and let somebody else carry both your water and your sorry butt.

Guess what, @Fare Is whatever, the BART Board can't legally prohibit the union's strike ability. Why do you think Steve Glazier, Arnerich's opponent for Assembly, is running largely on a no-BART-strike platform? You need some lessons in government.

Air travel is also "convenience" in your vernacular. Yet traffic controllers are prohibited from striking. And remember what happened during the last strike, several non-striking workers were killed. I'll tell you, I didn't feel too safe trying to fight dangerous traffic and breathe dangerously high levels of air pollution during the strike.

Enjoy your highly overcompensated salaries, BART workers, and I hope you enjoy paying your taxes that go toward the government subsidy necessary to pay those salaries, Mr. Fare.

If you oppose the forcing of high-density housing into Danville, don't vote for Steve Glazer. He is a great proponent of building more of that stuff in Orinda, and that is why he is being heavily funded by real estate developers. He is flooding radio with his anti-BART- strike ads to distract attention from his real estate developer support.

In the election ballot information that just came out and on his campaign Facebook, Newell Arnerich (a Democrat) is falsely claiming that he is endorsed by Supervisor Mary Piepho (a Republican). In fact, Piepho has endorsed Catharine Baker. Newell simply can't be trusted. What else is he lying about?

Glazer is really backed by the BIG BUCKS! I have received at least 5 expensive mailers for him and heard numerous radio ads. That guy is definitely bought and paid for by real estate interests. I'll take a guy bought by the teachers' union and the AFL-CIO(Sbranti) over Glazer any day. He may tax my money away, but at least he won't destroy my neighborhood with HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING!

I find both Glazed-over and Arny to be distasteful choices.

T No BS- I generally vote democrat (for lack of genuine independents or Green Party members, who seem to be as rare as Tasmanian Tigers) but having mingled with Newell at a couple parties, there's no way he would ever get my vote or that of my wife with the impression he made.

When the No Bart Strikes poster mentioned "illegal" postings of Arny signs, that may have not quite been the right adjective, but Arny certainly has posted some in our neighborhood without permission. These include one on a school property, two on the edge of residential rental properties, and one in a Greenbrook common area that probably wasn't authorized either. And yes, Glazed-Over is making it his personal mission to fill our mailbox on a daily basis with the remains of dead redwoods, and he does not even have the decency to use absorbent paper that we can line our parrot cage with....

So, sadly, once again it is "none of the above"

@Derek: Posting campaign signs on public property (e.g. school property) is absolutely illegal. I noticed one on the edge of the Town offices on La Gonda! Clearly, Newell Arnerich's hutzpah knows no bounds....

I found out yesterday that Glazer uses the same campaign manager as the State Senator/felon Leland Yee. Two peas in a pod. The Dem supermajority has got to end. Absolute power corrupts.

All Asian American votes in AD16 will vote for Catharine Baker!!!!

Say No to Skin Color Act 5! We have enough of Democrats!!!

@Voter-

I had not looked into the specifics of campaign sign legalities, but I will take your word for it and remove the law-breaker's in my area. And any others I see while out riding my schwinn. After all, our fair city has a no-hand-bills ordinance, so it's only right that we get rid of the offending political signs.