Reply #37: We're not the ones doing this.

[Xithras]

My stand on Angelides is clear: I won't vote for someone who made his fortune by turning pastures and endangered wetlands into suburbia. It's nothing against Angelides personally, I just don't support developers for any public offices, whether local, state, or national. There's simply too much chance that they'll be sympathetic to current developers...a class of people who I believe should be in prison.

Our lack of support is largely irrelevant to this campaign though. You might be able to blame us for shaving a point or two, but 17 points? Even if everyone who rags on him for his developer history or his career politician history were to have a change of heart tomorrow, he'd still lose by a landslide with these numbers. If you could convince the greens to vote for him (a stretch given his history), you might pick up two or three more points. Still not enough to make any real difference to that gap.

I might hold my nose and cast a vote for him if the election actually looked close, but as of right now my vote isn't going to make a damned bit of difference so I'll stick to my principles.

No developers in power. Ever. In any capacity. Not even as dogcatchers. Some people use abortion for their litmus test. Others use gay rights. I use the environment. To me, it's more important than all of the other issues combined. Look into the principles of deep ecology if you're having a hard time getting it...the destruction of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat is just as horrific to me as the destruction of New Orleans was to you.