More "Newspapers for McNerney": Pleasanton Weekly & Danville Weekly endorse Jerry!
Jerry's newspaper endorsements continue to pile up.
The Pleasanton Weekly and the Danville Weekly, serving Tri-Valley residents, just endorsed Jerry McNerney. This follows recent endorsements from the Modesto Bee, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, and the Sacramento Bee.
In the Pleasanton Weekly endorsement and the Danville Weekly endorsement, the editors listed off the familiar litany of reasons not to support "one of the nation's worst and most arrogant members of Congress," and then transitioned to why Jerry McNerney is the right man for the job at the right time:
Republicans and Democrats in the Tri-Valley should be embarrassed to be represented in Washington by a congressman with Pombo's values, ethics and political positions.
The better choice is Jerry McNerney, 55, a Pleasanton resident who has attracted bipartisan support in his effort to unseat Pombo. An engineer, McNerney has devoted the last 20 years of his career to the development of viable wind energy technology and is currently CEO of a start-up company that will manufacture wind turbines.
Far from being a political ideologue, McNerney represents the kind of citizen activist who wants to work on solving important problems, not use those problems to curry favor with special interests and as a way to raise campaign contributions.
Not surprisingly, with the fundraising help of special interests and campaign visits by both President Bush and Vice President Cheney, Pombo will far outspend McNerney in this campaign.
But Tri-Valley residents and their tradition of supporting moderate candidates can make a real difference in this election if they vote in sufficient numbers for Jerry McNerney. With a strong victory here, Pombo's San Joaquin county support can be overcome, and one of the nation's worst Members of Congress can be replaced with a person committed to ethical representation and to developing a sustainable national energy policy.
With the support of community opinion leaders like the Pleasanton Weekly and Danville Weekly, we can win, but we need your help.
If you live in the Tri-Valley area and would like volunteer for Jerry, please go to our Events page and find an opportunity to get involved!
Eden w/ McNerney for Congress
Looks like seven newspapers have endorsed Jerry, with one for Pombo. I hope the election vote roughly follows that trend.
Posted by: Robert S. Becker | October 23, 2006 at 12:57 PM