As the only citywide African-American politician on the program, Assessor Erroll Williams was expected to make the biggest splash among Democrats who announced Tuesday that they are crossing party lines to endorse Republican U.S. Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao in his campaign for re-election to the U.S. House.
But Williams was a no-show for Cao's news conference on the steps of City Hall. The Cao camp said Williams had a "scheduling conflict" and issued a statement on his behalf.
"Erroll is with us in sprit," Cao spokesman Devin Johnson said.
That left City Councilwoman Stacy Head as the headliner for the "Democrats for Cao" event, which also featured defense attorney and 2008 DA candidate Ralph Capitelli and David Williams, a former appeals court judge
Aw who are we kidding? We knew who they were already. Have Head or Capitelli ever been Democrats in any meaningful sense? Head certainly doesn't seem to have been there "in spirit" anyway.
But beyond the policy objectives outlined in the title of this post, none of these "Democrats" appears to be endorsing anything other than his or her own personal spite. The T-P article speculates that Williams is doing a favor for Cao campaign manager Cheron Brylski. Not sure what Head's excuse is. Maybe she really does want to see a GOP run House of Representatives next year.
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