Last Updated on October 18, 2002 by Paulette Brown-Hinds
Editorial Endorsements
Prior to my illness I had the opportunity to meet with several of the candidates or members of their staff who are seeking statewide office.
In the Governors race, I had the opportunity to meet with Gov. Gray Davis and candidate Bill Simon. Of great concern to me is what they are planning to do for the 2.4 million African Americans living in the State of California. With an estimated $50 plus billion buying power, Gray Davis past history and current posture favors the Black community with his many appointments of African Americans to the judicial bench and small business administration. Some of Davis local appointments are: Judge Richard Fields, Judge Katrina West, Small Business Administration board member Otis Clopton, and State Domestic Violence Advisory Councilmember Eliza Daniely-Woolfolk.
Davis has also been a good friend to education and law enforcement which are key agencies to the social welfare of the Black community. Important to Black media, Davis has held several meetings with Black publishers and Black-owned radio stations in an effort to explain and give access to advertising dollars.
As to recommendations for propositions and local measures, we want to emphasize our desire to place public notices in Black-owned media when seeking contractors for various construction and building projects. We also favor clean water, clear air, less traffic congestion, more after school programs for our children and we also want to be a part of the building process which equates into business contracts and jobs. For too long we have voted for these measures only to be left out when it comes to sharing in the money. So to all the elected officials and those seeking elected positions, the Black community will no longer be ignored after the voting is over.
STATE of california
Governor
Gray Davis
Lieutenant Governor
Cruz m. bustamante
Secretary of State
Kshelley
State Controller
Steve Westly
State Treasurer
PhiL Angelides
Attorney General
Bill lockyer
Insurance Commissioner
John Garamendi
Judicial
Judicial Supreme Court no recommendations
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals no recommendations
School
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jack OConnell
measures submitted to the voters
State Proposition 46 Yes
State Proposition 47 Yes
State Proposition 48 Yes
State Proposition 49 Yes
State Proposition 50 Yes
State Proposition 51 Yes
State Proposition 52 Yes
San Bernardino County
United States Representative
U.S. Representative 43rd District
Joe Baca
U.S. Representative 41st District
Jerry Lewis
State Senate
State Senator, 32nd District
Nell Soto
Member of the State Assembly
State Assembly 62nd District
John Longville
State Assembly 61st District
Gloria Negrete McLeod
State Assembly 63rd District
Doris Wallace
Fontana
Mayor
David Eshleman
City Clerk
Bea Watson
Highland
City Council
Raymond Rucker, jr.
Rialto
City Council
Deborah Robertson
City Council
Joseph Joe Sampson
County
County Supervisor, 2nd Supervisorial
Jon Mikels
County Assessor
Linda Foster
District Attorney
Mike Ramos
school measures
SBCCD Special Bond P Yes
city measures
City Charter Amendment C Yes
City Charter Amendment D Yes
Transient Lodging Tax E Yes
Riverside County
United States Representative
U.S. Representative 44th District
Ken Calvert
U.S. Representative 45th District
Mary Bono
State Senator
State Senator, 36th District
Adrienne Westall
Member of the Sate Assembly
State Assembly, 64th District
Robert Melsh
State Assembly, 66th District
Ray Haynes
County
County Supervisor, 5th Supervisorial
Marion Ashley
Auditor
Robert E. Byrd