Vote this November
Thought for the day
I've spent my entire adult life involved one way or another in politics. Beginning in 1972, when I worked on Capitol Hill, and then in 1975, when two of my USC fraternity brothers helped me create the California Voter Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging high school students to vote when they turned 18, I always have supported this grand American experiment we call democracy.
Call me naive, but despite the attack of Jan. 6, I still believe every vote counts. It is in this spirit that I've just written the following letter. It seems to me that, no matter where you live, democracy is on the ballot like never before. If you believe this is true, then vote this November. Do it for yourself, your children and your grandchildren. It's the best way I know to keep our grand American experiment alive.
Daily Pilot, Sept. 22, 2022
Will O.C. have local election deniers?
With so many election deniers running for municipal, state and federal office, I think it’s time to ask: If Michelle Steel, Diane Dixon and Scott Baugh lose this November, will these down-ballot, GOP candidates contest the election results? More to the point, will they clog the courts with lawsuits like the ones Donald Trump filed after being defeated in 2020?
I believe the Daily Pilot’s readers (i.e., voters) should know in advance how Steel, Dixon and Baugh will react if they lose their races this fall. With this last thought in mind, I hope your reporters will ask each of them to answer questions about election integrity, voter fraud and their willingness to concede defeat should that be the outcome in November.
Denny Freidenrich
Laguna Beach
Well said and I agree.
Center target, Denny.
Only a note to add. If candidates refuse to answer these questions at beginning of interviews or at top of press conferences, end the coverage immediately. No point moving forward with liars, deniers, insurrectionists, and sandbox anti-democratic candidates who refuse to climb out of their dark-side playpens.