Weekend Open Thread: Government Openup Edition

By
Greg Diamond
– January 25, 2019Posted in: Fresh Juice

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A very old and very cold naked man — with a white collar and a big dent in his head, though alert as ever — reclines alone in his home in very dim light, far from any neighbors, clutching what looks like a pillow to his abdomen, with a sad expression on his face suggestive of worry about another impending government shutdown.

This is your Weekend Open Thread.  We’ll add text later; we’re publishing it now because we know how much you need it.  More ADEM results coming soon!

About Greg Diamond

Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)