Category: Elections

  • Conservative Candidates Mixer

    Conservative Candidates Mixer

    Tief Gibbs, candidate for US House CA-02, posted videos on my brief mixer speeches at her YouTube channel. I’d like to thank Charles Siler for producing and editing the videos and Tief for posting them. Join me at the Smith Ranch Deli & Cafe at 101 Smith Ranch Road this…

  • Endorsed by Melanie Morgan!

    Endorsed by Melanie Morgan!

    My friend, Melanie Morgan, former host of a wildly popular SF morning talk show as well as my former neighbor has endorsed me for Marin County Board of Supervisors District 4! She writes in her sincere yet jovial manner: I am proud and excited to endorse my friend Franklin Drouillard…

  • Caps on STRs are Short-Sighted

    Caps on STRs are Short-Sighted

    The California Coastal Commission will consider caps on so-called “short term rentals.” The proposed caps highlight the differences between recreational and visitor-serving use and residential use of private property along the coast. Per the Act, coastal recreational and visitor-serving uses have a higher priority than residential use. The Act encourages…

  • An Invisible Hand

    An Invisible Hand

    I joined the Election Integrity Subcommittee of the MCRCC in May 2021, and eventually became its Vice Chair. Frustrated with obstruction of our efforts by the MCRCC, I started the non-partisan Marin Election Integrity Committee (MEIC) in December of 2021. We published our first report on the Marin County November…

  • Fair Elections

    Fair Elections

    Honest, free and fair elections are the bedrock of a representative republic. As Chair of the Marin Election Integrity Committee I’ve seen how the Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) with mass Vote-By-Mail (VBM) has made our elections less reliable and some results dubious. We have traded election security for convenience! It…