Another Republican says enough is enough: "I will not vote for Richard Pombo"

From time to time, we post excellent Letters to the Editor on Jerry's Blog.

Republican Peter Petroski wrote the following to the San Francisco Chronicle, responding to Richard Pombo's claim that he had never proposed selling off our national parks.

Not so, says Petroski:

Has he forgotten?

Editor -- Richard Pombo's letter states "I never suggested, proposed, voted for, or endorsed" the selling off of national parks. At the Oct. 5 debate in Tracy, he told the audience "I floated the idea to see what interest there was."

Thursday night at a forum in Dublin, he took the middle ground and asserted "It was a proposal some of the staffers worked on, not something I did." The "truth" to Mr. Pombo seems to be set in a geopolitical context: The more left (San Francisco) we are, the more he distances himself from his message to his core constituency. To continue the recent crossover trend, I, a Danville Republican, will not vote for Richard Pombo.

PETER PETROSKI
Danville

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