http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/25/a-seventh-name-hits-the-cd11-gop-list/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/25/a-seventh-name-hits-the-cd11-gop-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4432 Tom Benigno Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:02:40 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8449#comment-4432 Hey Ralph:
Do you think I should run? All I will need is about 7,000 votes to win the nomination. Plus a fuel tanker to follow me around the district.

]]> http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/25/a-seventh-name-hits-the-cd11-gop-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4431 John W. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:19:35 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8449#comment-4431 When the press writes about candidates of either party, they should go a little deeper into the bios before blindly accepting self-assigned labels, such as “businessman” or “entrepreneur.” I mean, come on, now! These bios wouldn’t past the smell test with a stoned HR interviewer. What did they really do? What kind of responsibilities or accomplishments did they have? Jon Del Arroz’s biggest claim to that label appears to be former “advisor to the Board of Directors of Digitcom (who?),” a social networking site [defunct, I presume], along with a couple of entry-level jobs that he apparently didn’t hold very long. “Advisor” probably means golfing buddy or classmate of somebody connected to the company. “Trust fund kid” might be a more accurate label. And, if you read between the lines of David Bernal’s bio, it does not exactly spell “success.” McNerney’s “company” resume was a bit thin, but at least he had the military academy background, a PhD, overseas consulting experience, authentic expertise in the field of alternative energy and some passion about the war in Iraq motivated by his son’s experience.

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