Torrance City Council member Bill Sutherland endorsed Al Muratsuchi for the State Assembly.
I have since learned that they were non-partisan friends.
Granted, friendships should not be broken easily, even over political values and goals.
The times are pressing and unprecedented in California, and basing an endorsement on friendship is not in the best interests of the state or her people.
Even Henry Waxman and David Dreier maintained an amicable relationship in Congress, but David Dreier never retired from his conservatism out of "friendship".
Yes indeed, and even Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill could have a drink or two as friends.
Yet political figures owe their first allegiance to their constituents, not to their personal ties with other politicians.
Mr. Sutherland has a great opportunity in his mayoral run, should he choose to continue, in right the wrong of putting a friendship ahead of the state.
He can still be friends with Muratsuchi if he chooses, but he has to make lower taxes, less spending, looser regulations, limited government, and local control more important.
Frankly, Muratsuchi does not espouse these values. He need to prove his mettle, or stop meddling in our lives altogether.
Sutherland -- endorse the "right" people!
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