| The race in Senate District Three is essentially between Mark Leno and Joe Nation. Mark Leno is the proven progressive. Joe Nation is pretending to be a progressive in order to skate through to victory. His true stripes, however, are unquestionably pro-corporate. In case there was any doubt that Joe Nation is in the pocket of big business and will quickly drop his progressive charade if elected, the recent expenditures for his campaign put those doubts to rest. The anti-consumer, “tort reform” group Civil Justice Association of California recently spent $240,000 sending out mailers for Joe Nation. A group like this does not spend a quarter million on a politician without expecting something in return. What does this anti-consumer organization expect in return? You need look no further than their own description: "Industry-sponsored California group, advocating legal reforms to restrict tort recovery." Put simply, groups like this want politicians to put business rights ahead of consumer rights. They want to erase or water down all of California's laws that protect injured consumers and introduce new laws that protect businesses at the expense of taxpayers and consumers. Joe Nation already has proven that he will side with businesses over consumers. For example, he joined the Republicans and the credit card companies and voted against Jackie Spier's landmark privacy legislation. He has sided with Republicans and the insurance companies in opposing a single-payer health solution. Now, Joe Nation has 240,000 new reasons to side with the anti-consumer, pro-corporate interests. Joe Nation is no progressive. Don't be fooled into thinking he is. |
