I have seen the future of the 49th Congressional District and its name is Mike Levin !

(Okay, two notes: 1. I did steal Time Magazines's 'Bruce Springsteen cover' title, and 2. this is my 50th blog posting; however, none could be more important.

The good news is that today I saw Mike Levin, an environmental attorney from coastal Orange County. He has decided that he has had enough of Congressman Darrell Issa and his petty, backward, callous voting record. I encourage all of you in the 49th District (Encinitas is part of the Southern California coastal district) to support him. Mr. Levin is smart and well spoken. He understands the energy industry and its impact on global warming. He thoroughly researched Mr. Issa's voting record and knows his dirty secrets. For example, he wants a Texas firm to dispose of the nuclear waste from the San Onofre power plant. This firm has already been fined twice for improper disposal of nuclear waste.This same company is connected to Rick Perry, another Republican climate denier and big fossil fuel cheerleader. But that is not all of Mr. Issa's dirty laundry.

For 16 years, Darrell Issa has wasted time and money in Congress denying climate change, holding needless hearings concerning Hillary Clinton, and voting to repeal Obamacare 57 times. As the most wealthy member of Congress, and with a gerrymandered district, he has been untouchable until last year when he retained his seat by a mere 1,621 votes (normally he wins by 20+ thousand votes). Unfortunately, the Democratic challenger, Doug Applegate, had too much 'baggage' in his personal life, which Issa used to malign him.

The most impressive quality that Levin displayed is his temperament. He calmly explained how a disastrous house bill that has no Congressional Budget Office score was passed with the deciding vote attributed to Issa--vote 216. This bill has no cost estimate yet, will knock 20+ million people off insurance,and allows insurance companies to weasel out of covering some people with pre-existing conditions.

Mike Levin has an impeccable resume. He is forward thinking and knows the Trump agenda that Mr. Issa embraces with glee, despite the evidence that renewable energy is America's future; that Obamacare is more popular than ever; and that a 20+ billion dollar wall between the USA and Mexico (that America will pay for !) is not supported by the majority of voters or legislators on the border.

Mike Levin sees the future in a world that author Tom Friedman argues is accelerating rapidly. That makes Mike Levin a political rock star...if we are wise enough to listen to him.


GO to   mikelevin.org   for more information. 

p.s. California’s 49th Congressional District includes coastal northern San Diego County, including Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, and Camp Pendleton, as well as San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano in southern Orange County.