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Thompson running for 4th District
Taft City Councilman Cliff Thompson announced, this weekend, that he will be running for 4th District Kern County Supervisor against incumbent Ray Watson.
He's being backed by state Senator Dean Florez. But the big question mark in the June race remains whether Bakersfield City Councilman David Couch plans to make the Thompson/Watson face off into a three-way battle. Rumors have put Couch in the race for months. And Couch refuses to comment on his plans. But rumors had also said Watson would retire — leaving the seat to others to fight over. He's not retiring. He's running. So we have Watson, a long-time businessman with a $35,000 war chest and the incumbency. We have Thompson, a firey Taft boy with opinions and little fear of sharing them. And we have Couch, who has been quiet since the dust up over his anti-illegal- immigration stance at the city council. This race could get interesting. What are people thinking? 4 comments from 4 users
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posted by
MERLE1360
on Nov 20, 2007 at 10:28 AM
well lets hope Couch jumps in ... Watson needs to retire to the golf course ... but the last thing our distinct needs is this pumpkin from Taft
posted by
TomW
on Nov 20, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Looks like Florez is trying to expand his power base. Anyone know when he gets term limited?
posted by
Heavensgate
on Nov 20, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Why have a pumpkin, when you can have the whole pumpkin patch. Couch will have a whole new universe to hunt down extraterrestrials swiping good jobs in the pumpkin patch. posted by
hughbetcha
on Nov 20, 2007 at 03:30 PM
As I read the article about Taft councilman and former mayor Cliff Thompson announcing his candidacy for 4th District supervisor, I wondered how many posts it would take for someone to use the word "hick" or maybe "redneck" to describe him. (Thompson IS from Taft after all and we all know that's all they have out there, right?) I was quite impressed to see the label "pumpkin" used as a variation. Very refreshing. And rather than "distinct", was the original poster trying to say that the district needs to be "de-stinked"? Granted, the realm of county politics is a bigger bite to chew than little ol' City of Taft offers, but some of you may not realize what a bulldog Cliff Thompson can be. He puts his community's needs right in the laps of county and state lawmakers and then makes enough noise to get their attention. Residents of the 4th district may even LIKE that approach when it comes to getting state and federal funding for local projects at home.
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