Ah, the ongoing feud between the House of Parra and the House of Florez!

Last night, hours before she was to have a private confab with incoming speaker Karen Bass of Los Angeles, outgoing Assemblywoman Nicole Parra of Hanford used much of her time as emcee of the annual Outdoor Heritage Alliance dinner (it's the lobby for the hook and bullet crowd) to say nice things about ... (drumroll, please!) Republican Danny Gilmore. Yes, Danny, who lost to Parra in a ferocious (and did I mention expensive?) race in 2006. Gilmore drove all the way up from Kings County for the event, and sheepishly waved when Parra introduced him to the throng.

Gilmore, in case you've been under a rock for a while, is running against Fran Florez, Dean Florez's mom. To say that Dean and Nicole loathe each other is probably an understatement.

Incidentally, Nicole asked those of us who might spread the word about this event to specifically mention that she is not, officially, endorsing Gilmore. OK, I mentioned it.

Here's where this came from: forums.recordnet.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx