If by business you mean monkey business, then yes, I am a business woman.
In the world of politics it is believed that if you just keep saying the same thing over and over again, eventually people will believe it.
Let’s consider Linda Ackerman’s repeated assertion (and the claim in many of her endorser’s statements that were obviously written for them) that she is an “experienced businesswoman.” Well, we would like to know just what that experience entails. Let’s let Linda’s campaign website help us out with a description of her vast business experience:
An experienced businesswoman, Linda serves as the Vice President of Financial Development for the Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series and a corporate board member of USCB, Inc., a California receivable and management company.
That’s it. No history, no resume. You’d think if there were any real accomplishments she’d be only too happy to share it with her would-be constituents. Hmm.
The Marian Bergeson blah-blah-blah isn’t a business. It’s a training program to promote female Republican politicians by having them learn the ins and outs of Repuglicanism. According to the Bergeson website, Ackerman is a member of an executive committee (it says nothing about her being a “Vice President” of anything). And in any case, “Development” is a polite way of saying “fundraising from corporate donors.” No prizes offered for guessing who the targets of any fundraising are: Click here and find out.
Maybe when she says “experienced businesswoman” she’s referring to her new career as political streetwalker.
Those represented by the endorsers should be asking if they believe that canidates need to be representitive of the district. Specifically if they feel one should live in the district/ward/zone which they represent.
Watch the GOP doublespeak begin!
In a political campaign, “experienced businesswoman” usually means she did the grocery shopping for the family and used a credit card at the checkout stand.
An woman canvassing for Ackerman came to our door this morning. I asked a few questions and she was pro. Knew what she was doing, quick with answers and not shy about slamming Norby. She implied that Norby might have psychological problems 🙂 Since I’m voting for a Democrat it was all wasted on me.
Can the city of Santa Ana bill the carpetbagger for putting yard signs in the easements on Main St, Santa Ana?