Re “Is It All Relative? Sebastian and Autumn Face Messy Situations”
This is a week of unrivaled Democratic Party tenseness for potential 54th Assembly District delegates to the next two state conventions, this year and next.
On Sunday afternoon in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Vets Auditorium, state Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, opening his second year in office, will be in charge of assembling a 14-member executive board when all 80 districts hold similar meetings.
Equality being a primary party value, seven women and seven men will be chosen.
No shortage of candidates exists – scores, if not hundreds, in the district that spans Culver City and the Crenshaw District identify themselves as qualified party activists worthy of delegate status.
Who is favored?
Who deserves am Executive Board seat?
Talk about a state secret. Even though some names have been leaked, Democratic sources told the newspaper that nearly – but not quite – all 14 positions remain open.
Here is how the state party determines qualifications:
“A person may only participate in the Assembly District Election Meetings if he/she is a Democrat residing in and registered to vote by the Oct. 20, 2014, voter registration deadline, in the Assembly District he or she wishes to represent, unless the person turned 18 or was a naturalized after the deadline, and is registered or registers onsite.”
One Democrat who does not have to perspire is Fred MacFarlane, one of the best known and best liked non-elected Democrats in the state.
“I am honored that Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas would ask me to be a candidate,” Mr. MacFarlane said last evening. “I have worked to elect Democrats to state legislative offices and local positions for the past 30 years. I also have been active in a lot of other civic efforts, largely within the confines of the Los Angeles area.
“I have put my money where my Democratic Party bona fides are. I have contributed to candidates as well, not just worked on behalf of their campaigns.”
