Assemblyman, San Diego mayoral candidate, and Rostrafarian Nathan Fletcher was named Wednesday as chairman of a new jobs creation committee by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez.
That Fletcher, from San Diego, is a Republican, while Pérez, from Los Angeles, is a Democrat, is remarkable. Typically, committees are chaired by members of the majority party. Why Fletcher and not a Democrat? I’m sure our informed political readership will explain it to me.
Nathan Fletcher takes a question at a press conference announcing creation of a new Assembly jobs committee
Here’s my North County Times blog post about the new Select Committee on Job Creation for the New Economy. The post includes MP3 audio from the press conference and much more.
And here’s my article about it.