SD CityBeat has condemned a threat by Jess Durfee, chairman of the San Diego Democratic Party, to blacklist any Democrats who dare endorse a Republican, even if the office is nonpartisan.
As reported by Voice of San Diego’s Liam Dillon, Durfee’s ire was directed at Democrats who endorsed Bonnie Dumanis for mayor of San Diego.
CityBeat wrote in its editorial:
“We loved the responses from Roberts and Sessom; they essentially told Durfee to stick it. In a follow-up story, Sessom told Dillon that she knows Dumanis but doesn’t know Durfee, and she challenged Durfee to bring it on. Good for her.”
CityBeat criticized the similar conduct of Tony Krvaric. That’s eminently fair, although saying the two are fit for a “fascist foreign regime” was just a wee bit over the top.
The alt-weekly also urged people to resist the tide of partisanship by changing their voting registration to decline-to-state. Hmmmmmmm.
Cheers to SD CityBeat for its eminently fair stance. While not without its faults, the plucky publication provides a point of view and reporting worth having in the mix.
Yes, another SD Rostra blogger has excoriated the alt-weekly and called for its boycott. But this is a group blog. Not all us Rostrafarians agree with each other.
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(DISCLAIMER: This is my opinion, and not necessarily that of my employer, the North County Times.)