Is A Boycott A Good Idea?

[Mr. Natural]

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Zennekar did a great job investigating and posting the corporate doners for the Carillo campaign.

After receiving the Carillo Political flyers and brochures (with all the Green Washed contents) of this man who in my opinion isn't even qualified to be on any of the City Councils in this county let alone on the County Board of Supervisors!

This entire depressing, tragic, nasty, sleazy, right wing styled, all too typical political campaign that Carillo & his handlers ran influences me to throw up!

Has it occured to any of you that perhaps we should consider BOYCOTTING TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL TEAS as well as TAYLOR MADE COFFEE & TEAS? [/SIZE]

Why the hell did Drake Sadler (sp?) consent to have his photo on Carillo's mail outs? Why did he endorse a candidate who is innexperienced & backed by Fat Cat Developers?

Be well or at least good luck with your attempt to cope with it all,

H.R.

[photolite]

No, a boycott is an extremely foolish idea and the businesses you cite boycotting are upstanding, socially conscious enterprises. Furch's 7 year delinquent tax bill was ultimately paid by a developer supporter of hers. Her supporters mailers were easily as, or more sleazy than Carrillo's. We don't even know who won yet but whoever it is did so fair and square and we should all try to work with her/him for our collective edification.
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,

Zennekar did a great job investigating and posting the corporate doners for the Carillo campaign.

After receiving the Carillo Political flyers and brochures (with all the Green Washed contents) of this man who in my opinion isn't even qualified to be on any of the City Councils in this county let alone on the County Board of Supervisors!

This entire depressing, tragic, nasty, sleazy, right wing styled, all too typical political campaign that Carillo & his handlers ran influences me to throw up!

Has it occured to any of you that perhaps we should consider BOYCOTTING TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL TEAS as well as TAYLOR MADE COFFEE & TEAS? [/size]

Why the hell did Drake Sadler (sp?) consent to have his photo on Carillo's mail outs? Why did he endorse a candidate who is innexperienced & backed by Fat Cat Developers?

Be well or at least good luck with your attempt to cope with it all,

H.R.

[Portia]

Why propagate an untruth? Rue did not know Hunter was part of the deal until after the papers were signed.

I am praying she comes out way ahead. I value her many years of experience and her knowledge of the 5^th District. It will be a long time before Efren can match her expertise.

Portia

[photolite]

Where's the untruth?
Regarding experience, one could make the same argument then that McCain is certainly more experienced than Obama.
Most importantly, why propose shunning two valuable members of our business community because they don't share your particular political opinion. To my knowledge, neither Carrillo or the businesses mentioned have done anything so heinous as to warrant trying to harm them.
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[nicofrog]

Ahh fight fight fight
aint politics great?
some where beyond the thicket of right and wrong, theres a medow, I'll meetcha there!
the election is OVER we are a great county
lets WORK TOGETHER TO GET EVEN BETTER?
Effrain probably won because he had a nice Mexican Name.... and a lot of signs........and maybe that's ok
Nico

,

Zennekar did a great job investigating and posting the corporate doners for the Carillo campaign.

After receiving the Carillo Political flyers and brochures (with all the Green Washed contents) of this man who in my opinion isn't even qualified to be on any of the City Councils in this county let alone on the County Board of Supervisors!

This entire depressing, tragic, nasty, sleazy, right wing styled, all too typical political campaign that Carillo & his handlers ran influences me to throw up!

Has it occured to any of you that perhaps we should consider BOYCOTTING TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL TEAS as well as TAYLOR MADE COFFEE & TEAS? [/size]

Why the hell did Drake Sadler (sp?) consent to have his photo on Carillo's mail outs? Why did he endorse a candidate who is innexperienced & backed by Fat Cat Developers?

Be well or at least good luck with your attempt to cope with it all,

H.R.

[pjpete]

That's so screwed up. I agree, look what they want to do in Sebastopol, across from the town square. Condos and business park. Give it up Basso....!

,

Zennekar did a great job investigating and posting the corporate doners for the Carillo campaign.

After receiving the Carillo Political flyers and brochures (with all the Green Washed contents) of this man who in my opinion isn't even qualified to be on any of the City Councils in this county let alone on the County Board of Supervisors!

This entire depressing, tragic, nasty, sleazy, right wing styled, all too typical political campaign that Carillo & his handlers ran influences me to throw up!

Has it occured to any of you that perhaps we should consider BOYCOTTING TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL TEAS as well as TAYLOR MADE COFFEE & TEAS? [/SIZE]

Why the hell did Drake Sadler (sp?) consent to have his photo on Carillo's mail outs? Why did he endorse a candidate who is innexperienced & backed by Fat Cat Developers?

Be well or at least good luck with your attempt to cope with it all,

H.R.

[danejasper]

This reminds me of Jenkel (the guy with the signs on 116) picketing and encouraging folks to boycott Harmony Farm supply. By every reasonable measure, they are a good business and a wonderful contribution to the West County. They encourage organic farming and use of solar power, etc. They're no Home Depot!

While we might not all agree on the case by case and choice by choice details, I think it's a total mis-fire to aim at a business like that one. It doesn't foster any sort of sense of community. If you attempt to ostracize everyone who has any disagreement with you on any single point, you'll end up very lonely.

-Dane

[StormDancer]

It's real easy to see the faults in any business. What we need to look at is the overall effect and perhaps remember the rabbi's admonition about throwing stones.
-ALW

[Richard Nichols]

I'd like to know the rational behind the endorsement by these owners. They joined some of the most regressive people and organizations in the county by endorsing Carrillo. Perhaps they talked to Carrillo and found him to be credible in spite of his questionable associations. I frankly don't understand why a seemingly progressive community would vote the way they did. With all that said, I doubt if a boycott is worth the energy, and we need to keep business in Sebastopol healthy. I can forgive everyone who displayed a lack of common sense, just as a was able to forgive Rue for her tax problem, and see the good and experienced person she is.

PS Please don't compare the talk of boycott with Jenkel. That not NICE!

[danejasper]

PS Please don't compare the talk of boycott with Jenkel. That not NICE!

Sorry Richard.

I guess my point was that I didn't see either candidate as perfect, and a really outspoken reaction (boycott, etc) seems a little over the top. Carillo is questionable, but so was Furch in some ways. Time will tell if he serves well or not, I suppose.

-Dane