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Chuck and Larry, Part 2
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| Contributor | Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! |
| Last Edited | Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! Aug 11, 2010 07:09pm |
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| Author | anonymous ie., "The Fly" |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Fresh off what may have been the biggest victory of his political career, Mayor Chuck Reed last week decided to immediately blow some of his hard-earned political capital, endorsing the conservative Christian council candidate Larry Pegram.
Unless Fly is missing something, the timing of the mayor’s announcement couldn’t have been worse. In recent years, Pegram has been San Jose’s most high-profile anti-gay activist. He campaigned locally for the ban on gay marriage, without success.
Voters in San Jose, a decidedly live-and-let-live bunch, overwhelmingly rejected the proposition. So why did the mayor choose the day after Prop. 8 was overturned to announce his support for his old pal? |
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