DIANNE FEINSTEIN

Southern Californians of any political party would be foolish to support the candidacy of Dianne Feinstein. The reason has nothing to do with her being a woman or with her political affiliation. Although I find unsavory her obvious opportunism and hysteria after the George Moscone affair in putting forth ridiculous new gun laws when the laws already existed and the problem lay with stricter enforcement, and her very public currying up to the gay community to further her career, those are not the main reasons she does not get my vote.

Feinstein is of that breed of San Franciscans who can hardly wait to leave Southern California’s sprawling, vulgar, gaseous boundaries and who has no concept of the nature and the problems of this area. We down here in the south embrace the whole state. To San Franciscans there is a firm line of demarcation across the state, somewhere above Santa Barbara, separating us just as surely as if there were truly two states--as in North Dakota and South Dakota; Virginia and West Virginia. A governor with this built-in attitude can scarcely look out for the best interests of the land and people she disdains, no matter how vehemently she denies the fact.

Feinstein will quickly swallow her distaste and ooze friendly charm and video charisma as she travels through Southern California. But we know better, don’t we?

BIBI BROCK DAVIS

Laguna Niguel