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Monday, January 16, 2012

Palisades Dems Make No Endorsement in 50th Assembly Race

None of the three Democratic candidates received at least 60 percent support from the executive board, a requirement to get the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club's backing.

No candidate for representative of the state Assembly's 50th District, which includes the Palisades, will be able to boast of an endorsement from the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club. The club's executive board failed to reach a decision on whom to back on Sunday following a candidates forum featuring the three Democrats—Richard Bloom, Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn. A candidate needed at least 60 percent support from the 21 board members who voted. No candidate reached that threshold, board members said. Adam Wolman, the club's vice president in charge of communications, said the club would not release the voting results. The vote followed a candidates forum at the Pacific Palisades Woman's Club that was attended by about 140 people. The …

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Osborn Supporters Accuse Butler of Hypocrisy

They say state Assembly candidate Betsy Butler's campaign did what she criticized Torie Osbon's campaign for doing to obtain the Malibu Democratic Club's endorsement. Butler says the two situations are different.

State Assembly candidate Betsy Butler and her supporters criticized Torie Osborn's campaign for recruiting people to join the Malibu Democratic Club  so they could vote for her in Sunday's endorsement election. Osborn supporters say they are hypocrites because Butler's campaign has encouraged people to "join as many of the Dem clubs as possible" through a mass email. Butler told Patch that the two situations are different because nobody has offered to pay for her supporters to join the organizations. One person submitted a $1,000 check last month to the Malibu club to cover the expenses of about 40 Osborn supporters' memberships, club President Jean Goodman told Patch. Osborn won the endorsement for the Assembly's 50th District seat  on …

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