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Democrat lands on board of conservative Placer County


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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee

Conservative Placer County is doing a fair amount of head-scratching after Tuesday’s vote. How did Democrat Jack Duran oust a Republican and claim a seat on the Board of Supervisors?

While Duran’s backers point to his track record as trustee of the Roseville Joint Union High School District, Republican analysts say F.C. “Rocky” Rockholm got pulled under by the anti- incumbent riptide sweeping across the county.

“The only thing worse than being an incumbent is being an incumbent with a whiff of scandal,” said Jeff Flint, a Republican political consultant who lives in Lincoln.

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  1. Alex Campbell says - Posted: June 11, 2010

    Read the whole story! Then click The Buzz:concerning the oh so honest and religiose John Doolittle. Dooslittle declined to seek for re-election in 2008. The Sacbee left out the big bucks his wife had garnered. He did play the same game as Tom Delay. However, Dirty Tom was bad taped at a buisness meeting on the island of Guam. The tape revealed in his own words a guarantee that Guam would never be subject to a federal minimum wage law.Hoe easy we forget