Mariko Yamada, Democrat for State Assembly

Cabaldon Supporters Equate Coffee Cart Job Training Program to Government Waste

Vacaville – In another example of desperate mudslinging, the EdVoice supporters of Christopher Cabaldon have attacked Mariko Yamada over her support of a job training program for people with disabilities.

The ad features a coffee cup and asks, “$91,000 for coffee service?....Would you like foam with that?” It hides the fact that the coffee cart is just part of a new Yolo County training program that will help people dealing with mental illness learn valuable job skills and empower them towards independence.

Cabaldon Supporter’s Ads Knowingly Misstate Fact and Distort Yamada’s Record

Vacaville – Friends of Yamada 2008 retained attorney Chad Carlock today to issue a notice of slanderous political advertising to Comcast Spotlight over the airing of intentionally malicious political attack ads produced and purchased by the independent expenditure committee “Democrats Against Government Waste Independent Expenditure Committee major funding provided by EdVoice Independent Expenditure Committee” (attached).

Woodland - Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada announced today that she would reject any automatic pay raise scheduled for July 1. Yamada turned down a similar salary increase in 2004 when Yolo County faced a tight budget year and instituted an employee furlough to avoid layoffs.

“Today, just as four years ago, I cannot in good conscience accept a pay increase during a fiscal downturn when our county employees are facing potential layoffs and our residents the loss of services,” said Yamada.

For Immediate Release:
April 24, 2008

California NOW-PAC Goes “No Endorsement” in 8th A.D. Race
Women’s Organization Won’t Endorse Between a Progressive Democratic Woman and Man

For Immediate Release:
April 22, 2008

California Professional Firefighters Endorse Mariko Yamada in 8th AD
CPF Joins Davis Local 3494 and West Sacramento Local 522 in Public Safety Endorsement

SACRAMENTO – California Professional Firefighters announced today their endorsement of Mariko Yamada in the Democratic Primary for the 8th Assembly District. The endorsement from this statewide organization adds to the local firefighter endorsements Yamada has already earned from Davis Professional Firefighters, Local 3494 and West Sacramento Firefighters, Local 522.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 21, 2008

Yamada Continues Endorsement Momentum in 8th AD
CTA, The California List, West Sac Firefighters and California Labor Federation Endorse Mariko Yamada in the Democratic Primary for State Assembly

West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon Gets the Boot
Unpaid Parking Tickets Result in Boot-Lock on Politician’s Sports Car

**CABALDON’S PET YARBROUGH PROJECT BEFORE WEST SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL THIS WEDNESDAY HE WILL NOT RECUSE HIMSELF DESPITE $39,800 IN CONTRIBUTIONS**

Memo Re: Follow the Money in the 8th AD

A group of West Sacramento citizens has requested Mayor Cabaldon recuse himself from an upcoming vote on ASB Properties’ Yarbrough development, a planned high-income golf course community that would be the city’s southernmost development. Cabaldon has refused to do so.

Davis Firefighters Local 3494, Napa-Solano and Sacramento Central Labor Councils Endorse Mariko Yamada in the Democratic Primary for State Assembly

Vacaville, CA – The 8th A.D.’s most respected labor groups have united behind the candidacy of Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada in her bid for the State Assembly. Davis Firefighters Local 3494 and both the Sacramento and Napa-Solano Central Labor Councils endorsed Yamada, as well as the affiliate group United Workers for Local Government.

See the letters from West Sac Residents to California Democratic Party

Sacramento – In a year where most Democrats a Sacramentans re learning for the first time about the ability of super delegates to potentially override the choice of the voters in a tight Presidential Primary, Democratic voters across Yolo and Solano counties are getting their own taste of an internal endorsement process that is susceptible to big money influence and misleading tactics.