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Young, Black, Male, and Ready to Govern through Crime

By Jonathan Simor

Carolyn Marshall of the The New York Times reports in the paper today about the bitter run-off campaign for Mayor of Sacramento (the low self esteem state capital of California). The race between former NBA start Kevin Johnson (an African American man brand new to politics) and the incumbent Heather Fargo (a white woman with a career of public service) which ended in a run off after California's primary last week has garnered national attention (not least because of its odd similarity to the Democratic nomination fight that just ended).Less remarked upon in the national press is the fact that Johnson has made crime and the need for a more aggressive law enforcement approach to it, a center piece of his campaign.As reported last month in the Sacramento Bee:To hear Kevin Johnson tell it, Sacramento is a violent place...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).