Yamada's Replacement = Provenza? By Matt Rexroad on Saturday, March 24, 2007 @ 8:18 PM :: 1 Comments :: Blog   On Friday, Davis School Board Trustee Jim Provenza announced he will be running for the Board of Supervisors. I don't know the guy.  I do hope he is reasonable. Many people in Davis seem to think he is the one to beat.  Bob Dunning even wrote a column last week declaring that the race may be over before it started.  Dunning does not have a very good record on this sort of thing.  I think he took the same column he wrote about Rob Roy when he ran for City Council and inserted Jim Provenza.  If Dunning is betting one way --- the easy money is to bet the other way.  Bet with your brain ...not your heart. There is quite a bit of information on Provenza out there.  Here are some of his issue statements when he ran for school board.  He currently serves as a lobbyist for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.  That tells me he knows the law, county government, and the Legislature.  That is a pretty good skill set.  His service on the school board looks like an added bonus. Some of the other candidates who have been mentioned include Richard Harris.  Harris is someone I know pretty well. He is also a lobbyist who used to be the Chief of Staff for Congressman Vic Fazio.  Harris writes a regular column in the Davis Enterprise.  Some guy who works for State Senator Ducheny (D-San Diego County) is also mentioned as a possible candidate.  We will see. It would be hard to imagine that anyone could have a clean shot at a seat on the Board of Supervisors...but crazy things happen all the time in Davis.

Comments By duane750 @ Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:43 PM Hey Matt. I met Jim a few weeks back, but who are the rest of the people on the poll? Who should replace Supervisor Yamada? Jim Provenza Richard Harris Elisabeth Sherwin Rob Roy John Ferrera David Greenwald You must be logged in to post a comment. You can login here