Candidate Bruce Porter must think 3rd District residents are a
bunch of “country rubes.” Why else would he send out a slick malicious “big
city” mailer portraying Supervisor Joan Hartmann as misleading voters with
false promises while she crosses her fingers behind her back?
Considering Porter’s lack of credibility recently exposed in the
Independent, perhaps it is not surprising that he would attack
Hartmann’s credibility. Despite denials, Porter was clearly involved in a
scheme to disenfranchise 3rd District voters through the misnamed “Rock
the Vote SB” that was designed to reduce local voter turnout.
Porter obviously has plenty of special interest money to burn by
commissioning his disinformation campaign, but his message is blatantly at odds
with reality. We all know that Joan Hartmann is one of the most hard-working,
civil, competent, and candid supervisors to serve Santa Barbara County.