It’s a simple question: As a candidate to replace Rep. Lois Capps in the House, can you identify one issue on which you would differ from the nine-term incumbent?
The answers from Mayor Helene Schneider and Supervisor Salud Carbajal, however, speak volumes about the contrasts in substance and in style between the two leading Democratic contenders in the wide-open 24th congressional district race.
“I think my approach, on how to speak out on issues and create more of a conversation about it, as opposed to [being]very quietly behind the scenes,” Schneider answered, “is much more in front of the conversation.”